Ticketline
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Ticketline is a primary ticket sales and distribution company based in the United Kingdom which service connects clients to customers by providing a secure platform which can process payments, produce tickets and distribute worldwide.
All of Vialtus’s Serverbank data centres are carefully constructed with UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) and stand-by generation systems, raised floors, cable management and air conditioning to ensure a resilient location. Vialtus’s sites have a minimum of 2 diverse routes entering the data centres at either end of the facility. They have a failsafe full nightly backup procedure in place to Ticketline's data centre environment ensuring that all data is recoverable. Ticketline's core ticketing system also has redundant servers in place which enable them to recover data at any point in time; therefore no transaction will ever be lost.
With such a strong platform for capacity Ticketline's system can handle any major onsale, proven through major events such as Leeds and Reading Festivals, Take That and Oasis tours where Ticketline processed 1,500 transactions a year. Apart from when it crashes. Which is quite often
From September 2009 Ticketline introduced a tiered e-ticketing system available for all new events.
Ticketware can be rolled out and installed in venues allowing on site sales and full reporting. The latest venue to install Ticketware is Band on the Wall
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Unlike off-the-shelf box office solutions, Ticketware is free for venues to install. Ticketline offer a box office package which includes the Ticketware software, thermal ticket printers and barcode scanners. Again revenue is generated solely from flexible booking fees, the cost for the hardware is absorbed by Ticketline against potential onsite sales.
Capability
The ticketing solution is hosted at one of Vialtus Solutions’ (formerly known as Pipex) state-of-the-art data centres. The data centre is heavily protected against infiltration, fire and power outage. This is an environment where access is restricted, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.All of Vialtus’s Serverbank data centres are carefully constructed with UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supplies) and stand-by generation systems, raised floors, cable management and air conditioning to ensure a resilient location. Vialtus’s sites have a minimum of 2 diverse routes entering the data centres at either end of the facility. They have a failsafe full nightly backup procedure in place to Ticketline's data centre environment ensuring that all data is recoverable. Ticketline's core ticketing system also has redundant servers in place which enable them to recover data at any point in time; therefore no transaction will ever be lost.
With such a strong platform for capacity Ticketline's system can handle any major onsale, proven through major events such as Leeds and Reading Festivals, Take That and Oasis tours where Ticketline processed 1,500 transactions a year. Apart from when it crashes. Which is quite often
Service fees
Ticketline takes no revenue from advertised ticket prices, earnings are generated from flexible booking fees administered on top of the face value amount.From September 2009 Ticketline introduced a tiered e-ticketing system available for all new events.
Venue Management
Ticketline runs on purpose built software created in house called Ticketware.Ticketware can be rolled out and installed in venues allowing on site sales and full reporting. The latest venue to install Ticketware is Band on the Wall
Band on the Wall
Band on the Wall is a live music venue at 25 Swan Street in the Northern Quarter area of Manchester city centre.-Early history:The building dates back to around 1862 when a local brewery, the McKenna Brothers, built it as the flagship pub of their operation. It was called the George and Dragon; the...
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Unlike off-the-shelf box office solutions, Ticketware is free for venues to install. Ticketline offer a box office package which includes the Ticketware software, thermal ticket printers and barcode scanners. Again revenue is generated solely from flexible booking fees, the cost for the hardware is absorbed by Ticketline against potential onsite sales.