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Posted: November 24, 2013 at 7:33 pm


Nicholas

November 24, 2013 at 7:33 pm

Hello,
I currently use EE on a site right now, but in a fairly straightforward way. I have a client who is interested in an event management software that would meet the following requirements, and I know that EE can handle most of them with ease, but am not sure about the first section….is there a way to set EE up so that a person can buy 1 “Gold sponsorship” at say $500 and get 5 “complimentary” tickets to the event with that purchase …then automatically discounted tix on the same screen? Here’s the full rundown of what my client is looking for:

We would like to sell both sponsorships and individual tickets online.

Sponsorship sales:

– If someone selects the Sponsorship link, they’ll be able to choose from three different sponsorship levels

– There are a limited number of sponsors available at each level (i.e. 2 Gold, 4 Silver, and 8 Bronze)

– Once a level’s max # of sponsorships is achieved, it should display as sold out

– Each level has a different price and comes with a different level of free tickets

– Users should also be able to order additional tickets at a special discounted price on that same screen (same discounted rate for all sponsorship levels).

– It should calculate the total amount due based on the sponsorship plus any additional tickets purchased

– A receipt showing the amount paid and total number of tickets (freebies plus additional purchased) should be emailed to the buyer

– The receipt will serve as their ticket to the event

– Ideally, we should be able to customize the receipt to add sponsor logos to it as they sign up

– The email and/or receipt should include a sponsor-only promo code so that they can come back and buy more discounted tickets later

Regular ticket sales:

– Tickets will initially go on sale at $59 each as an early bird special

– The price will be raised twice after that as we get closer to the event, so I need the ability to go in and change the pricing

– Regardless of timing, a 10% discount for groups of 6 or more will always be offered at each price point (the program should automatically apply the discount)

– Sponsors should be able to enter a promo code if they’d like to buy additional tickets

Can EE handle this?
Thanks for any insight you can offer.


Dean

November 25, 2013 at 3:02 am

Hi,

Some of this is possible but some of it would require customisation, especially regarding the register once but get 5 tickets aspect.

– If someone selects the Sponsorship link, they’ll be able to choose from three different sponsorship levels

I would have a page here with links to 3 different events.

– There are a limited number of sponsors available at each level (i.e. 2 Gold, 4 Silver, and 8 Bronze)

Setting a capacity per event is a default feature.

– Once a level’s max # of sponsorships is achieved, it should display as sold out

Depends. If you go to the event registration page it will advise sold out. Elsewhere it wont, but some custom code can achieve this. Something similar to this may work https://gist.github.com/Apina/65d8ed21addf4c067e41

– Each level has a different price and comes with a different level of free tickets

Different price is easy enough as they would be different events. The hard part would be different ticket amounts. I did some basic code samples for a similar issue using the Ticketing add on https://eventespresso.com/topic/can-qr-code-be-scanned-multiple-times/

– Users should also be able to order additional tickets at a special discounted price on that same screen (same discounted rate for all sponsorship levels).

Well, I think the Volume Discounts add on may work here. However, you can only set up one discount with it (it’s a limitation of the plugin) so this or your other group discount outlined below would have to be sacrificed, or perhaps use a promo code instead.

– It should calculate the total amount due based on the sponsorship plus any additional tickets purchased

Multiple Event Registration (the cart system) is probably what you need.

– A receipt showing the amount paid and total number of tickets (freebies plus additional purchased) should be emailed to the buyer

Ticketing addon.

– The receipt will serve as their ticket to the event

Ticketing add on.

– Ideally, we should be able to customize the receipt to add sponsor logos to it as they sign up

Ticketing add on, but adding in the logos will be a manual process.

– The email and/or receipt should include a sponsor-only promo code so that they can come back and buy more discounted tickets later

You could add this to the emails for those events only.

Regular ticket sales:

– Tickets will initially go on sale at $59 each as an early bird special

Early bird is a default feature.

– The price will be raised twice after that as we get closer to the event, so I need the ability to go in and change the pricing

Ability to change pricing is fine, but early bird does not currently offer tiered pricing (i.e. its early bird then normal, not early bird1, early bird 2, normal).

– Regardless of timing, a 10% discount for groups of 6 or more will always be offered at each price point (the program should automatically apply the discount)

Volume Discounts add on but see above.

– Sponsors should be able to enter a promo code if they’d like to buy additional tickets

Not possible without customisation.

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