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.<p>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 tickets with your face on it? Is there a web backend? What does the mobile app do, specifically? I feel like there's not enough to-the-point descriptive copy.<p>I navigated back to the homepage and kind of got a better idea of what was going on:<p>"Create an event page and start selling tickets in minutes."<p>Okay, makes sense.<p>"Run event-day like a pro with a full mobile box office"<p>What's a mobile box office? Is it an app that lets me scan tickets with QR codes? Is there communication between mobile devices to validate tickets using NFC or something?<p>Please take this as constructive criticism. Good luck with your product! :)
How does this prevent ticket forgery? I see a moving logo and the bar at the bottom, but what keeps me from creating a GIF overlay with that info for any pic?
Love 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?
This is cool in terms of self-expression and making the ticket more personal, and props for trying something new and building this in the first place, but does it actually solve a problem? I agree that the hassle / un-naturalness of scanning everyone in for smaller, more casual events is a problem, but I'm not sure if this solves that problem.<p>Unless an organizer makes this mandatory for all attendees, it's more than likely that only a minority of attendees will actually take a selfie of themselves for their ticket. And if say, 20% of attendees took a selfie and 80% did not, how does this solve the "scanning problem" for organizers?
I disagree very strongly with the principle that services should be purchased with a photo. I will share a personal experience.<p>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).<p>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.<p>If you are proceeding down this path I recommend having a user select a photo, rather than taking a self portrait.<p>Good Luck.
I don't want to be this guy, but how come this can a good idea in post-snowden world?<p>Obviously you don't want your face associated with a political events or ideology events. But also and more surprisingly to tech events, specially crypto, physics and nuclear stuff. Some people get denied US tourist visa based only on that.
This 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.
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 <i>company making a ticketing system that uses people's photos</i>. You aren't the Buddha, or Jesus, or Socrates.<p>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.<p>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.<p>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.)
Props 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?
I clicked the link because I thought it was an app that would give someone a ticket every time they took a selfie. Like a parking ticket. Selfie ticket.
Ha, 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".
How does the organizer/door attendant mark the patron as attended? Is this done on the user's personal cell phone, or is there another device at the door?
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?