Hello and welcome to 168fairware version 2.0. Our goal is to streamline your fair operations into a smarter, easier, faster, and more cost effective new frontier.

We'll improve and move your fair operations forward 24x7 by helping you leverage the power, convenience and technology of the internet. Our mission is to provide easy to use tools that enable your fair or festival to streamline your operations and positively impact your bottom line. 168fairware helps you achieve these goals by: Reducing traditional, labor intensive staff tasks, by creating additional revenue streams, providing conveniences to fair attendees, participants and your staff, and by striving to automate services that help you cut costs across the board.

Tickets/Box Office | Contracts | Premium Book | Website Management | Contact Us!

With the newest release of 168fairware version 2.0 we've integrated our solutions into one easy to use, seamless, access-anywhere, web-based application. You can easily manage your ticketing system from beginning to end, manage you vendor contracts online, empower your premium book entrants, manage online revenue generating ad campaigns, and easily maintain your fair website, anytime and from any computer. Imagine:

• Accepting ticket orders and payments online 24 hours a day
• Accepting premium book entries/payments without staff involvement
• Allowing vendors/concessionaires to apply and pay online
• Automatically remind Vendors/Concessionaires to renew
• Easily generate sponsorship dollars from your website pages.
• Easily maintain your fair website content 24x7

Your turnaround time whenever we email a little question or big problem is phenomenal! The majority of the time is within the hour or less. Peg Zeigler - Lorain County Fair

I am very satisfied with your service and efforts and would be glad to give you a good recommendation! - Jay Begg, Allen County Fair

This sounds great but what's the cost? Our goal is to truly help you streamline your operations and save money. The more successful you are, the more successful we'll become. That said, we try to offer our complete package for FREE to fairs if conditions apply. Please contact us for complete details!

Question: What options do you provide for support? At 168 we pride ourselves on offering excellent support that's available to you when you need it. We'll even provide on-site support during your fair week! And yes, there are no additional fees.*

Question: Can you provide on-site services like ticket printing and bar code scanners at the gates? Absolutely. Our ticketing system is a complete end to end solution that not only provides your fair the ability to accept secure payments online, but we allow users to print their own tickets and bring them to the gate to be scanned with barcode scanners that we provide. We provide a state-of-the-art Boca ticket printer for your box office too for on-site purchases. We'll even provide an actual support person on-site during your fair week for set-up and troubleshooting during your fair events.*

Question: Do you have statistics regarding online ticket purchasing? More stats >

Over 70% of men who shop online cite time savings and convenience vs. 35% who said they shop online to save money. Over 73% of women who shop online cite time savings vs. 28% who said they shop online to save money. - Pew Internet & American Life Project 2005

Question: I don't completely understand everything. Can you give us a demonstration? Absolutely. First, download one of our downloadable presentations and then contact us for a detailed conference call for your entire staff and we'll walk you through every detail and answer your questions directly.

Question: How does the online premium book work? We simply digitize your existing PB and make it interactive. So instead of filling out the requirements on paper, we streamline the process online and allow the user to enter their information and pay online. The best part is that it's all automated. 168fairware ensures everything is done properly and your staff never touches a single piece of paper.

Question: I'm a little technically challenged. Can I still use your service? Our goal is to make our software as user friendly as possible. Everything from managing your tickets and events to maintaining your website content is as simple and familiar as using Microsoft Word. We'll provide support and training if needed* and our software is full of online help guides if you get stuck. Like we mentioned, a member of our staff will be on-site during your fair event to ensure all your needs are met.

Question: Why 168fairware? What do you offer over the competition? Simply stated, we offer the complete solution, an all-in-one application, service and support to manage your fair. Sure, there are ticketing companies and companies that offer online premium book solutions but we offer the complete package AND the kicker is that we'll integrate it all for free if conditions apply!

Question: Can we integrate sponsorships into the ticket store, printed tickets, online premium book etc. Absolutely! Included in the fairware software suite we provide a sponsorship management tool that allows you to manage online sponsorships and increase your fair revenue. You can also sell sponsorships and coupons that appear on your printable tickets.

*Conditions may apply depending on your needs.

Tickets/Box Office | Contracts | Premium Book | Website Management | Contact Us!