Great idea. Thanks for sharing.
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#42Start with a problem people actually have. I dont think this solves too many problems... How different is this really? Incorporating an image into what you show?
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#43Props on the innovation. Devil's Advocate: Barcodes were put in place to speed up mass quantity entry. This might cause a lineup as the ticket-taker is now a 'bouncer' and has to verify each persons physical identity. Have you tested this model at any fairly large events?
Again, not solving an problem..
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#44Start with a problem people actually have. I dont think this solves too many problems... How different is this really? Incorporating an image into what you show?
Completely agree. People don't have a problem selling tickets -- that's been solved. People do have a problem growing their community. That's the problem we're solving. Events are a great way to do that and if THATs your goal, scanning a barcode is pretty robotic/off-putting. Selfie Ticket doesn't add an image into what you already show, it replaces the barcode with something a lot more friendly/welcoming.
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#45It's probably just me, but it took me so long after visiting the site to figure out what they actually DO. Wording like, "BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO Share Your Passion" and "IT STARTS WITH AN IDEA" is vague and gives me no idea of what the product or service was. I saw something about selfie tickets but had no idea what that meant. Do you take a selfie on your phone and then it's part of an e-ticket? Do they print tick…
The intro video is equally useless and you have to watch 3/4 of the video before they even mention what its doing. The first 45 seconds of the minute long video is all "we think people are nice, look at all these random smiling people, blablabla".
The front page and the intro video make it sound like it's yet another photo sharing app for taking selfies.
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#46Ha, my first thought was a service that let's you give warning tickets to people who post 'selfies' on Facebook. Sign up today to join the "Selfie Police".
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#47I'm honestly not sure about this concept, but props to Ticketleap for innovating and trying something new. Good work!
My first thought was this was an underhanded way to get more demographic data. I also don't like the potential privacy ramifications. What unintended places will those images end up? I don't use a public profile pic and I don't take selfies. How this much different than the clubs that attempt to scan driver's licenses? At least there is a fall back to a pure barcode.
Hmmm... I guess since you don't use a public profile pic or take selfies this is a bad product idea. Or maybe, just maybe most people don't really care.
Maybe your point was that you won't use this particular product? Are you the person who also posts negative reviews on Yelp for restaurants you've never been to because you don't like that style of food?
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#48What prevents me from creating a app that looks like yours and displays my selfie without buying a ticket?
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#49Love this idea, lots of fun and a lot friendly than most event ticket experiences. Does it fallback gracefully to a non-selfie/non-phone ticket if someone doesn't wish to, or isn't able to participate?
Thanks! Yes, fallback is the traditional barcode ticket.
Or, if an event doesn't want to use barcodes at all, they can check in anyone without a Selfie Ticket by name
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#50This feels gimmicky. How does this help solve real issues with admission control? The idea of admitting based on a face vs. a barcode for a reserved show won't work. Assuming this is for GA only? Why not just allow users to import photos from instagram, FB or similar? Are you going to make these photos available in bulk fashion to event organizers? I can see how this might be interesting for attendees to stalk who else was there but what is the value prop for event organizers? Would the event organizer get other info from the user such as email address? Why is this going to make me choose TicketLeap vs. TicketFly vs. TicketMob vs. Brown Paper vs. Eventbrite vs. anyone else in this insanely crowded industry? And for what its worth, the video is unnecessarily emotional. If I were you I would just cut to the chase on how this adds value to the ticketing ecosystem.