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How do I remove fees, shipping, refunds, etc. from the Event Settlement Report?

Wed - Nov 10, 2010 - 6:30pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Oct 2021 0 Comments Reports

At times, you may want to show an event report that shows only the number of tickets sold, price and gross of tickets sold. If you're sharing this report with a third-party, you may not want to include fees collected, shipping costs, refunds, or discounts. These values can be excluded
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How do I add sales tax on a ticket?

Wed - Nov 10, 2010 - 6:41pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Jul 2021 0 Comments Creating Events

Follow the steps below to enable sales tax on your account. 



  1. Click the Cogs in the top menu to access your Account Settings and click Checkout Options

  2. Click Tax Rate in the left menu

  3. Enter your sales tax rate as a number. A percentage of 8.25% should be entered as 8.25 NOT 0.0825


When you
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Do my ThunderTix event links and pages have static URLs?

Thu - Nov 11, 2010 - 1:31pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Nov 2023 0 Comments Website Integration

You can see your public URL where you can direct your customers. It can be seen by clicking the arrow icon in the upper right corner then Edit Public Display. You can change the web address.

Further, you can embed your public event listing on your own page using the various Get Code bu
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Why do my events not show up on the public buy page?

Thu - Apr 28, 2011 - 11:43pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Dec 2022 0 Comments Troubleshooting

There are several reasons your event may not display on your public ThunderTix subdomain page. When logged in, navigate to your Event Manager page and look at the Access column. If it says, 'Private', or 'Semi-Private', it will not appear on the public display page, as only events tha
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I've added an event description on a new event, but it's not appearing.

Wed - May 11, 2011 - 2:44pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Dec 2022 0 Comments Troubleshooting

If you've added a description, but you don't see it on the public view, then you probably have set a pre-sale date.

Learn about Pre-Sale Announcements here. 

Until the event activates (upon the activation date/time), the description is replaced with the pre-sale announcement text. The
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Is there anyway to see how many tickets were scanned?

Thu - Jun 2, 2011 - 4:34pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Mar 2024 0 Comments Reports

We provide an automatically compiled report of all barcode scans in a few ways. The guest list provides an up to the minute count of barcodes scanned and how many are remaining. The export is a CSV of all alpha-numeric barcodes for each performance.  Finally, the Barcode Scan report p
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Is it possible to set the maximum number of seats but not change the current defaults?

Tue - Jun 14, 2011 - 11:53am

Posted by Dawn Updated: Dec 2021 0 Comments Managing Events

For general admission events, the venue capacity can be altered for each event. To change the capacity for your event, please navigate to:
Events tab >
 

  1. Click Manage next to your desired event

  2. Click the Purchase Settings tab

  3. Under the Restrictions and Waitlist, adjust the capacity by clic

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I there a way to not charge a ticket fee to certain types of tickets?

Thu - Jul 28, 2011 - 4:15pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Sep 2018 0 Comments Creating Events

If you add a fee per ticket, the fee will automatically be applied to all ticket types for that event. If you set your fee up as a percentage of the ticket value, there will not be a charge on $0 tickets.

How do I set the capacity or number of tickets available for sale for an Event or Performance?

Fri - Aug 5, 2011 - 2:52pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Dec 2022 0 Comments Creating Events

For reserved seating events, the event capacity is set based on the number of seats on the seating chart. Any performance can have its capacity reduced, but it cannot exceed the event capacity. 

To reduce the available seats for sale in a reserved seating event, you can block the seats
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Can I change the display of the event's date to my buyers?

Mon - Aug 29, 2011 - 12:37pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Nov 2022 0 Comments Events

For events such as festivals or day passes, you may want to sell only one ticket, but have it be valid over multiple days. For these events, you can create one performance date, hide the event date and time and replace it with custom text. 

When creating an event that you wish to be va
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You can scan tickets for an event at any time leading up to the event and three days after the event has passed. After that time, you will need to change the event date to be able to scan tickets.

If you are scanning tickets for an event before the event date, head to Barcode Scanning
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How do I get a report for every date with how many people are booked per date/time?

Fri - Oct 21, 2011 - 10:37am

Posted by Dawn Updated: Oct 2021 0 Comments Reports

You can get a summary of attendees per event from the Reports tab.
 

  1. Head to: Report > Multi-Event Report

  2. Change the date parameters to include the run date of your event(s)

  3. Check or un-check the events you want included in the report

  4. Click Generate Report



We'll include all performances in
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How can I add more dates to an event that's already been created?

Sun - Dec 11, 2011 - 11:02am

Posted by Dawn Updated: Jun 2021 0 Comments Creating Events

To add dates and times over a date range:


  1. Head over to the: Event Manager

  2. Click Manage

  3. Click the + (plus sign) at the top of the navigation menu to open the "Add Dates" page, where you will see the same options you did when you first created your event.

    Does it repeat?

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Yes! You can continue to sell tickets after an event has been inactivated, taken off line from public view, or after the event has passed (perhaps you would like to record box office/door sales made in cash - these can still be included to reflect accurate inventory).

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Is there a way for me to scan a ticket after the event has passed?

Thu - May 17, 2012 - 1:34pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Aug 2021 0 Comments Barcodes & Scanning

Yes. By default, the Scan option in the menu will only show upcoming events to scan. So, if you want to scan tickets after the fact, you have two choices.

Use the Guest List
 

  1. Go to the Event Manager

  2. Click Show Expired Events

  3. Click Manage for the event for which you want to scan tickets

  4. Cli

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How can I insert a second event image other than the main event image?

Mon - Jun 4, 2012 - 4:18pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Jun 2021 0 Comments Creating Events

There is no limit to the number of event images you upload with each event. The first image uploaded will be displayed on your main events listing. After the customer clicks "Buy Tickets", they'll see the full event information with the event description and a slideshow of all upload... (continued)

How do Surveys work?

Sun - Jul 8, 2012 - 10:19pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Feb 2024 0 Comments Marketing

Surveys allow you to customize up to five additional questions to ticket buyers (and even require answers to those questions) as they complete the purchase process.
 
Follow the instructions below to create a survey:

1. Navigate to: Surveys  
2. "Create Survey" 
3. You may create up to fi
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How do I allow an existing coupon to work for a new event?

Mon - Aug 6, 2012 - 11:38am

Posted by Dawn Updated: Oct 2021 0 Comments Coupons

To allow a new or existing event to use a coupon previously created for another event, take the following steps: 



  1. Head to: Revenue Builders > Coupons

  2. Search for the coupon you wish to modify

  3. Click the edit link

  4. Under the tab, 'Select valid events and performances', choose the new event fo

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Why is one of my event's dates showing as 'Sold Out'?

Thu - Aug 9, 2012 - 2:38pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Apr 2020 0 Comments Managing Events

There are two reasons a date may show as 'Sold Out'. You have either sold all available seats, or you have reduced the available number of seats for a given event date to either zero seats or a number that is less than or equal to the number of seats sold to date. To figure out which... (continued)

You can create an event that spans many days but has just a single event listing. Here's how: 





  1. In the field that reads 'When does your event happen?' Enter the FINAL day of your multi-day event. Leave the Repeats field at the default, which is None

  2. In the Advanced Date Display Options t

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Is there a way you could show the PDF image we have uploaded just like the Event Image?

Mon - Nov 5, 2012 - 11:57am

Posted by Dawn Updated: Sep 2018 0 Comments Managing Events

Currently, you can preview the event PDF ticket in a few places:


  • From the main Events tab by clicking 'Yes' in the column titled "Email PDF"

  • From within the Edit event section by clicking on the button titled "Preview PDF Ticket".
  • From within an Event, click on the heading "Preview

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How can I sort my events if they all happen at the same date and time?

Wed - Mar 27, 2013 - 12:32pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Dec 2022 0 Comments Creating Events

Let's say you have 2 or more events that are happening at the same date and time, and they are not sorting on the buyer's page in the way you prefer them to sort. You can take the following steps to modify your event's date and time so that each event has a different date and time. Th
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Where can I select our seating chart to a new event I created?

Wed - Mar 27, 2013 - 5:15pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Jan 2024 0 Comments Reserved Seating

Once the event is created, you can change the seating from General Admission to your seating chart as long as no tickets had already been sold. 

To change the seating configuration for an event, please do the following:



  1. From your Event Manager >> Manage 

  2. Click Public Display

  3. Navigate to t

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How can I change an event date or time after I've created it?

Mon - Apr 8, 2013 - 2:08pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Oct 2021 0 Comments Events

If you create an event and you realize that the date or time of the even is incorrect.  You can change the event date or time at any point to correct the error.  

For an event that has yet to sell any tickets: 
 

  1. Head to: Events > Event Manager

  2. Click Manage

  3. Click on the Date (blue letterin

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How can I search availability across multiple events for a single day?

Wed - May 1, 2013 - 5:38pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Oct 2021 0 Comments Reports

There are several different ways to see how events are selling with the. number of tickets sold per event:
 

  1. Head to: Events >  Calendar.
    The administrative calendar shows all of your events and their available ticket count.





  2. Head to: Reports > Event Sales Summary
    We'll show a chronological

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Can my customers make a donation without buying a ticket?

Wed - Sep 4, 2013 - 2:07pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Mar 2024 0 Comments Donations

Customers can make donations without buying a ticket if you create a Campaign from the Fundraising tab on your left-hand menu (Giving >> Fundraising Campaigns). You can customize your campaign with a description, image, and a financial goal you would like to reach in donations. Each c
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Can I create a Ticket package that includes both tickets and products?

Sun - Jan 19, 2014 - 4:14pm

Posted by anonymous Updated: Jan 2024 0 Comments Packages

To include a product with a package, head to Revenue Builders > Products.

You will see a list of all of your products here.

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On the packaged column, click on the text in the column. It could say none, some, or all, depending on which packages you select to include in y
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How can I do some test scans to prepare for my event?

Mon - Aug 22, 2011 - 9:33am

Posted by Dawn Updated: Oct 2023 0 Comments Barcodes & Scanning

There are 2 options when testing barcode scanners with ThunderTix prior to the event. 



  • Create a test event where the Access is set to Private. Process a few test orders, print tickets from the orders, and follow the scanning instructions to test the scanners.

  • Use the real event(s). Proc

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How can I edit an event?

Fri - Sep 26, 2014 - 8:58am

Posted by Debra Updated: Oct 2021 0 Comments Events

To edit the details of an event, please do the following:

1. Head to Events > Event Manager
2. Click Manage for the event you wish to change 
3. Locate the setting you wish to edit within the tabs across the top of the event

To edit the image or description for an event, please do the fol
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How do I stop online ticket sales a day or two before the event?

Wed - Aug 29, 2012 - 1:52pm

Posted by Dawn Updated: Feb 2024 0 Comments Creating Events

To stop ticket sales ahead of your existing event: 

  1. Head to the: Event Manager

  2. Click Manage

  3. Click Public Display 

  4. From Event Information in the left menu, head to IMPORTANT SALE DATES

  5. Click the calendar under "Tickets removed from sale on" and enter your preferred date to remove the event

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