You may be new to the event management, or an old bird in the industry already. But have you wondered at what price you should set your ticket price at so that you can get the most from your events? Well, in this article we will discuss about the steps we should take when deciding the price of our tickets.

Research on other similar events:
Chances are there have been multiple kinds of events similar to the one your are holding. Although it is not the main basis for you to decide on your ticket pricing, it would still be good to find out how much your competitors are charging because it helps you to get an good gauge on how much are the people attending willing to pay. 

Deciding a pricing model:
1. Value-based pricing:
Value-based pricing model is where you set your ticket prices from your potential customers point-of-view. This is where your research from before comes in handy. First of all, the data you got beforehand gives you an estimated average amount of how much is the customers going to pay. For example, the average price of a ticket to a museum exhibition is $2, if you are holding a similar exhibition, it would be safe to first decide your price at $2 first, then move on from there. 

This method of setting ticketing price works even better for events such as concerts where the fans are willing to pay for a higher price. This is because the perceived value of the concert experience by the potential attendees is much higher than, let’s say’ a museum exhibition. 

However, even though research has shown that a value-based pricing system can yield greater profit, it requires more effort on research and knowledge on your potential customers that supports you to be in a good position to do so. 

Pros: Great for events with huge fanbase, yield good profit
Cons: requires more research and knowledge on your client’s fanbase, potential customers 

2. Cost-based pricing: 
The conventional way to decide on the price of your ticket. In cost-based planning, you start off with the cost of your services as the price of your tickets. So, this reduces the effort on searching for the average price your competitors charge.However, this requires a good bit go guesswork to be done and you already have good understanding of your
​market. This is because part of the process is figuring how many tickets you aimed to sell. The next stage is to calculate the cost of putting up your event, from venue hire, wages, marketing fee, cost of using online ticketing platforms, food and transport catering and the list goes on. This will be your total cost and the cost you aim to break even with the amount of ticket sold. Divide the total cost by the amount of tickets you aimed to sell and you will get the price u need to charge in order to break even.

Do remember though, no matter the amount of you decide to charge, it should be larger than the amount needed to break even. After all, your aim is to make a profit. 

Additionally, if the calculated amount is too high, you may need to cut down your cost and adjust your ticket price accordingly 

Pros: Good way to come up with ticketing price within short amount of time
Cons: Does not really give you the best yield

Ticketing Options:
For events, you can provide different options for your attendees to attract different group of potential customers. You can even set difference prices according to the seating positions. Additionally, you can make offers and provides free gifts to encourage people to come to your events. For example, you can allow bookings to your events and charge cheaper price ( early bird option ) or even bundle up additional items along with the ticket ( commonly seen in shows and movies ).

​However, to take caution in pricing your event, even if it may require your additional hour and more effort to get the ideal pricing, or you may end up with large amount of unsold tickets, worst still making a loss instead of profit. 
 
​This makes having different levels and customisable options more valuable and important as it allows rooms for mistakes and after the event you would know better what kind of offer would work and what does not. These experiences are valuable if you ever want to make your next event more rewarding than the previous ones. 

Hope this article helps you to understand how to set your prices on tickets and make the most out of ticket sales. If you found it meaningful, share this article and comment down below.

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There is a very good reason for it. I learned this many years ago as a kid who wanted to learn how to do this magic trick that was so so so so hard to do.. When i was younger i was really impressed by magicians and how they could do amazing things but as i grew older i would start to see through those tricks and then do themself to impress other people. Many of these tricks could be done easily so i assumed that all magic tricks were easy.. That once i knew how it worked then i could do it myself. And boy was i wrong. I understood this one magic trick really well but i just couldn't do it well. The reason behind it? I did not apply apply apply. 

In fact, many of the things taught in TIB are like this. It doesn't work just because you understand it. You need to practice. You need to get smoother with each try. You need not just to understand it but to do it until you know how to achieve the result you want.. the reaction you want.. the magic you want to see.. 

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Some time ago one of my mentors told me this "Amateurs Compete, Professionals Create". The true professionals create new ways and better ways rather than just hone current methods and ways of doing things. We all need to be in constant learning and improvement in the communication and teaching and connecting business. The biggest failure is to think that you are already there. To think that you've learned enough. To think that what you know is enough. 

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They were going to open a fourth one just outside Pairs. All the planning and execution were done based on what how they were successful in the earlier three. Research was done to estimate number of visitors, hotels they need to build, restaurants, rides publicity and every other area that they did for the first 3 theme parks. When the number rolled in, they were puzzled why Disney was not as successful. They realized that unlike visitors in the first 3 theme parks who stayed, on average 3 days, the visitors to the Disney theme park just outside Paris stayed only one day. Why? Because they have planned and built the fourth Disneyland based on assumptions..

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The Carrot-Egg Theory is that many a times we need to see the same things in different light. We need to handle each case on its own even if it seems similar. This is immensely important when dealing with people. You see the bulk of the people involved in the building of the 4th Disneyland may have thought it was going to be the same but it is not. The hot water that softens the Carrot would harden the Egg. The Carrot-Egg theory sheds light on the fact that as teachers, speakers and parents we need to be aware that same methodology does not work across the board. A highly engaging lesson, talk or teaching could totally have a different result. So even if you apply (pillar one), grow your library (pillar 2), you cannot rely totally on your definite know-how.

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