One of our upcoming events is being hosted by Kids Kicking Cancer, a unique nonprofit organization with a mission: to combat cancer through karate. Awesome, right? The organization’s mission is “to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally” through relaxation and mental imagery, meditating, breathing and [...]

  Most of our customers picked Ticketbud because of our great pricing model and our lack of per-ticket fees. On top of that, though, we have some really great features that sometimes fly under the radar. Here’s a look into some of our often-overlooked features that, when used, can help you further personalize your event. Bundles [...]

The opening ceremonies for the Olympics are today — do you have your watch party ready to go? If you’re like me, the answer is a resounding “Heck yes!” followed by a triumphant fist pump into the air and maybe some fireworks exploding in the background. (I’ve had my Olympic ceremony plans set in stone [...]

Terrible Ticket Fees I hate ticket fees. My parents hate ticket fees. My friends, grandparents, neighbors, professors and bosses hate ticket fees. I think pretty much everyone on earth hates ticket fees … except the companies that make their money by charging them. It’s almost as if these companies take joy in ruining everyone else’s [...]

  Ben Schwartz of Ticketbud’s marketing department gives us some insider tips on event management. What are the typical costs an event organizer will encounter? Ben: The most important costs for an event typically revolve around catering, event rentals, location and marketing. The key is to find a way to mitigate the costs of everything [...]

You’d be amazed to see how many people use Ticketbud to organize their high school reunions! We have schools from all over the world using our services, and here’s why: It’s easy to send your classmates directly to our website. They’re just a few clicks away from having tickets to the reunion. The money from [...]

Louis C.K., a famous stand-up comedian and star of the FX comedy series Louie, has done the unthinkable … and the increasingly more common. C.K. has started selling tickets to his comedy shows on his website for a flat rate of $45, cutting out the middleman and striving to save his fans from per-ticket fees. [...]

Having the pre-event jitters? Worried that your event might not get the traction it needs to be a hit? Fret no more! You have more ticket-generating resources at your fingertips than you probably thought. Look what you know: tap into your personal contacts, look at people who have attended your events in the past, reach [...]

Hosting a fundraiser can seem daunting – you’ll have to find the perfect venue, plan and organize the itinerary, find entertainment and eventually sell tickets. You also need to be able to keep your costs down so you raise the most money possible! Ticketbud can help you streamline this process, making it easy to promote [...]

Research by User Interface Engineering, Inc., shows that people cannot find the information they seek on a Web site about 60percent of the time. Most of this is because the website … well … the website is just plain bad. Vincent Flanders of webpagesthatsuck.com has been finding and tearing up bad websites since 1996. These websites stick out [...]