Shopping Cart
Event Event > Schedule / Access Points > Activity / Access Point Event Settings - Enable Shopping Cart Functionality
- Select Standard Shopping Cart under Event Type & Calendar Display
- Click Save
Edit Tickets & Merch > Ticket Types
- Create a Ticket Type for each offering, including the date/time in the name, if applicable
- Duplicate ticket types to create tickets for additional dates/times
Edit Event > Schedule/Access Points (Create one per sub-event)
- Add an Access Point
- Enter an Access Point Name > Create & Add Details
- Fill out Short Description/Full Details if desired
- Enable Show on Main Event Calendar Page
- Enable Ticket Selection Page
- Under Type of Access Point select Timed Entry, Shopping Cart, Auto Registration Check-In
- Click Edit Associated Ticket Types
- Click the checkbox next to any Ticket Type that will apply to at least one time slot for the Access Point
- Click Save Details
- Create Time Slots (Date/Time/Location) under Access Point Dates, Times, Locations (Instances)
- Select Venue/location (if applicable)
- Set the Access Point Capacity if needed
- Create the Start Date and End Date/TIme for the time slot
- For all tickets available for that time slot change Registration Type to Auto Register under the drop down menu
- Click Add
- Change Date/Time/Location info for next time slot and follow the above steps
- Change/double check the correct ticket types have Auto Registration instead of “None”
- Click Add
- Repeat these steps for all future time slots for this Access Point
- Save & Return to Access Point List
- Add next Access Point
For a video on the above steps, please click here
Pros
- One event page with multiple ticket offerings over a certain period of time
- Reporting for all offerings, dates, and times can be downloaded from the one event instead of across multiple individual events
- Customers can purchase different types of tickets for different sub-events/dates/times in one order
- All tickets on this event scan successfully via their corresponding Access Point
Cons
Shopping cart events are overall not compatible with:
- Seating
- Subtickets (multi-price tickets)
- Modal/iFrame integration
- Compact dropdown
Shopping cart ticket selection pages are not compatible with:
- Ticket groups
- Gratuity
- Access codes
- Waitlist
Use Cases
- Multi-Day events in general
- Film Festivals
- Large event with sub-events
- Boat Tours
- Conferences, Beer/Wine Festivals, Music Festivals