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Online ticket sales continue to increase and we want to help you take advantage of this growing opportunity to grow your fair participation. The internet is all about convenience and 168fairware is the perfect solution for you and your fair visitors.

Here are a few basic statistics:

55% of internet users that purchase tickets, purchase them online. Pew Internet - 11/2004

68% of men and woman use the internet to make purchases. An increase of over 41.5% over 2000's findings. Pew Internet - 2005

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

One area of the market that continues to grow rapidly is the online ticket sales segment. Earlier this month, InterActiveCorp reported that more than 50 percent of the $1.1 billion in tickets sold by the company's Ticketmaster division during the third quarter were acquired via the Web. - Matt Hines Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Our ticket system is easy to use and puts you in control of the process. The administrative interface allows fair personnel to manage the availability of tickets, including the date that tickets become available, number of tickets available, sold out status, and more.

In addition to providing the secure shopping environment on your site for attendees to purchase tickets, we'll also provide you with the ability to print tickets on demand or allow the customer to print their own at home. We provide scanners at the gates, a wireless network and on-site support during your event to set up and troubleshoot.

Here's a complete list of what you'll get:

• We'll integrate a store and shopping cart solution into your existing web site
• We'll provide the secure server and purchasing environment
• Our box office software is customized for your venue and seating map
• We'll apply and pay for your merchant account and manage the process
• Your printable tickets can be customized to your liking
• We'll provide all-in-one, state-of-the-art barcode scanners at your gates*
• A wireless network to cover the full area of your venue or your entire fairgrounds
• We'll provide a state-of-the-art Boca printer and blank ticket stock in your box office*
• We'll provide monitoring and phone support during sale times and during your event
• And we'll provide a support engineer on-site during your event

* Depending on your specific needs, additional fees may be required.

Here's a complete list of what you'll provide:

• A bank account
• The staff to man the gates
• An internet connection. A broadband connection is recommended but not required.
• A GREAT show for your patrons!

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: Tell me more about this online ticketing. How does it benefit my fair? Online ticketing helps you to empower your fair visitors. They can order online at their convenience and ensure that they have tickets for a popular event before they make the trip out to the fairgrounds. Online ticketing also allow you to generate revenue before the fair. Online ticketing will help your fair cut down on expenses, entrance crowds, lines, ticket printing costs, and the manual labor of collecting entrance fees. Ideally, the only interaction you'll have with a patron is scanning their ticket (that they printed at home) at the gate of your grandstand. The only cost to you is manning the gates with our scanners.

Question: If a user can print their ticket, what's keeping them from printing 100 tickets for everyone they know? Each ticket is individually barcoded and tracked in a database. Once someone enters the fair or grandstand and that ticket is scanned, it's marked in the database as an entrant. If someone tries to enter with a ticket and it has the same barcode, the system will alert them that the ticket has already been scanned and that they may not gain access.

Question: How is the money distributed? We'll set you up with your own merchant account so you'll have complete control of your money.

Question: Are there any additional fees? There may be fees for ticket stock, additional printers, scanners, etc. There may also be additional fees for on-site support staff if you require their services beyond the agreed upon time. All these services are negotiable.

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 provides not only your fair the ability to accept secure payments online for events but we allow users to print their own tickets and bring them to the gate to be scanned, we provide on-site Boca printers for on-site purchases and barcode scanners at the gates. We'll even provide an actual support person on-site during your fair week if desired.

Question: What happens if we don't want to offer the option to print tickets and scan them at the gate? Not a problem. Your fair can decide what process is best for you to distribute your tickets. Mailing tickets has been the preferred method of distribution if you don't provide the ticket printing option. We provide scanners, a boca printer and the network set-up as part of the service so our hope is that fairs will utilize the full benefit of our services.

Question: What if a ticket purchaser doesn't have a printer? Your online store will provide the customer with options whether they would like to print the ticket or have it mailed.

Question: How do we connect the barcode scanners at the gate to the main database? All of our equipment is wireless and our support staff will be on-site to help you with anything your need.

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