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I strongly recommend against wading into the complex, political, dominated, corrupt and extremely competitive online ticket sales industry. I'm a friend of htt

I strongly recommend against wading into the complex, political, dominated, corrupt and extremely competitive online ticket sales industry. I'm a friend of http://guestlistapp.com/ http://guestlistapp.com/ folks and it's a great alternative to EventBrite and TicketMaster. It's fairly minimalist and is still a huge undertaking for several people. I suggest that you step back, take off your programmer visors and start listening for people who say "I wish" a lot. Chances are that if it's obvious enough to brainstorm, someone has already lost a lot of money discovering that the customers love it so long as it's free. You need to find something that's niche and causing great pain.

cdcarter 15y ago
As someone in the arts administration world, I can tell you that the ticketing app is not a great shot. I'd never heard of Guestlist, and EventBrite is fairly new but used, but most people these days are using bespoke solutions (TicketMaster, Tessi, etc...) and most midsized organizations I know have floated to Brown Paper Tickets. However, I think I can safely say most midsized resident arts organizations would love a social media reporting app. Most non-profits can only hold a social media intern for the summer, and they dip off and seem awkward during the main part of their season. To alleviate this would be awesome.
drewda 15y ago
Recent detail on the ticket industry: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/business/12tickets.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/business/12tickets.html
qq66 15y ago
But Eventbrite was in this place just a few years ago...