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Picatic

Score9 out of 10

6 Reviews and Ratings

What is Picatic?

Picatic gives users the tools to promote, manage and sell event tickets online. Users can publish branded listings, send invites and create custom promotional codes to increase the number of registrants for an event. The vendor says payment is fast and simple with their single-page checkout system.

Once a listing has been created, users are sent a unique link to their event on Picatic which can be shared or spread across various social media platforms. Event listings and checkout pages can be customized to match the branding of the event with images, a logo and custom text. Listings may be viewed on the web via computers, tablets and smartphones.

All events can be added to Google Calendar, iCal, Outlook Calendar, or Yahoo! Calendar. Tickets are easy to invoice and payments are accepted using Stripe or Picatic Payments. Picatic offers a queueing system designed to handle heavy ticket sale traffic by placing buyers into a virtual lineup, facilitating the checkout process.

Once a ticket has been sold, buyers are instantly mailed an e-ticket with a scan code that can be scanned using Picatic’s mobile gateway check-in app. Users can access their backend account to see how many tickets have been sold, manage ticket numbers, view sales graphs and use additional management and marketing tools. With Picatic Pro, detailed ticket sales tracking and marketing evaluations are possible through Google Analytics integration.

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The simplest way to build branded event pages. Build a customized event page in less than 5 minutes with our simple event creator.

With Picatic Pro, you'll be in full control of the branding of your event page, tickets and transactional emails. Your event, your brand.
See who’s coming, how much money you’ve made, your event’s page views and stay organized with daily reports.
Quickly scan tickets using the camera-based barcode scanner or look up guests' names manually on your iOS or Android device.
You can quickly start selling tickets and collecting donations online by connecting your Picatic account to Stripe.

Stripe ensures that you get your funds fast. Within 2 days of a ticket being sold, you'll have the money in your bank account.

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Pros

  • I loved the overall registration and attendee list that was made available. It easily smoothed out the process for getting people through the door and sitting down.
  • It was very easy to export the event database into our larger CRM tool so that we can follow-up easily and effectively with those that attended and those that missed.
  • The ease of setup for each event allowed us to get an entire event setup and running in just a few hours. It was made even faster for our repetitive events because we could just use the page from the previous one.

Cons

  • The landing pages although decent could be better improved so that they convert better when people get hit with them.
  • I think the analytics tool could also be improved so that a person could track where leads come from easier.
  • I think they could also make it easier to see who is paying the processing fee easier to find. There were a few times that it took a little bit of time to get the overall pricing set-up just the way that I wanted it.

Return on Investment

  • It had a positive impact when charging for events because the money showed up before the event which helped with cash flow for food and beverages and rental space.
  • Time to set up and launch a landing page for creating events reduced from 8 hours to 3 hours once I made the switch. It was also a time saver to have the reminder emails function directly on the page as well.

Alternatives Considered

Eventbrite and Constant Contact

Other Software Used

Soffront CRM, Xero

A Must Use

Pros

  • Intuitive layout of the site. They have done a nice job of making the platform easy to navigate for any user using their services.
  • Very responsive online service support. Whenever we have had questions in the past, some from the Picatic team was responded immediately, and were personable and professional.
  • The site is versatile in that you can embed not only images but video as well which can really make a dynamic presentation for the viewer or intended audience.

Cons

  • Not a con but a request would be the ability to have a way to be able to have 2 separate events pulled up simultaneously.

Return on Investment

  • We introduced this technology to our firm approximately 1 year ago when we were preparing for our firm's annual client appreciation event. Until that point the largest crowd we had drawn for such an event was a little over 115. However with the help of Picactic, we secured 400 attendees which led specifically to new business with existing clients and prospective clients.

Other Software Used

Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe Photoshop, Evernote

Simple Event Creation

Pros

  • Merging with Facebook Events by providing a url for online ticket sales.
  • Ability to communicate with those registered right through Picatic using pre-set event templates.
  • Ability to print attendee list for quick checkin on the day of your event.

Cons

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Return on Investment

  • I don't think we would have the same number of signups if people weren't able to purchase tickets in advance.
  • Less inexpensive than Eventbrite.

Other Software Used

ShopKeep, WordPress

Picatic is the way to go for easy event creation and ticketing

Pros

  • I love the look and ease of putting the event together.
  • Its nice to be able to download a copy of all attendees for easy check-in at the door. They also have an application for smart phones that lets you scan the tickets as they come in and checks them off the list instantly.
  • The customer service team is always quick to respond and has help answer any questions that arise.

Cons

  • We post a survey contest every event with the dropdown option when our guest RSVP. It would be great to have the option for more than the max 40 in the dropdown list. (We could use 100!)

Return on Investment

  • Since we have free events, the site is no charge for us to use.
  • Its easy to navigate both on the internal and consumer side.
  • So far, we've had nothing but success with Picatic. No negatives on our side.

Alternatives Considered

EventBite and Yapsody