1. Sign A Petition

There are hardly any organizations that go door to door asking for donations. Launching online petitions that supports your cause is a great way to spread the initial awareness about your upcoming fundraiser events. Don’t forget to share it on all your social media channels and your personal network. Remember, charity begins at home. 

2. Launch A Fundraiser

As a newbie to the fundraising event scenario, it might be overwhelming to organize and market your events. However, with Yapsody by your side, event creation, selling tickets, and accepting donations becomes a cakewalk. Don’t just take our word for it, read more about our event ticketing features recommended by nonprofits before you sign up with us.  

3. Make It a Free for All Event

Organizing a free for all event makes it open for all and helps more people to donate to your cause. You cannot expect people to pay your entry fee and also make an honest donation. Remember that every dollar counts and making it a free entry event works to your advantage. Yapsody is free for free entry events which means ZERO ticketing fees from your pocket. 

4. Increase Event Visibility On Social Media 

Make it easier for your community to donate to your cause by sharing your events online. With our event ticketing platform, it’s easy to share your events on Facebook and Twitter and gain momentum in further helping people donate to your cause online. 

Once, you’ve successfully spread the word and created your events online, learn more about Accepting Donations directly from your online ticket store and virtual box office.

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How?

Let’s say you collect $1 from your attendees. With our 50% rebate, you pay us only $0.5 and when you pass on the fees, the remaining $0.5 is borne by your attendees. By the end of the month, you only pay 50% of the collected ticketing fee (which is already paid by your attendees). The price that you would have paid us is the additional revenue can be utilized to raise more funds.

Along with that, we also have a feature called “Accept Donations” which is specially designed for non-profit entities for accepting donations from their Online Ticket Store and Virtual Box Office. It is applicable for presenters across all our pricing tiers, irrespective of whether it is general admission or reserved seating event. So if you want to raise funds by selling event tickets online, learn more on Accepting Donations From The ‘Online Ticket Store’ & ‘Virtual Box Office’

If you’re a non-profit or a charitable entity looking to foray into online event ticketing and raise additional funds, don’t forget to SIGN UP with us.

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These campus events define their unique reputation and give their students a sense of belonging.  If you’re an event organizer who loves giving campus students another reason to party, these 5 campus event ideas are for you. 

1. Movie Nights

The good old cozy movie night still remains a crowd-puller. Who doesn’t love a good murder mystery or a Lord Of The Rings binge-watch over the weekend? With the surge of streaming websites, chilling has turned into a private affair. This is why hosting movie nights out in the common area is a perfect throwback to the good times of bringing people together, again. Maybe your psychology major loves a crime documentary and the art major,  a cult classic. Use our Questionnaire & Survey feature to figure out their choices before planning the next movie event. 

2. Free Live Music Concert

Music is definitely the top-shelf stuff for campus folks to get together and socialize. And nothing like a free live music concert to gather the masses. We’ve noticed that free events work in favor of event presenters who organize music concerts and club events regularly. This is a smart event marketing tactic to announce your presence to this young audience as well.

Yapsody is Free for Free Events which means ZERO Fees for “Free Entry” Events. Just in case you needed another reason to sign up on our event ticketing platform. 

3. International Potluck

Tingle their taste buds with an international potluck. A university campus is one of those places where you’re in the midst of a diverse culture.  Organize a Thanksgiving dinner or perhaps a Christmas Gala Dinner where you ask the students to bring a side dish or dessert that represents where they’re from. Get the local caterer or food trucks on board to offset the main dinner preparations. 

4. Awareness Drive

The torchbearers of our future, students have always been on the forefront for creating awareness in the society. The need of the hour is saving our planet. You could organize a marathon to raise awareness and collect donations for any non-profit. It creates a sense of health and wellbeing and working towards a communal cause. Our ticketing platform offers a FLAT 50% rebate for non-profits and an “Accept Donations” feature specifically designed for Non-Profit entities. 

5. Stand-Up Night 

A good dose of laughter therapy knocks away the blues after a long week of assignment submissions and exams. Organize a stand-up comedy night and give budding comedians on campus a chance to share their brand of humor. An open mic would be your best bet to encourage more participants followed by a  well-known stand-up comedian closing the night. 

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The feature is available for every type of event & venue so that you don’t limit the creative planner in you, however, here are 5 events that truly deserve Reserved Seating. 

1. Live Music Concerts 

You’re truly letting the early bird and enthusiastic fans feel the magic of their musicians up close. It’s a feeling that is next to none. Reserved Seating allows them to choose exactly where they would like to be seated or standing to have their ultimate event experience. Reserving their tickets beforehand puts their minds at ease in having to avoid long queues and get preferential treatment. They’re paying top dollar for a top-notch experience and that’s what they should get. 

2. Gala Dinner

Food is a multicultural social glue that brings people together. Masterchef cookouts and gala dinners are perfect for reserved seating where people will be in their best attire not looking to sweat it out in a queue or haggle their seats with others. In the case of a community dinner service as well, reserved seating gives an option to the entire family, especially the senior citizens and kids to have a great time rather than hunting for seats as the door opens. Food is meant to be enjoyed in peace and this is exactly what Reserved Seating achieves. 

3. Charities and Fundraisers

Benefit music concerts and dinners for charities and fundraisers are also well-suited. As an event presenter, you might invite a host of high profile celebrities, patrons, and investors to open their hearts and wallets for the community. Make sure you don’t make them feel anything less than a VVIP. With our feature, you can hold their seats and entire sections for their seating pleasure in advance. Make sure you use our event ticketing platform to streamline the process and get a FLAT 50% rebate. 

4. Casino Nights

A bit of a posh affair, a black-tie affair themed around the British spy requires a lot of effort. With precise planning and a reserved seating arrangement, a Casino Royale night brimming with poker tournaments, celebs, VIPs, and corporate sponsors can be a sure shot success. Keep these events ticket priced high to keep the guest list exclusive. Just keep that guest list and YapScan in hand for ease of check-in.   

5. Movie Nights

Whether it’s an international film festival or a theatrical drama, you can offer multiple ticket types and let your attendees enjoy the performance from their choice of seat. With reserved seating, setting up a private movie screening at a theatre that serves food and beverages also works wonders. 

Now, that you know which 5 events deserve reserved seating, go ahead and do your thing. Sign Up with us to create, promote, and sell event tickets online.

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For all the holiday season events you plan, choose Yapsody and get a FLAT 25% Off on ticketing fees. Combined with our “Pass on Fee” feature, you can also pass on your low ticketing fees to your attendees and sell your event tickets for free. Truly a merry season for our event presenters worldwide. 

Apply this promo code while creating an event:

NY25
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Offer Details

• 25% off Yapsody Services Fees per ticket till 31st January 2020 on all events created before 2nd January 2020 with this promo code. The offer is applicable on a per Event basis.
• Apply this promo code while creating an event to the avail discount.
• The offer discount on effective ticket sales is valid until 31st January 2020. After 31st January 2020, Yapsody Service fees will be calculated as per regular pricing or as per your Tier.
• Click here to learn more about the Terms & Conditions on this offer.

In addition to these offers, if you’re a non-profit organization, you can save big with our 50% rebate for Non-Profit organizations. Also, if you experience any problem while entering the promo code please do contact our Support Team by clicking on the Chat Icon on the right-hand side. We are available 24 x 7 to resolve your queries. 

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While Yapsody’s General Admission continues to let you enjoy many features for FREE, that you would otherwise be paying for if you were using other ticketing websites to sell tickets online, we thought we could try bewitching (pun intended) you by introducing the premium Reserved Seating Wizard. So get on those broomsticks as we fly you through the features of Reserved Seating, enchanting you all along, an exciting rebate offer hovering over your head like an impenetrable charm!

ADD RESERVED SECTIONS

With a single click of your mouse (quite similar to a flick of your wand), you can create rows and columns to simulate your reserved section, that is, you can have an interactive seating map for your event. For the same, you can:

1. Add more rows and columns.
2. Have the seat numbers auto-generated.
3. Copy and paste.
4. Have different colors for different types of seats.

MAP YOUR SECTIONS

You can have different sections according to the price, position or type of seats in a particular section. Group the seats and have different colors for them, and mark the main areas with symbols for indication –

1. Upload the image of your Seating Chart
2. Use different shapes for the different sections according to your requirements
3. Use different colors for different sections to distinguish them
4. Add other objects in the seat map

MANAGE HOLDS

Creating an event with Reserved seating also makes holds management extremely simple.

1. First, create a Hold category
2. You can add multiple holds to the seats
3. Assign names and codes to your Holds
4. Holds can be assigned to a single seat, to an entire row or to an entire section altogether

Basically, it’s an all-to-one and a one-to-all feature.

SEAT SELECTION

You can allow your customers to choose their seats while booking, a master key when it comes to customer satisfaction. The interactive seating chart allows your customers to:

1. Select their seats as per the ticket types.
2. Select multiple seats at a time.
3. View the type of ticket and its price on selecting a particular seat.

A magical experience, wasn’t it? Do you know what’s even more mesmerizing? – The fact that if you create a Reserved Seating NOW. Some things just make you go dreamily “enchanté!” and you’re definitely more than pleased to meet our Reserved Seating Wizard, aren’t you?

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