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TicketLabs (YC S14) Helps Small Music Venues Get More Fans Through the Door
- artfuldodger 12y agoLove the idea but not entirely sold on the name. Have you guys considered "TicketMoose"?
- dublinben 12y agoIsn't selling tickets inside a native app going to require giving Apple/Google their 30% cut? I don't see how they can possibly remain profitable selling concert tickets with such an enormous slice taken out.
- te_chris 12y agoNah, shouldn't do as they're a physical good and apple don't require a cut of such things, only digital goods. That's how stripe etc still exist on the store.
- patman_h 12y agoFounder here: Chris' comment is correct. Since we're selling something physical (an (e)-ticket to a real life show) and we don't use IAP, we don't have to give Apple a cut. We're happily using Stripe to process payments. Here's one of our iOS apps in the wild for reference: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/technocolour-dreams/id885360419 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/technocolour-dreams/id885360...
- liulu 12y agoWhy is this comment getting downvoted?
- prawn 12y agoI believe that if you're selling a physical good, you're not even permitted to use an IAP and give them the 30% cut. It's explicitly disallowed by Apple.
- error54 12y agoI'm glad for any company that wants to overthrow Ticketmaster and their "convenience charge" that they tack on to every ticket.
- dusing 12y agoCommon misconception, actually most "convenience charge" amounts are determined by the venue or act selling the tickets. -9 years in sporting event ticketing.
- error54 12y agoAh thanks for the insight. I just hate when I go to buy a $20 ticket and by the time I actually get the ticket, it cost me $35 with all the extra charges tacked on.
- nanidin 12y agoOh, I'm quite aware of where the money goes and the motivations for making TicketMaster be the fall man for it. What I don't like is that if I saw an ad for a washing machine for sale at Sears for $300 then went to Sears and they would only sell it to me for $450, that would land Sears in some serious legal trouble. Somehow, it's just fine to blatantly advertise goods at a price for which they are not obtainable on the internet.
- wdr1 12y agoI'm not defending Ticketmaster, but I just return a rental car to Hertz. The one-day charge was $36. Yet my total bill, after all the other charges, was $54 -- a full 50% markup. http://imgur.com/FWiEGIQ http://imgur.com/FWiEGIQ
- bigethan 12y agoYep - Ticketmaster knows everyone hates them. They are happy to be the "bad person" when it's the venue that's charging the bulk of the fee.
- joeframbach 12y agoCould you explain, briefly, how you set yourself apart from: eventbrite, ticketleap, showclix, ticketfly, brown paper tickets, and vendini?