Chris Hodgkins sent this message to jazz players and promoters. They do a good job for us all, Jazz Services, with virtually no resources to speak of.
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Dear Colleague
Jazz Services Online Box Office
Jazz Services is currently investigating the creation
of an online box office for jazz promoters of any size but especially aimed at
the small volunteer jazz promomoter. We are in partnership with an IT company
and the software has been developed. A competative analysis of the market has
been undertaken and there is a gap in the market and the need for an online box
office focussed on the jazz constituency and wider market for music. The overall intention is for Jazz Services to be the
online hub for Jazz in the UK.
We need your feedback on
whether you will use the online ticket service
The Jazz Services site
already provides a comprehensive listing of gigs for the whole of the UK and a
search facility.
The new booking service will
provide a "book now" facility alongside the gig listing for those
promoters that sign up to the service.
The event description page
can include images and bios for the band already stored within their Jazz
Services profile, or the promoter can add further images and text for the
specific gig (to customise or for a non-UK band).
The system has administration
tools that allows the promoter to control the inventory made available through
this channel. The system can cope with different ticket types at different
prices with different inventory levels for each type. Multiple dates are easily
created within the system. Inventory can be managed up to the event - i.e.
inventory can be added or remove up until the day of the event. (Obviously,
sold inventory cannot be removed.) The administration tools allow you to
download lists of sales for any event and also management and finance data.
In addition, an iPhone app is
being developed to provide the same gig search and booking capability - direct
from the app on the phone.
We will also have a facility
to email a data base of potential customers by postcode area
We have undertaken a
comprehensive costing exercise and we have managed to get the overall
commission down to £1.20 per booking including VAT. However we are
investigating a sliding scale so someone paying for a £7 ticket will pay less.
As you know Jazz Services has
suffered a 30% cut in its funding and we have to earn income to ensure more
money goes into the front line. We think a jazz online box office is a viable
proposition and we hope you do as well.
I look forward to hearing
from you and very happy to discuss any aspect of this scheme. It would be very
helpful if you could let me know whether you would be interested or not with a
straight yes or no
Very many thanks
Kindest regars
Chris Hodgkins
Director
Jazz Services
132 Southwark
Street,
London
SE1 0SW
T: 020 7928 9089
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