TickX
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| Industry | Events |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 2015 |
| Founders | Sam Coley and Steve Pearce |
| Headquarters | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Website | tickx |
TickX is a SAAS company based in Manchester, England, which aims to help companies sell more tickets directly through their own websites. It was founded in 2015 as an events and tickets search engine, comparing events in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Netherlands.[1][2]
While studying at the University of Manchester, co-founder Steve Pearce wanted to create a single destination for event goers to discover events.[3] Pearce pitched the idea to family friend and future co-founder Sam Coley, a software developer.[4]
In 2015, TickX received backing from Ministry of Sound,[3] with Pearce and Coley earning nominations as one of Virgin's "Four young entrepreneurs to watch in 2016".[5] In the second half of 2017, TickX expanded to the Republic of Ireland and Spain.[1][6]
In July 2017, TickX unveiled an event Chatbot via Facebook Messenger.[7]
In September 2018, TickX launched Producer360, a toolkit to give producers access to their customer journey and analytics technology.[citation needed]
In April 2021, TickX refocussed to become a pure SaaS company and switched off the events and tickets search engine at TickX.com.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TickX launches in Spain | IQ Magazine". IQ Magazine. 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ Barcelona, El Periódico / (2017-10-23). "TickX busca y compara entradas". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ a b Begum, Shelina (2015-10-08). "TickX receives backing from Ministry of Sound". men. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "Ministry of Sound back Scots entrepreneur's 'go compare' site for tickets". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ Ross, Eleanor (2015-11-22). "Four young entrepreneurs to watch in 2016". Virgin.
- ^ "'Skyscanner for events' has landed in Ireland - no more frantic website-hopping for gig tickets - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "TickX unveils world-first Messenger chatbot | IQ Magazine". IQ Magazine. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
- ^ "About Us". TickX.
- ^ "Booking and Marketing Tools For Growth". TickX. 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021.