How to Add Tickets to your Competition
Tickets are an understandably vital part of any competition, so making sure they’re all set up and good to go is important. Our system makes it super simple. Let’s take you through it.
⚡️How to Add Tickets to your Competition
1. Navigate to WordPress
2. Log in
3. Click on ‘Products’, in the grey left sidebar. It will show you a big list of all the products (competitions!) you’ve ever listed, including drafts.
4. Make a choice:
⚡️To Add Tickets To An Existing Competition
Scroll until you see it and select the competition.
⚡️To Add Tickets To A New Competition
1. Go up to the top of the page and click ‘Add New’
2. Scroll down to the box titled ‘Product Data’. In the drop-down menu, make sure you select ‘Competition’. This should be automatic, but it’s always good to check
5. Once you’ve made a new competition or chosen an existing one, you’ll see these on the product box’s left sidebar:
Click 'Tickets'
6. Set the price of each ticket your customers can purchase by clicking in the box next to ‘Regular Price (£)’ and popping in the relevant amount
7. You can then choose to run a sale, if you want
8. Now we're going to sort the logistics of the tickets. You'll see these headings:
9. Let's hone in on 'Total Tickets'. This is where you specify how many tickets you have on offer, overall.
Type in the relevant amount
10. You can then set ‘Max Tickets Per User’. This refers to the maximum number of tickets any single player can purchase. This includes both tickets purchased online AND postal entries
11. There’s then an option to set a Default Quantity of tickets for the customer to buy
12.You can also set a Cash Alternative to a prize. Choose the amount available as an alternative prize, and type it into the box
13. You can then put in the Prize Value
14. Fill in the details of the End Prize
15. There are then some tick boxes. That's about setting 'Coming Soon' competitions. But that's a whole different story. Ignore it for now.
16. Set your competition’s Close Date
17. Set the Draw Date
18.Make sure you save changes by scrolling back up to ‘Update’. This will be towards the top right of your screen
🤓Clarity Corner
What does ‘Default Quantity’ Mean When Adding Tickets? When a customer goes to buy tickets, it will offer them a specific number of tickets, off the bat.
They can choose if they want more or fewer than this, but giving them a default number can really help with upselling.
What is a Cash Alternative? Your lucky winners can have the option of taking home the selected prize or taking home a big bunch of cash instead.
What is Prize Value? This is a chance for you to show off how wonderful your prize is, and therefore just how much of a bargain entry to your competition is.
What is the End Prize? The ‘End Prize’ will be the prize that is given away last. This is, of course, only relevant if you’re giving away a range of Instant Win prizes, and if you want one of them to be saved until the last moment. Once that’s snapped up, it’s a sign that the competition is complete. Best ‘til last, and all that jazz.
What is a Competition’s End Date? This is the date the competition will end, and customers will no longer be able to purchase tickets. It’s a little bit different from the Draw Date…
What is a Competition’s Draw Date? This is it! The big day! The day when the competition’s prize gets drawn!
What’s the Difference Between Draw Dates and Close Dates? Some businesses like to run a Live Draw and generate a bit of buzz on social media around the competition. Therefore, the Draw Date might be after the Close Date, while you set everything up and the players get excited. However, no one will be able to enter the competition, because it’s closed. A message will show, notifying players of this fact: ‘This competition is now closed, please join our Live Draw on the following date!”
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