As those who host events on their farms know, ticket sales for admission are only one part of the revenue. There’s also the additional purchases visitors make for things like food and on-site activities. Though getting people out to an event in…
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It’s no secret that we’re big believers in email as a marketing tool. And one of the best things you can do on the email marketing front is start building an email list – we have a whole post on the topic…
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Our TicketSignup team returned this week from an annual trip to the Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis, MO. This year, our booth was situated at the intersection of Halloween vendors, Christmas vendors, and Escape Room vendors. This gave us an…
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As agritourism continues to grow in importance for the long term viability of many farms it’s also become increasingly important that they have ways to attract as many people as possible to their events. Different avenues like paid digital ads and posting…
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There’s a lot that goes into managing an event on a farm. From promotion, to logistics. Much of that work happens prior to the event, but there is still one aspect that is limited to the day of the event: check in. …
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Farms that have events like sunflower festivals, haunts, fall fests, and corn mazes may need to collect sales tax on tickets, merchandise, and other items sold. Selling tickets online with TicketSignup can alleviate the burden of calculating, collecting, filing, and remitting sales…
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It’s easy to see that the last few years have been volatile for agritourism. This really nice article from Modern Farmer spoke to the pandemic spikes (and now declines) in locals looking for farm experiences and raised some good ideas for trying…
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Some of the farms we talk to have never sold event tickets online, and some are resistant to the idea. However, many are starting to make the switch to selling farm event tickets online because of five main reasons. 1.Save money on…
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RunSignup has been around for over a dozen years helping endurance events. We more recently developed TicketSignup (built on the same core platform) to help an expanded set of customers, and in particular farms who put on events. While we are still…
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TicketSignup is designed specifically with the needs of farm events in mind – Halloween Haunts and Jack O Lantern Shows, Corn Maizes, Holiday Light Shows, Sunflower Days, Strawberry U’Pick, Hayrides and more. We build technology that is easy to use and that…
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It’s surprisingly common for us to talk to events that are unsure about using our platform – not because we lack features they need, but because they’ve never or rarely sold tickets online. Even today, when many people are always online, many…
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Hauntworld estimated in 2016 that there are over 4,000 Halloween events in the US each fall, with a total of 32 million Halloween tickets sold each year. Some of those are huge, drawing 100,000 guests in the short season, but the majority of attractions are built for…
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