As an organizer, you can use Stager to sell certain tickets through a hidden link, without them being available nor visible in your ticket shop. They will only be accessible via the hidden link. This link can then be shared manually however you wish. For example, you can share this hidden link through a newsletter in the Stager mailer, through a WhatsApp group chat, or via a QR code on a poster.
This is useful for organizers who want flexibility in how and to whom they distribute tickets to their event, while keeping their regular ticket sales and ticket shop clean and controlled.
This link can be sent to mailing list subscribers or fan-club members with early-access to an event before general sales begin. Or, you can keep certain ticket types, like VIP or backstage tickets, separate from the rest of your ticket sales. There are many possibilities!
How to generate a hidden sales link
To get started, you can add a new ticket type in your event under the Tickets tab. This ticket type will be the ticket you create a hidden sales link for. Click save to save your new ticket type.
Make sure that you don't mark the ticket type that you wish to be hidden as online - if you check the online box then it will be seen in your ticket shop. Not so hidden!
Click on the View details link on the right hand side of your ticket type.
Here you can check the box next to Hidden sales to generate your hidden sales link. You can additionally set a start and end time for your hidden sales, so that tickets are only available for a limited time that you specify.
Other settings can be further tweaked, and you can find further details on these settings in this article.
You can add more than one ticket type to your hidden sales link if you wish. This means that one hidden sales link will lead to all of your ticket-types that you’ve opted to place in hidden sales.
How to access your hidden sales link
Now that you’ve created a hidden sales link, you can access this link via the yellow button in the right hand corner of the Tickets tab in your event, labelled Get ticket links.
This shows you all your ticket links, including your hidden sales link. Copy this link to your clipboard, or click on the hyperlink and copy the URL in your browser. You now have your hidden sales link!
You can then share this manually through your newsletters, posters, personal invitations and more - simple as that!