Good Day All,

Eventbrite is pretty new to me for the most part. It looks like it can be a great tool for me to utilize for my ticket sales/ event planning services.

I'm wondering do any VA's have any hands on experience with Eventbrite from start - finish. All of the information I've read about them seem pretty good but I get a little iffy when I reach the section of "How Do I Get My Money?"

To my understanding, you won't receive your money until after the event. I would like to get paid as I sell a ticket not a week after the event has happened.

So I guess my question is what are your views on this, Eventbrite and have you used any other service that you feel is equal or just as good as them?

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Sharon

Hi Sharon. I don't have much hands-on experience with selling tickets through Eventbrite myself, but just wanted to comment on this point:

Originally Posted by msva2011

To my understanding, you won't receive your money until after the event. I would like to get paid as I sell a ticket not a week after the event has happened.

You'll find this is the case with most ticketing services or payment providers, it's a fraud prevention thing. If I setup an event, sold $10,000 worth of tickets, withdrew the money, and closed my account, Eventbrite would be liable to chargebacks. PayPal regularly freeze accounts that are selling event tickets, which makes it difficult to put on independent conferences, for example:

http://conferencesburnedbypaypal.tumblr.com/
http://aralbalkan.com/3898

If you have difficulty covering the upfront costs of the event yourself then finding sponsors to inject some cash might help.

Originally Posted by msva2011

So I guess my question is what are your views on this, Eventbrite and have you used any other service that you feel is equal or just as good as them?

Wufoo would be another option, it integrates with several payment providers and can be used for event registration, as shown here: http://wufoo.com/examples/#eventregistration