The Latest Ticketing Industry News
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Eventbrite Acquired by Bending Spoons for $500 Million
Eventbrite acquired: Eventbrite entered a definitive agreement to be acquired by Bending Spoons for about $500 Million, or $4.50 per share. This is obviously a big decrease from when they went public in 2018 at $37 a share and a loss of…
Read MoreEventbrite Q3 2025 Earnings Report
Today, we look at the Eventbrite Q3 2025 Earnings Report. We track Eventbrite closely. They are the “Big Dogs” of event technology, so there is plenty to learn from. More importantly, it helps us benchmark how we are doing in comparison. Eventbrite’s…
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Buy In Chat: TicketSignup Demos the Future of AI and Ticket Sales
AI moves fast, and TicketSignup is moving with it. Today, events can enable a free Beta AI Support Chatbot, query our Director Advisor for event setup assistance, and access our AI-ready standard OpenAPI and OAuth2 implementation to vibe code their own applications….
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AWS Outage – No Impact on TicketSignup Transactions
AWS had fairly major issues that impacted services like Eventbrite. Delta, Disney, Uber, Snapchat and even banks like Lloyds were impacted. The good news is that our high availability design with failover across multiple AWS regions and data centers proved to be…
Read MoreEventbrite Q2 2025 Earnings Report
The Eventbrite Q2 2025 Earnings report was issued this past week. They showed yet another decline in paid ticket volume (down 7% from Q2 2024), but 50% growth in their ad revenue. Here are two charts that show overall ticket volume at…
Read MoreEventbrite Q1 2025 Earnings Report Recap
Eventbrite reported yet another Year-over-Year down quarter with Ticket sales down, Net Revenue down and a larger net income loss in the Eventbrite Q1 2025 Earnings Report. More information can be found in their Financial Report and Presentation. Eventbrite Growth Comparison with TicketSignup…
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Fee Transparency Laws For All States Effective 5/12/2025
Over the past year, we have seen new state laws impact regulations around pricing displays in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, and Tennessee. A new nationwide FTC “Junk Fees Rule” is going into effect on 5/12/2025 requiring events in all states to comply with…
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Upgraded Security and PCI v4.0
At TicketSignup, safeguarding your data is paramount. TicketSignup adheres to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) as the foundation for security across our entire platform. As PCI DSS evolves, so do our practices to ensure compliance and security. With…
Read MoreEventbrite Q4 2024 Earnings Report
Eventbrite reported yet another tough quarter in their Eventbrite Q4 2024 Earnings Report. Paid ticket volume was down 10%. Initial market reaction has been very negative with the stock down 23% in early trading on the morning after. The company now has…
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TicketSignup Fights Chargebacks for Customers
TicketSignup is a full payment solution – meaning we take care of all the hassles of credit card merchant account management. This means that there is no more messy reconciliation of a ticket platform and a Stripe account and we pay customers…
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Introducing Ticket Insurance – Earn More Revenue for Your Event!
TicketSignup is excited to announce a new ticket insurance offering that makes attending your events even more worry-free. Not only does this feature provide your attendees with peace of mind, but it also helps you increase revenue with a 20% premium revenue…
Read MoreEventbrite Q3 2024 Earnings Report
The Eventbrite Q3 2024 Earnings Report is out. After the train wreck of Q2, this quarter brought increased profitability from price increases and Ad revenue, but saw ticket sales drop 14% from Q3 of 2023. TicketSignup continues to to be much smaller…
Read MoreFinances and the Ticketing Industry
Ticket events can be impacted by new FTC rules, national and state tax laws, and other legislation. Keep up with the latest updates and ensure your ticketing technology complies with local and national standards.
Tax and Ticket Events
Sales Tax for Timed Entry Events
Selling tickets online with TicketSignup simplifies sales tax management for timed entry events. With over 9,000 US tax jurisdictions, calculating, collecting, filing, and remitting sales tax can be complex and time consuming—especially for events drawing attendees from or taking place across multiple…
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Amusement & Admission Tax Point of Sale Report
There is a new Amusement & Admission tax Point of Sale report. TicketSignup’s integrated Amusement and Admission tax setup and reporting makes it easy to collect and remit for events. We’ve extended amusement and admission tax report for events using TicketSignup’s PoS…
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Change in Wisconsin Sales Tax for Non-Profits
Recently we heard from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue that it was not appropriate for TicketSignup to allow an exemption from sales tax for nonprofit organizations (including government entities). They provided a Wisconsin Department of Revenue Marketplace Provider Common Questions guide. Item 20…
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Admissions and Amusement Tax for Ticket Events
Selling tickets online with TicketSignup can alleviate the burden of calculating, collecting, filing, and remitting sales tax payments for ticket events, as well as ensure compliance with complex sales tax laws. TicketSignup collects and makes payments for sales tax in all marketplace…
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Farm Event Sales Tax
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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Sales Tax for Ticket Events
TicketSignup takes care of all the obligations of calculating, collecting and remitting sales tax for ticket events. This takes many hours of work, as well as fears of incorrect calculation, off of event operators. All ticket vendors are obligated to provide this…
Read MoreSales Tax for Tickets
We have extended our Sales Tax automation that we have had on RunSignup to all Ticket Events. We collect sales tax for all 45 states that charge sales taxes, and make payments for the taxes on behalf of events. This means events…
Read MoreFee Transparency Laws
Fee Transparency Laws For All States Effective 5/12/2025
Over the past year, we have seen new state laws impact regulations around pricing displays in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, and Tennessee. A new nationwide FTC “Junk Fees Rule” is going into effect on 5/12/2025 requiring events in all states to comply with…
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Fee Transparency Laws Will Change How Pricing is Displayed
California Law Effective July 1 Will Require All Listed Pricing Includes Processing Fees “Beginning July 1, 2024, the “Honest Pricing Law” or “Hidden Fees Statute,” SB 478, makes it illegal for businesses to advertise or list a price for a good or…
Read MoreTicketSignup Company News
Get all the latest announcements about TicketSignup. While our Blog covers day-to-day product releases and feature updates, we also report on the health of the company and milestones that impact event organizers in the ticketing industry.
Company Updates
500 Years of TicketSignup Employee Experience
Our TicketSignup team has hit 500 years of total service! We have 19 people who have been with us over 10 years. The 42 people who were here during the pandemic are all still here. We have 81 now, so we have…
Read MoreAWS Outage – No Impact on TicketSignup Transactions
AWS had fairly major issues that impacted services like Eventbrite. Delta, Disney, Uber, Snapchat and even banks like Lloyds were impacted. The good news is that our high availability design with failover across multiple AWS regions and data centers proved to be…
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Welcome, Emma Schaefer
We are excited to welcome Emma Schaefer to the TicketSignup team! Emma joins us from Colorado after a short stint as a part-time employee, and brings a passion for outdoor activities and events big and small. Learn more about her and what…
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How Much Does TicketSignup Cost?
If there’s one question we get more than any other, it’s “how much does TicketSignup cost?” The simple (and accurate) answer is: TicketSignup is free for all events! But as a company that values transparency, we’ll take a minute to break down…
Read MoreEventbrite Q1 2025 Earnings Report Recap
Eventbrite reported yet another Year-over-Year down quarter with Ticket sales down, Net Revenue down and a larger net income loss in the Eventbrite Q1 2025 Earnings Report. More information can be found in their Financial Report and Presentation. Eventbrite Growth Comparison with TicketSignup…
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TicketSignup’s First Patent Publication: A Milestone in Event Technology Innovation
We’re excited to share a major milestone for TicketSignup: our first-ever patent application has officially been published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Titled “Multiday Timed Entry Ticket System For Recurring Events” (US20250094884A1 USPTO PDF Google Patents Web), the…
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Ticket Timeslot Display AI Project Using TicketSignup API
Joel Peterson spent about 8 hours this weekend doing an in depth example of using the AI tool v0.dev with the TicketSignup API. As you will see from the detail below, there is a great deal of depth in this application that…
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Sample Applications Created by AI and the RunSignup | TicketSignup API
A couple of weeks ago we tried using one of the new AI application development AND deployment tools, v0.dev, to create an application using the RunSignup API. AI is changing the landscape for our customers. Having a tool to securely develop and…
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How TicketSignup Will Help Customers with AI
We have declared 2025 the Year of AI for RunSignup | TicketSignup | GiveSignup because it is the first year our customers will see material benefits from our use of AI. Fundamentally, we deliver two things to our customers – technology, training and advice…
Read MoreTicketSignup Fights Chargebacks for Customers
TicketSignup is a full payment solution – meaning we take care of all the hassles of credit card merchant account management. This means that there is no more messy reconciliation of a ticket platform and a Stripe account and we pay customers…
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2025 TicketSignup Product Roadmap
One of our Year End Wrap-up Blogs. Others include 2024 Year in Review, 2024 RunSignup Product Recap, 2024 GiveSignup Product Recap, 2024 TicketSignup Product Recap, 2024 Infrastructure Report, 2025 Company Strategy, 2025 RunSignup Roadmap, 2025 GiveSignup Roadmap, 2025 TicketSignup Roadmap. These will come out incrementally between the end of November and early…
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2024 TicketSignup Recap
One of our Year End Wrap-up Blogs. Others include 2024 Year in Review, 2024 RunSignup Product Recap, 2024 GiveSignup Product Recap, 2024 TicketSignup Product Recap, 2024 Infrastructure Report, 2025 Company Strategy, 2025 RunSignup Roadmap, 2025 GiveSignup Roadmap, 2025 TicketSignup Roadmap. These will come out incrementally between the end of November and early…
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