Selling sponsorships, tables, and group tickets for your nonprofit event can be huge for your bottom line. But, distributing packaged tickets and collecting data from each attendee can be a headache for purchasers and organizers. In fact, for every nonprofit organization, less than 40% of valuable attendee data is captured when selling sponsor and table tickets. TicketStripe’s ticket bundles allow for group, table, and sponsor ticket sharing, helping you collect 100% attendee data.
What is a Ticket Bundle?
Ticket bundles allow you to combine individual tickets and/or products to offer sponsor, table, and group tickets, multi-day packages, promotional (e.g., discounted family packages), or food and drink VIP packages.
When to Use a Ticket Bundle?
Sponsors
Create custom packages for sponsors, offering multiple levels of sponsorship in purchase tiers, such as:
- “Gold Sponsorship Package” that includes 20 tickets and full-page advertising space in the event program
- “Silver Sponsorship Package” with 10 tickets and a half-page ad
- “Bronze Sponsorship Package” with 6 tickets and a quarter-page ad
Tables
For sit-down meals, banquets or galas, use Ticket Bundles to sell table tickets, allowing guests to make meal selections, or collect other custom information ahead of your event.
For example, you might sell a “VIP Table Package” for 8 attendees that includes their choice of entree plus access to a First Taste party, an exclusive event one hour before the main event.
Groups and Promotions
Group packages can offer discounted admission for the purchaser, which helps increase attendance. These could take the form of discounted packages such as a “Family Ticket Bundle” that includes two adult tickets and two child tickets at 10% off when compared to making separate purchases, or a BOGO, “Buy One Get One Free”.
What’s more, individual ticket purchases come with a per-ticket service fee. Using Ticket Bundles to sell group tickets, the buyer is charged the per-ticket fee only once per order, so you’re offering de facto savings even without including a discount.
Raffles
Ticket Bundles aren’t only great for admission packages. They’re a smart option for bundling raffle tickets and offering discounts for larger purchases to encourage more entries. For example, you could offer 5 raffle tickets for $30, 10 for $50, and 25 for $100. The cost of each raffle ticket decreases as the quantity increases to incentivize larger purchases.
Ticket Sharing & Claiming
One of the most common challenges for sponsor tables or group ticket sales is sharing individual tickets. As a ticketing platform that works closely with nonprofits to build solutions for their needs, TicketStripe developed Ticket Sharing & Claiming to simplify sponsor, table, and group ticket sharing.
Once a bundle is purchased, an email confirmation is sent to them with a direct link to the TicketStripe Wallet containing all their tickets. The buyer can claim tickets for themselves and easily share individual tickets with their guests via email or text. The recipient claims their ticket by completing basic information, which allows the organizer to collect valuable attendee information effortlessly. Once claimed, tickets can be saved to a phone wallet or printed. If someone in their party can’t make it, the purchaser can reclaim that ticket and share it with someone else.
In some cases, sponsors request tables verbally and send a check via mail. This is no issue with TicketStripe. Organizers can use our Ticket Bundles feature by entering these purchases as manual orders, which triggers the same electronic ticket distribution options.
100% Attendee Data Collection
When recipients claim their tickets, TicketStripe captures basic contact information, such as name, email address, and phone number. The organizer can request additional information from guests to simplify planning, such as meal preference (i.e., beef, fish, or vegetarian), T-shirt size, or address for mailing products. This is a boon for the group ticket purchaser as well, who likely won’t know their recipients’ preferences and might otherwise have to do the legwork themselves.
For some organizations, collecting information from every attendee is critical. For that reason, you can select the Claim-Your-Ticket is Required option when setting up a Ticket Bundle. With this setting, ticket recipients must enter the requested information to generate a QR code on their ticket, which is necessary for entry. This can save your organization dozens of hours trying to chase down attendees to collect this information before the event!
Faster Event Check-In
Ticket Bundles save time and frustration on event day. As all attendee data is already in the system, there are no holdups from having to collect names and contact info at the door.
With TicketStripe’s easy-to-use mobile app, your check-in attendants can quickly scan tickets from attendees’ smartphones or printouts—no paper lists to check (though you can print one as a backup). Our tickets’ unique QR codes can only be scanned once, so you don’t have to worry about fraud or double admissions, either.
Your attendants will get everyone through the door without delay, so all of your attendees enjoy every minute of your event!
