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Tired of Eventbrite? This Queer-Owned Event Platform Is Ready To Show You How It’s Done

There are few locally owned event platforms today. Sickening Events is an up-and-coming event management and ticketing platform which is local and queer-owned. The owner, Reid Lawrence, began as a videographer, taking videos on his iPhone 5 to favor the entertainers while working backstage at their local drag club. Their degree in theatrical lighting, design and electrical engineering made them the best in their field.

Their passion for the queer community and entrepreneurship led them to their career as videographers and web designers. As a member of the queer community, Reid offers affordable and accessible services to drag performers and other queer artists. They are now expanding their videography and web design business to include event management.

Sickening Events

Reid began their company, Sickening Events, in 2015, which is a white-label event management and ticketing platform. They offer services rivaling Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, and AXS, among other major event platforms. Additionally, it is the LGBTQ alternative to big events management platforms.

Sickening Events is affordable and accessible to local artists. It offers better feature benefits at a lower price than other platforms. Sickening Events helps protect LGBTQ artists from discrimination and exploitation by other event management platforms like Eventbrite by providing high-quality services at affordable prices.

Results you can expect from Sickening Events.

It is hard for a small, locally owned business to compete with corporate-owned companies like Eventbrite. However, Sickening Events Management and Ticketing Platform provide better services to local artists at a lower price. They provide a team of experienced developers to help and support artists and make their ideas come to fruition. 

Sickening Events has 30-50 % more features than Eventbrite. They offer the enterprise-level features at a considerably lower price. Sickening Events aim to provide affordable and accessible services to local and queer artists because other ticketing platforms  Take advantage and don’t have their best interest at heart.

Sickening Events offers customizable service fees and lower processing fees. It does not charge extra fees, monthly subscriptions, and marketing fees. It enables artists to make and keep more money from their events. These actions allow them to save money while still getting premium services.

Sickening Events creates customizable web pages for each event and artist. This operation enables their clients to showcase and sell their brand online. These custom websites have easy-to-use features that allow users to find and purchase tickets to the event.

Sickening Events offers free marketing for the events it holds. It has partnered up with Nightout.com, an event discovery platform that is SEO optimized. They feature all Sickening Events on nightsout.com free of charge.

What makes it better than Eventbrite?

Sickening Event Management and Ticketing Platform provides customizable and data-driven services. They provide a customer care team that caters to your every need during the planning and holding of the event. 

What sets Sickening Events apart from other platforms is that it does not sell its client’s data regarding the event. Other platforms like Eventbrite legally own their client’s data and thus resell or remarket it without consent, making millions from small LGBT+ promoters and venues.

Sickening Events Management and Ticketing Platform also runs virtual events. They use ticketing technology to sell tickets to gated content such as live streams and pre-recorded content on YouTube and other platforms. This enables artists to regulate access to and monetize their content differently following the pandemic.

Sickening Events Management and Ticketing Platform offers services such as interactive seat selection, allowing people to view a virtual venue model online and choose and book their preferred seats and table. Upgrade and Transfer Ticket services also enable attendees to transfer and swap seats without the involvement of the staff.

Sickening Events makes work easier for event holders and attendees by offering services such as series and timed entry; this helps with crowd flow control and increases revenue by setting time slots with unique capacities and pricing. It also offers multi-day and season passes that allow attendees to use the same pass for different days at the event.

Sickening Events dedicates itself to helping plan, promote, and ensure the event goes smoothly. It provides A-grade event management services at an affordable price to artists and event-holders. Although it is open to all people, LGBTQ artists, promoters, and venues have priority.

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