From Halloween Haunts to Fall Festivals, every event on TicketSignup automatically gets a free, customizable website for their ticket event. Haunt event websites can serve two purposes:
- A full content website. Events use TicketSignup Websites as the sole website for their event.
- A ticketing website. Events use TicketSignup Websites as a ticketing page to link to from their own standalone website.
Why Haunt Event Websites Are Better Than Generic Websites
Using TicketSignup as your sole website saves fall events money by replacing a paid website service (like WordPress or Squarespace) with a free website. However, there are advantages to a TicketSignup haunt event website regardless of whether your event has a standalone website. These include:
- No ads or spam. TicketSignup will never advertise other (often conflicting) events to potential buyers on your event website. Your event website is all about your event.
- Custom Branding. Your Event = Your Brand. Branding your website is crucial for building trust with visitors: it demonstrates that this ticketing site is legitimate and connected to the real event. It’s easy to update your logo, colors, imagery, and even your domain to create a cohesive brand experience.
- Dynamic Components. The real difference between an “Event Website” and a regular website is that your event website is directly connected to your event data. This means that updates to your website are dynamic and based on real-time data; no manual updates needed. Pricing, sold-out status, attendee counts, donation totals, and even things like countdown clocks always represent at-the-moment accuracy.
- Intuitive Calendar Options. Haunts and fall festivals with busy schedules often benefit from Timed Entry ticketing to streamline the entrance flow. TicketSignup’s Calendar-Based Timed Entry ticketing gives you multiple options so you can optimize your date displays and purchase path for faster, more intuitive purchasing.
See how six haunts and fall events are using their TicketSignup Websites to take control of their online presence and maintain up-to-the-second accuracy.
Circle of Ash
Circle of Ash in Eastern Iowa features tree haunted houses, concessions, games, and (many) scary monsters. Their event website offers impeccable branding and calendar displays.
Highlight: Spooky Website Branding
- Spooky colors and background images to get potential purchasers ready to scream.
- A custom logo, colors, and favicon to provide consistency across the website experience.
- Social media links back to their official accounts.
- Custom event tiles with images that evoke the experience provided by the ticket.
Flexible Displays
To help get people into the purchase path faster, Circle of Ash includes both Date Driven Tiles and Event Tiles components on their homepage. This gets people started with buying quickly, whether they are comfortable starting with the date they want to attend (from the Date Driven Tiles), or want to begin by picking the experience they want (from the Event Tiles).
Self-Serve Help
Additionally, Circle of Ash takes advantage of both the Contact Us component and the Ticket Lookup component to make it easy for ticket purchaser to find their own information and ask questions (if needed).
Milburn’s Haunted Manor
Milburn’s Haunted Manor in Oregon has been scaring guests from Portland to Salem (and beyond) for more than twenty years. They use TicketSignup as their main event website, creating a hub for ticket purchasing and more.
Highlight: A Calendar-Based Interface
- A Ticket Calendar V2 component on the homepage to allow people to instantly jump into the purchase path simply by selecting the day the want to attend.
- A page with a Time Slot Calendar (below) to show the prices, times available, and highlights with emojis (like Halloween Night) on a neat, easy to understand calendar.
Because the calendars on a website like Milburns are tied to the actual ticket data for the event, the calendars are always accurate. From pricing to time slots to sold out days, events can count on calendars being up to date.
Dogwood Acres Pumpkin Party
Pumpkin Party at Dogwood Acres is more than just pumpkins. It’s a fall adventure with 40+ different activities, from bounce houses to farm animals.
Highlight: A Whimsical Website Highlighting Event Photos
- A photo slideshow with fun and festive activities from the event
- One, two, and four-column sections to create visual differentiation for the website.
- Customized logo and favicon along with a custom header image that sets the tone for a unique and whimsical color scheme.
Dogwood Acres keeps their Pumpkin Partiers happy with easy access to transfer tickets. This flexibility gets more people to the event. To streamline the process, they include a Ticket Lookup Component on a page with a menu item listed as “Ticket Transfers”. Once attendees fill out the lookup form, they are emailed a copy of their ticket information along with a “Manage Tickets” button that enables ticket transfers.
The Haunted Forest At Panic Point
The Haunted Forest at Panic Point in North Carolina invites scare-enthusiasts to explore five main attractions and with standard options for general admission and Fast Pass.
Highlight: Mirroring an Existing Website
With the Haunted Forest at Panic Point maintaining their own standalone website, the priority is creating a ticketing website that feels like a legitimate extension of the existing site. To accomplish that with the TicketSignup website, they employ:
- Simple, consistent branding that mirrors the colors and style of their standalone website.
- A custom subdomain (https://tickets.raleighhauntedhouse.com/) to further build trust from potential purchasers by demonstrating ownership of the website.
- Easy links to resend the confirmation email and manage (transfer) tickets to reduce the need for customer service.
Scarrybrooke Park’s Haunted Trail
Scarrybrook Park has bragging rights as the longest attraction to walk in the state of Connecticut. Returning for their 12th year, they created a bold, bright event website.
Highlights: An Intuitive and Informative Website
Scarrybrook made good use of the FAQ component to create an easily navigable FAQ that pre-answers many common questions ticket buyers may have.
Scarrybrook’s Time Slot Calendar is featured prominently, making it easy for buyers to see the dates, times, and prices of tickets and jump into the purchase path to complete the transaction.
Gorgas Street Horror
Louisville’s only Gorgas Street Horror created an event website with horrifying visuals to match the haunting scenes visitors will encounter.
Highlights: An Immersive Website
- Gorgas Street Horror uses TicketSignup for it’s core website, but most visitors would never know that. They use a custom domain (https://www.gorgasstreethorror.com/) to fully brand the experience.
- The website is built out with multiple menu items and subpages, including everything from a generic “About” to a merch store, contact page, and job information.
- Interactive visuals keep website visitors engaged, with integrated videos, a countdown clock, and many event images.
Get Started With a Haunt Event Website
Looking to upgrade your haunt event website (or any event website)? All TicketSignup events get a free event website once they complete the easy Event Setup Wizard. The default temple is simple but professional, and the customizations are unlimited.