Preparing for Fall: Digital Tickets Made Easy For Fans
As the new school year approaches and you’re gearing up for the many busy activities during the fall, ensuring smooth event experiences for fans is critical. With HomeTown we give your fans many convenient options that help with the overall event experience. Event Discovery Finding and promoting school events shouldn’t be a challenge. With our user-friendly fan app, fans and spectators can find events and purchase tickets without having to remember any passwords; it’s all with multi-factor authentication making it fast and easy. They can also go to events.hometown.com where they can search and discover games and events happening in the community and purchase tickets from there. There is no login required to purchase tickets through this site to help make it as smooth as possible. Convenient Payment Options Purchasing tickets should be a breeze. Our platform supports a variety of payment methods, including credit cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and the newly introduced ability to pay via Cash App. With seamless payment options, purchasing tickets for school events is quick and hassle-free, ensuring that everyone can participate in the school community with ease. Ease of Accessing Tickets Once tickets are purchased, event goers get their tickets emailed to them, can print out their tickets, store tickets in Google Wallet, Apple Wallet, or get them immediately upon purchase as they are approaching the entrance to the event. With just a few clicks, tickets are securely stored and readily accessible, ensuring a stress-free entry experience for all attendees. Easy Check Ins Once tickets are secured, entering school events should be a seamless process. We have multiple options to make sure that your school is covered and enabled for smooth gate operations. Schools can set up their operations for your typical scanning methods through the app. Additionally, the option for event goers to utilize self check-in can also be toggled on to help streamline operations. If spotty connection is also a problem we have offline scanning capabilities that allows schools to download their attendee list and scan in event goers without internet connectivity. What’s better is if you’re scanning while connected but suddenly your connection drops, offline scanning can be configured to automatically kick in so there won’t be a disruption in operations and refresh once you connect to the internet again. Say goodbye to long lines and cumbersome check-in procedures.
Feature Spotlight: Offline Scanning
Get ready to elevate your event check-in experience for your fans! Hometown is excited to spotlight our Offline Scanning capabilities that helps enable our clients and provide 360 coverage when it comes to scanning in for events. You no longer need to be at the mercy of spotty connectivity or rolling blackouts. Offline scanning is offered as a solution for schools that kicks in if connection is lost ensuring a continued smooth check in, or can be set up as a primary method for checking in fans and spectators. Schools now have the options to provide guests traditional scanning, self check-in, and offline scanning to adapt to any schools’ scanning requirements and gate operations. Efficiency Attendees can be checked in quickly, enhancing overall event efficiency and attendee satisfaction. This is especially crucial during peak check-in times or high-traffic events where there may be network congestion. Say goodbye to long queues and sluggish check-ins. Improved Reliability Offline Scanning eliminates the dependency on network access, reducing the risk of delays or disruptions, and ensuring a smooth check-in experience regardless of external factors. No more worries about internet connectivity issues disrupting your event. Trust in Hometown for a reliable event solution, rain or shine. Enhanced Accessibility This is particularly beneficial in venues with limited connectivity. From stadiums to remote venues, access is no longer limited by internet connectivity. Our Offline Scanning feature ensures that every attendee can be checked in, regardless of location. Flexibility Offline scanning provides flexibility for event organizers to operate in diverse environments, including remote locations or areas with limited network connectivity. Whether it’s a bustling city stadium or a remote countryside field, Hometown has you covered.
HomeTown Spotlight | June: North East Independent School District
HOMETOWN SPOTLIGHT I JUNE 2024 School: North East Independent School District Athletic Director: David Greathouse HomeTown is excited to announce June’s spotlight, David Greathouse and North East Independent School District. ABOUT DAVID David Greathouse has been with North East Independent School District for 33 years in San Antonio, Texas. David comes from a military background growing up where he settled and married in San Antonio and has been there ever since. David started teaching physical sciences in 1991, mostly teaching physics, and coaching wrestling and football as well. In 2018 David became the AD of his district. HOW NORTH EAST INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT USES HOMETOWN David was looking to move away from cash and adopt a digital ticketing solution that would make his life much easier and have more accountability. David made the switch during covid to go digital and move away from cash. Now the schools in North East Independent School District enjoy seamless digital ticketing. All the schools use HomeTown to sell tickets for all of their school events from athletics, performing arts, school plays, and aquatics. They host as many events as they can think of that they can use HomeTown for from event tickets, summer camps, physical sign ups, and more. WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT HOMETOWN? David loves how easy we have made transitioning to digital was for them. They used another digital ticketing platform prior to HomeTown but have been very pleased since. He loves how easy it is to host events and get everything set up that other departments have caught on and used it for their needs. “HomeTown has been so successful in our athletic department that fine and performing arts has their own site for school plays or anything they do for campus, aquatics have their own site, health and PE departments as well.” – David Greathouse, Athletic Director BIGGEST TIME SAVER “Customer service we give is one of your biggest perks. With a school district as big as we are…You guys have simplified your process and made it a lot easier for our patrons” – David Greathouse, Athletic Director David’s favorite part about HomeTown is how easily accessible support is for him. If anything comes up it’s an easy email and the support team or the customer success team takes care of it for him, so he can focus on everything else he’s managing. GET STARTED WITH HOMETOWN
