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Tuesday 1 October 2013

USE MOBILE TECHNOLOGY TO SELL TICKETS ONLINE WITH MOVIEBOOKINGSYSTEM


For every cinema around the globe box office and Cinema ticketing solutions have become the heart of their day to day operations. It has become very important for every cinema owner to start focusing on future and start using technology in today’s mobile revolutions.  Technology has become a key part in order to have efficient sales and marketing.  Providing online ticket booking solutions has become a fundamental part of their business.

Large Event Ticketing:
A large event is organized when there is an international sport organized or a music festival or a concert. Whatever is the occasion it’s important that the event organizer has provided an Online Event ticketing solutions to their customers so that they can buy tickets from home and from a ticking vendor. Selling more than 50,000 tickets during the pick time it is important that ticketing system is robust, quick , flexible and accurate and does all this task with ease. It has to provide all financially and attendance numbers with a click of a mouse. MBS is launching its online ticketing solutions for events in the coming month.

Our customers have experienced increase in sales and revenue, as well as they have more time by their hands as lots of their process has been automated.  They are able to do various kinds of email promotion through the data bank they have built through the movie booking system. The database of the client which was nil now exceeds more than 50,000 customers within 1 year.

Self Service Kiosk Ticketing:
Cinema and event holders have started giving functionality where customers can print their tickets on their own via a self-service kiosk. This gives customers freedom to browse various movies and shows according to their own space. This has also saved cinemas cost of many man hours and a great experience to the user. Cost of self-service kiosk is quite high as one has to install a robust hardware. They typical return over investment of a self service kiosk is 3 years.

Social Ticketing:

Since the arrival of Facebook, twitter and other forms of social media, businesses are trying to target more than 1 billion social-network users. This has given rise to social ticketing through which friends recommend other to buy tickets from a specific website. In return, the person who recommended the website get a gift or a discount. This feature has also helped businesses in increasing their sales. Marketing through the social channels has become part of every business these days.

Channel Ticketing:
A lot of places around the world doesn't have a great number of Internet user penetrations like India, Africa, Bangladesh and many more. This has given rise to the online ticketing solution through channel partners. Customers are able to book tickets through various channel partners such as cyber cafe, gaming cafe, mobile stores, etc. Channel partners get a fix or commission amount on every sale of ticket.

Which online ticketing solution is the best?
There is a saying “one size doesn't fit all”. Exactly, it’s impossible to say which the best online ticketing system. Lot of factors have to be considered in order to give someone a best rating such as location, pricing, speed, user interface and many more. Each cinema owner will have a different pricing structure and a different way to do the same work. Movie booking system (MBS ) is customizable and can be delivered according to the client’s needs.
What ticketing technologies are available?


Online and mobile ticketing ( E-Commerce)
Box or POS ticketing (Box Office)
Channel partner ticketing (Cybercafe)
Social media ticketing (Facebook)
Kiosk Ticketing (Self service)
Development

Open source technologies
Microsoft technologies
Jave based POS systems

Wednesday 18 September 2013

ONLINE MOVIE BOOKING SYSTEM, CHANGING THE FACE OF MODERN CINEMAS

With the revolutionary trend of mobile and social media, cinemas have gone mobile and online by offering their customers facility to book tickets in advance by integrating an Online movie booking system on their website and mobile.  Services are being offered through various cross platform mobile application development for iPhones , Android Phones  and Windows phones.
 
Movie booking system
PROFITABLITY:
Box office and movie booking system has not only given great customer satisfaction but has also increased profitability of cinemas by streamlining their sales process. Customers can check in to cinemas through QR codes and various E-ticketing solutions. This has helped in reducing long waiting time during pick hours.
COST STRUCTURE:
Various Box offices and ticketing solution are available in today market from desktop based solution to cloud based solution. There are models where you can get completely free online movie booking software. This company just charge a very small booking fee to provide the service.  It's a win-win situation for all that is the customers, cinema owner and the software supplier.
AVAILABILITY:
Box office and online movie booking solution are available 24hours. So the customer can book tickets anytime they like. This will not only give a great customer service but also increase in revenue at box office.
 
STREAMLINE:
Implementing an online movie ticket system will streamline the process of manual booking and will increase efficiency. Furthermore, computer-aided method will help in developing matrix and understanding consumer behaviour at the box office.
 
EASY TO BOOK:
The user friendly interface of an online cinema booking system makes it easier for customer and cinema owners to book tickets easily. This will increase the speed of ticketing during pick hours.
 
Online movie booking system
PROMOTION:
Online ticket booking system will help in ongoing promotion of movies and new releases. Cinema owners can run various email marketing campaigns, Sms campaign , deals and coupons from the customer details they have saved after ticket booking.  This will give customers constant update and also discount offers. 

REDUCTION IN COST:
The cost for a cinema owner is reduced dramatically by adopting to movie ticketing system and box office system.