Friday night football has a ticket plan. Everything else on your calendar often runs on a cash box, a clipboard, and somebody's spreadsheet. You're already running these events. The question is whether each one needs its own process. The easy answer: it doesn't. Here are seven events your school can sell tickets for using GoFan today.
Prom is the event that most needs a guest list. Use access codes to limit sales to your students, and a custom event form to collect guest information when the ticket is purchased. Your front office stops chasing paper forms the week of the dance.
Performing arts means seat choices. Reserved seating lets families pick where they sit, and ADA seating is built in, so accessible seats don't get handled as a special request at the door.
Same system, different night. Sell general admission or reserved seats for the winter or psring concert without setting up anything new. You already know how it works from the play.
Dances look like prom with a shorter guest list. Use the same access codes and event forms, and cap sales to the students you intend to admit.
Graduation is the event where "how many tickets does each family get?" becomes a hallway argument. Set the limits up front in the event, and keep one record of who has what.
Summer and offseason camps bring in families who don't show up on Friday nights. Collect the details you need (athlete name, shirt size, emergency contact) with a custom event form at purchase.
Dinners, tournaments, and booster nights are ticketed events too. Sell them the same way and keep the revenue picture in one place.
Look back at the list. Seven event types, and none of them need a separate tool. Each event gets its own report, so when the booster club asks how the fundraiser did, you pull one report instead of reconciling a cash box.
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Event |
The manual way |
In GoFan |
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Prom |
Paper guest forms, hand-checked lists |
Access codes and custom event forms |
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Fall play |
Folding chairs, first come first served |
Reserved and ADA seating |
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Concerts |
Cash at the door |
Same system as every other event |
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Dances |
Wristbands and a spreadsheet |
Access codes, one report |
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Graduation |
Paper tickets, count by hand |
Ticket limits set up front, one report |
|
Camps |
Registration paper and checks |
Custom event form at purchase |
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Fundraisers |
Cash box and a tally sheet |
One report per event |
More than 7,500 schools sell tickets on GoFan, and more than 750,000 events are ticketed each year. GoFan is also the official postseason digital ticketing partner in 41 states. Fees are predictable and disclosed up front, so you know what families will see before you publish the event.
Start with the next event on your calendar. Pick the next non-football event your office will staff, and set it up in GoFan before the cash box comes out.