What if partygoers could automatically share Instagram photos? Or conference attendees could exchange LinkedIn requests without collecting cards? With Eventbrite's API, we may be about to find out.
Apple's precursor to mobile payment technology has roped in Starbucks and McDonalds to its Passbook app, but only for those wanting un Royal Cheese. Anyone outside France will have to wait for now.
Today, Eventbrite, the online ticketing startup, launches its At The Door Card Reader, a credit-card swiping accessory for the iPad that enables merchants to sell tickets, merchandise, drinks, and more--just like Square.
If you've had it up to here with Ticketmaster's insane fees, or you're looking to buy or sell tickets to your school's bake sale, your band's concert, or a local cooking class, Eventbrite is the place for you. Cofounders Kevin and Julia Hartz tell Fast Company how they're building up their social ticketing company.
"Really, it doesn't make the most sense for us to go right after Ticketmaster now, when we have such a large opportunity in all these other markets," says Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz.
A new attempt to answer the digital age's most burning question--whether social media drives sales--has also revealed an atonishing fact about Facebook and Twitter posts.
According to a swiftly removed Facebook page, the social networking giant may partner with Eventbrite to introduce monetized events. That means you can charge an entry fee to the events you organize, and Facebook and Eventbrite can both take a cut.
