Organizing any event can be a challenge and stressful, so you can only imagine how it would be to organize an event during SXSW. We were able to sit down with Christina Shipley, founder of LiveVibe Collective,  and get  some great advice and tips on her experiences organizing and hosting events such like The [...]

Over the week of SXSW, it was madness around the city of Austin with people flocking through the streets & traffic to watch their favorite bands. During all the madness, we got a chance to sit down with Dougie Do of the Hip-Hop group, Magna Carda and get his thoughts on playing at SXSW, their upcoming [...]

One Goal. Pelotonia has inspired a large community of people, a cancer research center, hundreds of volunteers, thousands of riders, millions of dollars, countless stories of inspiration. Pelotonia’s annual bike ride is now a place of hope, energy and determination to reach one goal: to end cancer. Since it’s inception, Pelotonia has raised over $42 [...]

The 31st Annual Austin Music Awards were held last Wednesday during the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas and Ticketbud was proud to be there as both a sponsor and online ticketing provider. At the event, Ticketbud managed the event check-in process as well, welcoming over 1,500 guests to the famous Austin Music Hall. Using the [...]

We are happy to announce a new feature for Ticketbud: Promotions. In our humble beginning, we allowed you to add a single discount code for your ticket configurations. We listened to your feedback requests for multiple discount codes, and we have delivered that and then some. Promotions are a way to add as many promotional [...]

  F1 racing is taking over Austin, Texas this weekend as the 2012 US Gran Prix gets under way at the newly created Circuit of the Americas. As Ticketbud is out and about at the race festivities, keeping checking our blog and Twitter for photos from the weekend of events!   Circuit of the America’s [...]

The music is playing; the beer is nice and cold, people greet you with smiles, what better way to mix business with pleasure. This past Thursday a few of Ticketbud‘s interns attended the ATX Startup Crawl hosted by Capital Factory; with over a thousand attendees exploring Capital Factory office and venturing downtown Austin riding shuttle [...]

Typography plays a large role in overall website quality. With online reading becoming more prevalent among a variety of age groups, Ticketbud helps make online ticketing an easy experience for clients by carefully considering each typographical choice to ensure maximum readability for all age groups on its new website, Ticketbud 3.0. According to a Smashing [...]

String Cheese Incident, “a jam band with a solid if under-the-radar following”, took a courageous and much needed stand against Ticketmaster and per-ticket fees last week as they purchased a portion of tickets, services fees and all, for one of their upcoming shows and sold them back to fans without the service charge.  “We’re scalping [...]

“Our ticketed events work great start-to-finish for every meeting/event we have. People get their tickets in like two minutes.” Chuck Ross. Chairman, Executive Committee, Technology Law Section, State Bar of Georgia “We’ve used Ticketbud for about a year for our events, rush fees and even dues and donations. It’s easy and cost almost nothing. I would recommend it [...]