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5 powerful ways ticket dependencies can supercharge your events.

Ticket dependencies on Ticket Tailor allow event creators to make sure that certain tickets can only be purchased together with other ticket types. Keep reading to discover five use cases, and learn how you can make the most of this advanced ticket setting.

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What are ticket dependencies?

Ticket dependencies on Ticket Tailor allow event creators to make sure that certain tickets can only be purchased together with other ticket types. For example, you can make sure that child tickets can only be booked with an adult ticket for your family event. 

This sophisticated feature not only helps event creators enforce safety and compliance (when it comes to the example above), but can also improve sales management and maximise revenue opportunities by encouraging the purchase of high-value ticket bundles. Plus, it can lead to a better attendee experience, by streamlining entry processes and making sure no one gets caught out on the day.

Keep reading to discover five use cases, and learn how you can make the most of this advanced ticket setting.

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5 real-life examples of ticket dependencies in action

1. Link children and adult tickets

A very simple explanation, as shown in the introduction. Is the idea of making it compulsory to purchase an adult ticket alongside a child ticket. This helps you to prevent minors from attending an event unaccompanied.

You could limit the number of child tickets per adult, play around with your pricing and let children attend for free, or even make adult tickets free!

2. Allow free entry for carers

Did you know that 16% of the global population has a disability? Making your event accessible is important so that absolutely everyone can attend (and enjoy) your event with ease.

With ticket dependencies, you can offer a free carer’s ticket with an accessible booking, making your event more inclusive.

Get more tips on making your event accessible >

3. Sell courses (within courses)

Running a day-long workshop and want to offer additional sessions alongside the main course? With ticket dependencies, attendees can only book these extra sessions if they’ve already booked the main course ticket, preventing any isolated session bookings.

At the moment, you might be selling these extra sessions as separate Products. Using ticket dependencies allows your ticket-buyers to see all options upfront in the checkout flow.

4. Limit who can purchase exclusive upgrades

While you can still sell products alongside your ticket sales or year-round from your store, ticket dependencies allow you to sell certain upgrades tied to specific tickets. For example, you might want to make it compulsory for attendees to buy a premium ticket in order to access meet and greets,  VIP packages, parking and more.

5. Sell flexible group tickets without capacity concerns

You might already sell group tickets, for example, a family ticket allowing entry for two adults and two children. But perhaps you want the ticket types within the group to be able to flex, for example one adult and three children. 

With ticket dependencies you can allow this level of flexibility, using a fixed-price “booking” ticket to control capacity. This use-case is common with Santa’s grotto events, as you'll be able to offer flexible selection of the individual members in a group (adults, children, concessions), which can only be selected with a booking slot to see Santa at a particular time.

Find out more about How to manage ticket types and groups

How to set up ticket dependencies

You can set up ticket dependencies in your advanced ticket type settings. Head to our help centre for step-by-step instructions, and a handy video tutorial.

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