Requiring a coupon code at checkout is useful in 2 situations: limiting an event to a targeted audience, and giving Flex Pass holders early access.

ThunderTix also has a pre-sale feature with passcodes and email access. Here’s how to choose:

Coupons can be set to a $0 discount to simply require an access code, or they can give an actual discount.

NOTE: If you don’t see the COUPON REQUIRED option, you haven’t created a valid coupon for the event yet.

Creating unique coupon codes

If you want each person on your list to have their own code, create one coupon per person. A quick way to do this is by importing a spreadsheet of coupons so they’re all uploaded at once. Create each coupon as either single use (good for 1 ticket) or multi-use (good for a limited number of tickets you choose). Then email each person their code.

If you’d rather let people in by their email address or membership without sending codes, use the email access option in the pre-sale feature instead.

When the private sale is over, create a task to disable the coupon requirement and change the event from Semi-Private to Public.

You’ll often want Flex Pass purchasers to get early access to events included in their Flex Pass. For these patrons, the COUPON REQUIRED PER TICKET PURCHASED code is the voucher code from their Flex Pass purchase, so you don’t need to create separate coupons for them. Flex Pass patrons can use the link in their purchase confirmation email to redeem their tickets, and the code is applied automatically at checkout.

Flex Pass codes are tied to the email address of the person who bought the pass. When redeeming online, patrons need to check out with that same email address. A patron can’t apply a Flex Pass code that was bought under someone else’s email.

To set up a pre-sale with passcodes or email access, please see this discussion: