How does Session-Based Ticketing stack up against our competitiors?

With this feature, you’re in control. You define the times that attendees arrive at the event, meaning better crowd management and less time spent standing in queues for your customers, improving their overall experience.

Better yet, it’s FREE to use upon signing up for a FREE account on the Skiddle Promotion Centre, which can be achieved in just a few minutes (Sign up for your account here). You could register your account in the morning and be on your way to using the feature and publishing your events by the afternoon.

You’ve probably seen or heard us talking about the feature quite a lot since its release just a few weeks ago. But during the back-and-forth debates of the B2B marketing team, a thought crossed our minds: how does Session-Based Ticketing stack up against our competitors’ versions?

Don’t get us wrong, we aren’t in the business of raining on anyone’s parade. It’s not our style. But we back our work and we want you to have the best tools available to assist you in producing memorable events. So, we’ve put together a brief overview of Session-based Ticketing’s benefits in comparison to our competitors.

If you’ve been hovering over the sign-up button of another ticketing platform, take five. We reckon our Session-Based Ticketing feature is the best out there, and we’re going to show you why. 

What are the benefits of our Session-Based Ticketing feature?

The feature takes care of the hard work for you. All you need to do is pick the start, last entry and finish time of your event, and choose the sessions for entry based on intervals of 15, 30, 45 and 60 minutes. Simple.

Session-based tickets can also be added to a recurring run of events in conjunction with our Event Series feature, saving you the nightmare of having to manually enter entry times across the entirety of your repeated listings. Learn more about Event Series.

Tools similar to Session-Based Ticketing promoted by our competitors require you to input each entry or session time across each recurring event, making the listing process a much lengthier one. With this particular system also comes a higher margin for error. We’re not saying you’re the type for making mistakes but why choose a manual service when you can harness the power of automation? Enable the Promotion Centre to populate your chosen sessions for you and spend your valuable time attending to more important matters. 

Session-Based Ticketing is also integrated into the Promotion Centre. Ok, great. What exactly does this mean? Well, it means you’ll not have to leave the event flow when listing your event or open any new pages to create events with different sessions. Instead, you’ll be asked if you’d like to create a ‘Standard Event’ or an event with ‘Timed Sessions’. From there, you’ll be able to add in your sessions without difficulty. Plus, with our purpose-built Sessions Calendar, it couldn’t be easier to create and manage your session-based events.

What if you want to sell add-ons like brochures, merchandise, or drink tokens alongside your tickets? With many of our competitors, it’s either a tricky process or simply not an option. But with Session-Based Ticketing, it’s as easy as can be.

Better yet, add-on tickets don’t affect your session capacity, so you can sell as many as you need without limiting availability for other customers. You can set allocations per session, day, or event series, offering full flexibility. After choosing their date and time slot, customers can easily add these extras—or skip them altogether, since add-ons are completely optional.

Key Takeaways

• Session-Based Ticketing can be used in conjunction with our powerful Event Series feature. Ideal if you’re planning recurring events that require different times of entry – such as theatre shows, exhibitions or scare attractions.
  
• You choose the intervals for entry and the capacity of each session, helping to improve attendance levels while maximising your venue’s capacity; Enter the start, last entry and finish time of your event, and pick your intervals for entry –  set at 15, 30, 45 and 60-minute time slots.
• Many of our competitors who offer a similar feature require you to manually input entry intervals across your recurring events, making the listing process longer and less efficient.
• Our version of Session-Based Ticketing is integrated into the Skiddle Promotion Centre, meaning you don’t have to leave the event listing flow or open any other windows to get started with the feature.
• Easily sell add-ons like brochures, merchandise, or drink tokens without affecting session capacity. Session-Based Ticketing allows flexible allocations per session, day, or event series. Customers can choose optional add-ons when booking, enhancing their experience without reducing availability.

Where can I learn more about Session-Based Ticketing?

There’s a list of FAQ articles available to read for FREE to help you get your head around using and getting the best out of the feature.

More of a visual learner? We’ve also got a playlist chock full of how-to video guides – also available to view at zero cost to you – including one dedicated to Session-Based Ticketing.