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How To Sell Season Tickets with Volume Discounts

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

University of Utah Hockey

Our friends at the University of Utah Hockey needed a way to sell season tickets to the students and local hockey fans. We added the Multi Event Registration addon to their site and helped them customize their Event Espresso installation so they can sell season tickets.

However, they also needed a way to sell the tickets with volume discounts after a certain amount of tickets were added to the customer’s shopping cart. With the new Volume Discounts add-on, a discount is applied to the total amount of the tickets. Volume Discounts allows the team to sell tickets at a discounted rate which works perfectly for people that purchase a season pass to all the games up front. Volume Discounts is currently in beta and will be made available as part of our premium licenses soon, but for now you can download and play with the beta version.

We recommend using categories, so you can assign a volume discount to a specific category, but you can also assign a volume discount to all categories. For their site, we set the discount threshold at $70. Once the total value of the price in the cart hits $70, the total for all tickets is discounted 50%.

To take a look at final result, visit the University of Utah Hockey’s season tickets page. If you are a license holder for Event Espresso, you can learn more about how we set up their season tickets, download the beta version of the plugin for free (for a limited time) and learn about the custom function we added to their site to automatically add 1 seat to all items in the cart, by taking a look at the new Volume Discounts doc here.

Tags: university of utah hockey, volume discounts, multi event registration
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Event Espresso 3.1.26 Now Available for Download

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Event Espresso 3.1.26 and WP Users Integration 1.9.4 are now available for download from your account dashboard.

Event Espresso 3.1.26

This new version includes a new event search function, updates and several fixes.

New Feature

A simple auto complete search tool (uses [EVENT_SEARCH] shortcode) that searches the titles of events. The results are automatically displayed to the user as they type.

Updates

Sanitize output before displaying (more info)
Available spaces limit set too low in functions/main.php

Fixes

Remove duplicate event category description display with pagination (Important Note: This affects the event_list.php file. This file will need to be updated if it is in the uploads/espresso/templates directory.)
Escape quotes in event title
Groupon menu item missing when R&P is active
Renaming the REM plugin folder before manually deactivating it breaks the event editor
[ESPRESSO_CART_LINK] shortcode cannot add more than one event to the cart
Multi Event Registration breaks when the coupon code box is turned on (Important Note: This affects the shopping_cart.php file. This file will need to be updated if it is in the uploads/espresso/templates directory.)
Ability to register for expired events in the shopping cart (Important Note: This affects the shopping_cart.php file. This file will need to be updated if it is in the uploads/espresso/templates directory.)
Fixes [EVENT_TIME] shortcode
Fatal error on attendee overview page if old ticketing add-on is installed
Missing bracket in venue shortcode markup
Free event condition not met
Broken[EVENT_PRICE] shortcode

WP User Integration 1.9.4

Fixes

Fixes require login for all events not working
Fixes autofilled fields are editable when set to not be editable

This release doesn’t include a lot of new features because we’re putting most our effort into version 3.2. We hope you enjoy the new search feature, and that these fixes make version 3.1 even better. A complete history of Event Espresso is available in the Change Log.

Event Espresso is a WordPress event registration and ticketing management plugin. Event Managers use Event Espresso to add event registration to their own website, lower costs, increase revenue and improve customer satisfaction. You can learn more about Event Espresso at http://staging.eventespresso.com

Tags: versions, 3.1.26, wp users integration
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Calendar 2.0 brings images, tool tips, themes, a sidebar widget and more!

Monday, August 13th, 2012

The new calendar add-on is now available to download in the forums for registered users of the Personal license and above. Some of the new features include:

New calendar sidebar widget
Tool tip short descriptions (which support images in event descriptions)
Easy to use custom event category colors
Support for jQuery UI’s Themeroller
Custom color options
calendar thumbnail images

Update to the latest version of Event Espresso (3.1.24 or above) and the latest version of the Calendar add-on (2.0 or above). After activating, navigate over to the calendar settings page. You’ll be greeted with a brand new set of options to play with.

Some of the new features work with features you may have already been using. For example, the tooltips use the “display short descriptions” feature set in Event Espresso ? Template settings to display the full event description or just an excerpt. Be sure to use the  tag in your event descriptions if you don’t want the full description to display in the tooltip.

You can also enable or disable thumbnail images in the calendar events.*

*Note: In some cases, images may appear cut off or overflow into the next row of dates. We are aware of the issues and are working on a new version that will resolve these issues. Please report any issues you have in the Calendar forums.

Another new feature is the ability to easily add colors to categories of events using a new color picker on the Categories page. In this way, you can easily change the event background and text colors in your calendar.

Calendar 2.0 also brings jQuery Themeroller to the calendar. If you’re unfamiliar with Themeroller, you can read up on the project page on the jQuery site. In short, it’s a framework for building (and using) themes that can be easily swapped in and out or changed and provides a much wider range of design possibilities than the default styles of the calendar or your theme. You can use one of the default themeroller themes (included with Event Espresso), create your own theme, or build one from the Themeroller site.

The Espresso Calendar is set for a rewrite later this year. We hope these new features will provide some exciting new features for your event site. Let us know how your using the new features on your site in the comments below! If you have any problems or questions, we encourage you to ask in the support forums and we’ll respond as quickly as possible.

Tags: event calendar, calendar sidebar widget, calendar tooltips, event colors, themeroller, calendar thumbnails, new features, Espresso Calendar
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Printable tickets updated and included in the Business and Developer Licences

Thursday, August 9th, 2012

Event Ticketing Plugin for WordPress

When we launched the new website we also added a few gems into a few of the licenses. One of those jewels is that our WordPress event ticketing plugin (addon) is now included in the Business and Developer Licenses, at no additional cost.

Our event ticketing plugin gives you the ability to require tickets to your event. After registration, attendees are given a PDF or HTML ticket to print (which can be customized) and bring with them to the event. With our WordPress mobile ticketing apps you can scan the tickets to validate payment and check-in attendees at the door.

Event Ticketing Plugin Updated

We’ve also made some upgrades that include:

HTML-based tickets that you can customize yourself
Print a ticket at home or view it on your mobile device
Venue information and Google Map integration right in the ticket
Upload your business logo to display on your ticket right from the back-end
Support for multiple ticket templates that can be assigned to different events

Our printable event ticketing addon is better than it’s ever been and more affordable than it’s ever been.

WordPress Mobile Ticketing Apps for iPhone and Android Devices

Save More than 57%

Our event ticketing addon sells for $169.95, but it has been included in the Business License for free. That makes the value of the Business License over $425, but it’s all been bundled for only $179.95. This saves you more than 57%, and you can save even more with the Developer License.

If you have the Business or Developer License, download it today from your account page. If you don’t have the Business or Developer license yet, upgrade today.

Do you already use the Ticketing addon? We’d love for you to comment below with how you use tickets for your event, how it helps you and share an example of your sweet new ticket design.

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Now Available: Multiple Event Registration Add-on

Friday, May 27th, 2011

We’d like to make a quick announcement that the Multi-Event Registration Add-on is now available for purchase. We understand that it took longer to complete than we wanted it to, and we still have plans for its future, but we couldn’t hold it back any longer. This add-on allows allows attendees to register for multiple events during a single checkout, and even add additional attendees. This add-on makes it easy for your attendees to register by giving them an option to reuse the information later in the registration form if they are registering the same person for multiple events. (more…)

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Mobile Ticketing Apps Released

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

Event Espresso Mobile Ticketing Apps

We’d like to announce today that we have released the Event Espresso Mobile Ticketing Apps for iphone, iPod, and Android mobile devices. These mobile platforms bring event managers and organizers even more autonomy and power to setup their own registration system.

The Event Espresso plugin for WordPress and our iOS and Android apps:

Speed up registrations at the door
Integrates in real-time with the attendee list in Event Espresso
Allows for multiple check-in “stations”. Eg. Use multiple iPhones/Android phones to log into to the same attendee list so employees can scan tickets using multiple different mobile devices
Send an e-mail to the ticket holder with a “Thank you for Attending” – This will save time from currently having to check the name off and having attendees sign a confirmation that they were present at the event. This will help to avoid refund situations (coming soon)
Keep your events “Green” by providing an environmentally friendly ticketing solution
Custom tickets can double as a name badge
Makes your organization very official and innovative

Download the Mobile Ticketing Apps | Purchase the QR Code ticketing addon

Requirements: Event Espresso version 3.0.19.p.34 or greater and purchase of the QR Code ticketing addon. Note: the ticketing app will work with some earlier versions of Event Espresso, but 3.0.19.p.34 has the ability to check people in/out of the event if the ticketing addon is installed.

Tags: ipod, ticketing, Mobile, android, ios, iphone
Posted in Addons, Registration, Ticketing, WordPress, Development, WordPress Plugins | 5 Comments »

Coming Soon: Multiple Event Registration

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Updated: The Multi-Event Registration Add-on is now available.

I don’t know how else to put it, except to say that this is really awesome functionality!

Gone are the days when people can only register for one event at a time. We have been developing a system that allows people to register and pay for multiple events at one time. The theory is that when it’s easier for your attendees to register for more events you will sell more tickets; and with the Multi-Event Registration System it couldn’t be easier.

Some of the features of the multi-event registration system addon include:

Register or Add to Cart and Add More Events links – This gives the person the opportunity to immediately register for the single event or continue shopping to add more events to their cart.
Multiple Event Payment – The person registering can pay for an unlimited number of events at one time (paid or free events), all from one page.
Single Registration Page – The person registering can register for all the tickets they are purchasing all from one page. They can click a check box to reuse an attendee’s information or enter all new information for a different person.

This new addon will be very useful in situations when you want attendees to register for a main event and also sub-events such as conference breakout sessions; when your events are for the entire family, but you want each member of the family to register for separate events; etc.

This new addon has taken a long time to construct but it’s nearly done. We are accepting applications to beta test the multiple event registration addon, and you can follow the multi-event registration development progress in the forums.

In order to keep the base-price of Event Espresso low for those who do not need this functionality, this addon will be sold separately for about $40.

We encourage all Event Espresso users to consider how the multi-event registration system can help you save time and sell more tickets.

Tags: multi-event, multiple event, single checkout, event registration
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