Pop quiz: how many tickets has WeGotTickets sold in the last twenty years? Ten million? Twenty million? Fifty million? Nope, it’s none, zero. That’s right, in our entire 17-year history we haven’t sold a single ticket; not a physical one sent in the post, anyway. When we started out back in 2000 under the OxfordMusicNet... Continue Reading →
How to Ticket Your Virtual Events
It’s a brave new world and, as live music, comedy clubs, panel discussions, fireside chats, podcast interviews, dance classes and short film nights move online we want to explain how you can join loads of clients using us to ticket your Zoom, Twitch, Facebook or Instagram Live events. Firstly, you need to add an online... Continue Reading →
Introducing Ents24 – Sharing Your WeGotTickets Event with Thousands
Did you know that when you create your event on WeGotTickets it's automatically added to some of the UK's tops listings sites, including Ents24? Good, eh? Well, now you know, let's introduce them and some of the great services they offer. In their own words, here's our friends Ents24... Ents24 is the UK's biggest live... Continue Reading →
When the going gets tough: How our Support team excelled during the pandemic
At WeGotTickets we take customer service pretty seriously. When I joined the company in 2008 it was as a member of our Support team, and I was told by the department manager back then that you only truly get to demonstrate exceptional customer service in a crisis. And to say the last year has been... Continue Reading →
New Guidance Allows Ticketed Events to Sell Alcohol
Grassroots venues can breath a sigh of relief as the Government has released new guidance that allows ticketed events to sell alcohol, even without the provision of food. Hopefully this means that many venues and promoters in Tier 1 and 2 areas around the UK can now book shows over the next couple of months,... Continue Reading →
Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund & Other Funding Opportunities
The government has made £2.25m available to help grassroots music venues through the next few months, but the window to apply for a grant of up to £80,000 is short - with it due to close on 3rd August. If your venue would benefit from these funds you can find out more and lodge your application... Continue Reading →
Covid-19 NHS Test & Trace and your events
We hope you're doing okay through all of this. As things slowly start to open up we know some of you are having to collect customer information at your pubs and venues in case it's needed by the NHS Test & Trace team or, outside of England, your Nation's specified tracing system. We anticipate all event organisers will need to... Continue Reading →
How to sell tickets to your virtual events
It’s a brave new world and, as live music, comedy clubs, panel discussions, fireside chats, podcast interviews, dance classes and short film nights move online we want to explain how you can join loads of clients using us to ticket your Zoom, Twitch, Facebook or Instagram Live events. Firstly, you need to add an online... Continue Reading →
Fundraise through WeGotTickets – The Event That Never Happened
Calling all venues, promoters, artists and arts organisations! During this difficult period we’re …