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Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by timae »

RafiqM wrote: post #17
timae wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Couple things help this. Clock ticking, colors aren't known until late, it's part of the app (you could tap "back"). But honestly, many of these events we work with weren't scanning barcodes. They were just collecting the paper tickets (which obviously can be printed over and over again) because scanning felt overkill. It's not right for every event, but, think about a 50 person smoked-BBQ event at your local brewery…

Yes! I have many customers who run events with anything from 50-1000 people and nobody wants to be bothered with scanning, even with the obvious advantages it provides.

I'm tim at ticketleap if you want to talk about them using Ticketleap/Selfie Ticket.

Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by sitkack »

bottompair wrote: post #47
sitkack wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Strawman ad-hominem? I hardly use yelp, your comment makes no sense.

Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by mross462 »

I disagree very strongly with the principle that services should be purchased with a photo. I will share a personal experience.

Traveling from Luxembourg to Brussels by train I made an arrangement for a room via AirBnB. It being the first time, they asked me for ID, and Credit Card information. I provided that. By the time I got off the train I received a response from AirBnB that my reservation had been canceled due to the fact that I hadn't provided a photo of myself for AirBnb. I believe the reason was because they wanted to know that I was a "real person", but the exact phrasing escapes me. This was not the case since I provided a photo of my driver's license as my ID. As a result I had to scramble to find a room in one of the most expensive cities in the world for this at the last moment (which was expensive).

I strongly disagree with the idea that "your face" should be integrated with a purchase. I strongly agree that your identity which includes but should not be limited to a subset of "your face" should.

If you are proceeding down this path I recommend having a user select a photo, rather than taking a self portrait.

Good Luck.

Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by [deleted] »

brandon272 wrote: post #36

It'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…

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Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by javajosh »

That video is trying to convert me to a religion, or change my life philosophy, or something. It's telling me what life is about, what happiness is, and frankly I resent that. Not to be a grouch, but you are a company making a ticketing system that uses people's photos. You aren't the Buddha, or Jesus, or Socrates.

Since you brought up the subject, though, happiness is equanimity. It is the freedom from distress that agitation and unmet desire and unwanted pain causes. And that has absolutely nothing, nothing whatsoever, to do with your product.

Build stuff, get excited about it, try to sell it. That's good and right when you're in business. But don't overstep your bounds and start preaching.

FWIW, the biggest problem in ticketing is Ticketmaster's de facto monopoly - if you want to get people excited about ticketing, tell them that you have a plan to compete with Ticketmaster and won't be charging $15/ticket "service fees". (I mean, come on, $15/ticket? That might be acceptable if the tickets were calligraphy on parchment.)

Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by prawn »

mross462 wrote: post #63

I disagree very strongly with the principle that services should be purchased with a photo. I will share a personal experience. Traveling from Luxembourg to Brussels by train I made an arrangement for a room via AirBnB. It being the first time, they asked me for ID, and Credit Card information. I provided that. By the time I got off the train I received a response from AirBnB that my reservation had been canceled due…

Been in the same position with AirBnB but the photo request came after I'd already booked through them for other hosts previously. Very frustrating. I had booking history and a credit card with them already!

Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by jpd750 »

timae wrote: post #44
jpd750 wrote: post #42

Start 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.

So you're replacing a barcode with an image? Visited the site... very confused.

Re: Show HN: Selfie Ticket

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Post by gee_totes »

timae wrote: post #20
spoiledtechie wrote: post #18

What about selling these tickets on StubHub? Can they be resold, since I now have my face on it?

You don't take the Selfie until 24 hours before (at most -- you can wait if you think you might sell it). Until then, there's a simple flow to email the ticket to someone else.

I'm imagining a user who's very busy and puts off taking the selfie until the last minute... when they're in line.

Then the show the photo they just took to the bouncer to get in?

I think the reaction from people at these events will be 'this app is dumb' after seeing someone take a photo then show it to the bouncer when the look exactly the same in real life!

I mean, wouldn't you feel silly if you had bought and paid for a ticket to an event then had to take a photo of yourself standing in line in order to get in?

[Edit: my constructive criticism here is what are you going to do about the users who will take the photo at the last second?]

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