With givezooks Events, you can create and make tickets available for your event. Tickets can be created that represent one or multiple attendees, you can define when tickets are available for purchase, you can make them Free or partially tax-deductible.  You may also want to sell tickets that represent sponsorships for your event.  The various aspects of defining tickets for your event are outlined below.

How do I add different types of tickets?

You can create as many different tickets as required for your Event.  Below are

1. From your Event Page, select 'Edit'
2. With your mouse, hover of the ticket section and click to edit the section
   
3. The 'Manage Tickets' dialog will appear and let you add, edit or delete tickets for your event.  If you haven't created any tickets yet, you will be prompted to 'Create a ticket'.   You can also choose 'Add a Ticket' at the top.
   
4.  Fill out the appropriate information to define the ticket.
   
5. Select 'Save' to save your ticket definition and you will be returned to the 'Manage Tickets' dialog.  You can continue to add other tickets or sponsorships similarly.

How do I make different ticket types available at different times?

The ability to make various tickets available for specified windows of time can help you manage you event in a couple ways.  For example, you may want to offer a discount for tickets that are purchased by a certain date and then have a similar ticket available after that date at a higher price.  The process of selling sponsorships also can necessitate the presale of sponsorships so that when the event is generally promoted, sponsors are in place.  Below are the steps to make a ticket available for a restricted period of time.

1. From your Event Page, select 'Edit'
2. With your mouse Hover of the ticket section and click to edit the section
3. The 'Manage Tickets' dialog will appear and let you add, edit or delete tickets for your event.  If you haven't created any tickets yet, you can select 'Add a Ticket' at the top, if the ticket that you want to limit availablity of is already created, select 'Edit' to set the availability dates.
   
4. The 'Add Ticket' or 'Edit Ticket' dialog will display.
5. This dialog has a section that allows you to restrict the dates that the ticket is available.
   
   
   
6. The 'Available From' date is the first day that the ticket will display on your Event page.  This allows you to define all of your tickets ahead of time and the ticket will only be visable and available for sale on the 'Available From' date.
7. There is also an 'Available Until' date.  If you leave this field blank the ticket will be available until the event is over.  You can also choose to set the 'Available Until' date to the last day that you want that ticket to be available for sale.

How much of the ticket price is tax deductible?

The IRS sets up guidelines for tax-deductibility of tickets to Charity Events, but you can define the deductible portion of each of the tickets that you setup.  This deductible amount is displayed on the automated confirmation emails as a record for your donor.  If you do not know what this number is, or you don't want to define it, you can leave this part of your ticket definition blank and it will be up to the individual donor to consult their tax professional regarding the amount of the ticket that can be considered deductible.  Below are the steps to make a ticket available for a restricted period of time.

1. From your Event Page, select 'Edit'
2. With your mouse Hover of the ticket section and click to edit the section
3. The 'Manage Tickets' dialog will appear and let you add, edit or delete tickets for your event.  If you haven't created any tickets yet, you can select 'Add a Ticket' at the top, if the ticket that you want to define the deductible portion for is already created, select 'Edit' to set the availability dates.
   
4. The 'Add Ticket' or 'Edit Ticket' dialog will display.
5. This dialog has a section that allows you to define the deductible portion of the ticket.
   
6. Set the amount of the ticket that is deductible and save the ticket.
7. You can repeat this for all of the tickets that have a deductible portion.

What are examples of different ticket types that I can create?

Early-Bird Tickets - If you want to offer a discount for people that purchase tickets by a certain date you can do that by using the Available From/To dates on the ticket definition screen.
Give the ticket a name that makes it clear that it is discounted and only available for a limited time.
In the Description field add language to describe the ticket
Choose the beginning and end dates you want to make Early-Bird tickets available for.
You may also want to limit the number of tickets available at this discount.  If so, you can set that field.
Example:

Single Attendee Tickets - This is the most common ticket type and just means that one ticket equates to one attendee.  You can specify the number of attendees that the ticket represents - in this case you would input '1'.  Many times a single ticket is offered in conjunction with Early-Bird tickets, so you can set the availability dates to the coordinate with that ticket.

Free Tickets - Many times and organization may offer a free ticket.  This is sometimes just called 'Registration' and is done to collect attendee names and information.  To offer a Free ticket:
Give the ticket a name that makes it clear that it is Free.
Set the 'Ticket Price' to '0'

Table for 10 - It's common for organizations to package tickets into groups of attendees.  You can define any number of attendees for a specific ticket.
Give the ticket a name that is appropriate for the offering.
In the Description field add verbiage that lets a potential purchaser what is included with this ticket (number of attendees, dinner, any special offer, etc.)
Set the number of Attendees to '10' for the ticket.
Set the number of tickets that will be available.  Remember to account for the fact that each ticket corresponds to 10 attendees.

Golf Foursome - Similar to the above example of a Table of Ten, you can also define a ticket that corresponds to a golf foursome.
Give the ticket a name that is appropriate for the offering - for example 'Golf Foursome'.
In the Description field add verbiage that lets a potential purchaser what is included with this ticket (number of attendees, event Shirt, any special offer, etc.)
Set the number of Attendees to '4' for the ticket.
Set the number of tickets that will be available.  You can always go back and adjust the number available or you can leave it blank if you don't want to limit the number sold.

Sponsorship - Many times sponsorships are sold in accordance with an event. Sponsorships can be sold online and listed like any other ticket.
Give the ticket a name that is appropriate for the sponsorship -  examples could be 'Platinum Sponsor', 'Gold Sponsor', 'Silver Sponsor' or they could be themed based on your event.
In the Description field add language that lets a potential sponsor know what is included with this ticket (number of attendees, included promotional opportunities, any special offer, etc.)
Set the number of Attendees to the appropriate number.  For example if the sponsorship is for a golf event, you may want to include 4 tickets, or if it is for a dinner, you may include the number of people that can sit at one table.
Set the number of tickets/sponsorships that will be available.  You can always go back and adjust the number available or you can leave it blank if you don't want to limit the number sold.