Sell event tickets online

Content: - How it works - Prerequisites - Create the Event Date field

Now sellers can publish an event date to their ads and sell tickets. With this feature, users can sort listings by event date, and a Calendar view is available and buy a ticketed event.

How it works

  • Seller selects an event date posting his ad.
  • Buyer clicks the Buy Now button and buys a ticketed event.
  • The confirmation email is sent to the buyer, which includes the Order ID and Product ID.

Prerequisites

  • Buy Now button has to be activated.
  • Stock Control has to be activated.
  • Event date custom field has to be created.
  • Seller selects the event date while posting the ad.

Create the Event Date field

  1. Create a Custom Field by logging in to your Admin Panel -> Settings -> Custom Fields -> New.
  2. The custom field Name must be eventdate and Type must be Date.

Done! You can now go to the Publish new page to see the result and your users can select a calendar view.

You can also change the default listing sorting to the event date.

  • Sort by event date in the listing page: Go to Settings -> Advertisement -> Listing Options -> Sort by in Listing and choose Event Date.