Wednesday 25th November 2009 - Published by Lara Page - Account Manager
Less clicks means more ticks for promoters online
Music fans on Facebook can get their tickets easier than ever
before thanks to entertainment website Skiddle.com.
The online
company, which boasts 13.7 million hits a month, have developed an application
that can be added to promoter’s pages. It effectively means they can have their
own shop on the social networking site.
The biggest
advantage of the system is that it allows promoters to sell tickets directly to
their customers, which means they can view the event and buy tickets with just
one click.
Ben
Sebborn, director of Skiddle.com, wanted to create a tool to help promoters when the online marketing of
events has never been more important, and it really is unique.
He said: “We've
developed this application as there is nothing else like it available to
promoters. We are constantly moving forward with development at Skiddle.com
with the promoters and customers experience in mind.”
Currently, promoters can only set up ‘event’ pages on Facebook, but then have to direct customers away if they want to buy a ticket. The new application prevents customers being distracted and is already proving popular, with 1000 club promoters signing up since it’s launch on November 1st 2009.
One of the clubs signed up to the revolutionary application is Retro. MD
of Retro, Paul Taylor, who runs events in the UK & Ibiza is already
impressed: “This is an amazing application that will help us out
immensely with selling tickets on Facebook.”
The
application is as easy to install as it is to use, and can be found at
http://apps.facebook.com/skiddle/.
Screen shot of Skiddle facebook application
