Hey all, creator here
I created Attendize as I was tired of ticket selling platforms charging such extortionate fees. I couldn't find any decent open-source alternatives that didn't rely on WordPress, were fully mobile friendly, or were actively developed.
It's in the early stages of development but I plan on adding far more features over the coming months.
Happy to answer any questions.
Cheers!
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@dave_earley would love to hear more about your plans for Attendize.
@ryanminnick Right now the main goal is to iron out any bugs and get a stable beta released. The features I hope to have complete for v1.0.0 can be seen here: https://goo.gl/l33KOi . Feel free to suggest any features you'd like added too! Cheers
@dredurr For paid ticket events, Eventbrite charges 2.5% of the ticket price plus $0.99 per ticket, plus a 3% payment processing fee in U.S. dollars. With this, you're paying just Stripe's transaction fees once you set it up on a server.
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@joshbarkin@dredurr Doesn't Eventbrite also help advertise your event? How about Tilt?
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@joshbarkin@dredurr But if price is the only compelling factor, what makes this product not a commodity? How does it compare to Splash, Cvent, Nvite, or the many other ticketing platforms beyond just lower fees? Maybe the fees are what they are because that's what it takes to be a sustainable entity.
@mvkel@joshbarkin@dredurr the complexities of making such a project isnt that complicated. Thus the fee should be closer to zero. Processing the payment it self is a bit trickier and a longer discussion. But in time it will also be closer to zero.
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@mvkel@joshbarkin@dredurr a mid-size organization can pay upwards of $20,000 per year to companies like Cvent for providing what Attendize is Open-Sourcing here (per-ticket fees add up quickly with 250+ attendees per event and multiple events per year). It's a market disruptor for non-profits and other cost-driven organizations. Will be looking very closely at this, as it will visually integrate better with our platform than other solutions we've explored.
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@joshbarkin wow! I didn't know they took out so much money. Now I see the value of attendize
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Open-source always deserves up-vote! And the platform looks really cool, congrats!
Wow it look awesome, I'm sharing friends working in event planning. Great platform build on Laravel 5. Just the logo look to much as Adobe.
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What about trust? All the people here uses Eventbrite because they are already registered and they trust Eventbrite, so this is the same issue related to private ecommerce vs famous ecommerce platform.
@ssttiivveennss stripe is pretty trust worthy? As long as you dont store visa info what do you need trust for?
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@ssttiivveennss I agree, but you also have to factor in situation for organizations that have a trusted brand, but use Eventbrite as a middleman. Customers aren't going to stop registering in that situation. For other upstart one-off events, I agree that using a branded middle-man holds some trust value.
@ssttiivveennss@ryanminnick summed it up perfectly. I originally created Attendize for event organizers who have a trusted brand already. So the issue of trust comes down to if the ticket purchaser trusts the brand running the system.
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@ssttiivveennss I'm sure there will some combo of trusting early adopters, trusted organizers, and success stories here. If trust is earned, the only way to earn it is by actually earning it :)
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Definitely could do wonders for my NPO's fundraisers
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@dav_earley Would also love to contribute! Mind putting some plans/features up on the Issues and I can maybe take one?
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