Event ticketing app, built by describing it
What a small venue or event organizer needs from a ticketing app, and how to get one running without writing code.
A small venue or event organizer selling tickets usually ends up with three disconnected things: a payment link, a spreadsheet of who paid, and someone at the door checking names by hand. An event ticketing app puts those in one place: people buy a ticket, the organizer sees who's coming, and the door staff check people in without a clipboard.
What the app needs
- Ticket types and quantities the organizer sets up per event — general entry, VIP, a limited early batch — with a count that stops selling once it's full.
- A ticket buyers can show at the door, with a QR code staff scan to check someone in once, so the same ticket can't be used twice.
- A dashboard for the organizer: tickets sold, revenue so far, and who's checked in, updating as the event approaches.
- Separate access for door staff from the organizer's own view, so a volunteer scanning tickets doesn't see sales figures or settings.
How to get one with BooDoo
You describe the event and how you sell tickets today — in person, by DM, through a payment link — and BooDoo builds a real web app and Android app around it, with sign-in, a database and hosting, the same day. You can see it working before you publish it, and keep describing changes until it fits how you actually run the door.
It starts free to try. If you'd rather have it built and launched for you, BooDoo Launch does that with a real person checking it before it goes live, and you're never charged for a mistake on our side.
A few things to decide before you describe it
- Will you sell tickets in more than one price tier, or just one flat price?
- Does the door need one scanner or several, for more than one entrance?
- Do you want buyers to see a seat or section, or is it general admission only?
Answering these first makes the first version of your app closer to what you actually need.
FAQ
Can I sell tickets for more than one event at once? Describe each event when you set it up; the organizer dashboard can show more than one event's sales side by side.
What if I don't know my exact ticket tiers yet? Start with one tier and describe more later — BooDoo keeps building the app as you add detail.
Is this only for big events? No. It fits a 50-seat community screening as well as a multi-day festival; the app grows with what you describe.
See the wider range of booking and appointment apps businesses have built this way: boodoo.ai/apps/category/event-ticketing-app. To start describing yours: boodoo.ai/sign-up.