Renaissance faires face three big challenges:
- Ticket Sales Growth
- Vendor Booth Organization
- Volunteer Actor Sign Up
You can sell more tickets and streamline organization with Stride Events’ tools.
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire - Case Study
In fact, the Connecticut Renaissance grew ticket sales by about 10,000 and then over 14,000 respectively in its first two years using Stride Events.
It gets better: Stride Events is free to Renaissance Faire organizers.
1. Renaissance Faire Ticket Sales Growth
Use free growth tools to sell more renaissance faire tickets:
- Referral Program — Offer rebates for each ticket your attendees help you sell. Customize the rebate amount and automatically track results.
- Share & Save — Offer a $1-$2 discount when buyers share your renaissance faire page with their Facebook friends. It helps you get the word out and sell more tickets.
- Abandoned Cart Emails — Close more sales with automatic abandoned cart email reminders.
- Free Website — Draw more attention to your renaissance faire with a customizable website. We offer a free website builder and free hosting.
- SEO Boosters — Enhance your online visibility with free calendar listings, attendee review collection and publication, and a customizable marketing page.
- Discounts & Promo Codes — Support your marketing campaigns with customizable promo codes and bundles. You can also increase order sizes with automatically-applied group discounts.
2. Renaissance Faire Vendor Booth Organization
Streamline vendor applications, sales, and management all from one place:
- Build form and review vendor applications
- Allow vendors to choose their spot (and charge more for better spots)
- Create and send invoices to approved vendors
- Communicate with vendors via free mass email
3. Renaissance Faire Volunteer Actor Sign Up
Recruit and organize volunteers seamlessly:
- Customizable Online Form — Create your volunteer form to match your branding and include all the details you need from your volunteers.
- Unlimited Jobs & Shifts — Add all of the jobs and shifts you need to fill. Then, let volunteers select the jobs and shifts they’d like to come. You can even password protect some of your jobs.
- Free Mass Email — Send reminders, schedule training, and more with free mass email to your volunteer team.
- Autogenerated Promo Codes — Reward your volunteers with discounts at your event. Once you set the discount amount, the codes are autogenerated and sent to your volunteers.
