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Selling Event Tickets and Maximizing Impact as a Nonprofit

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What is Aspen Gay Ski Week?

Aspen Gay Ski Week (AGSW) is a week-long gay ski event that has been taking place in Aspen, Colorado, pentru 47 ani. The event is one of Aspen’s largest LGBTQ+ non-profit fundraisers.

45th Aspen Gay Ski Week Parade

All of the funds raised help support AspenOUT’s free mental health counseling, college scholarships, and grants to nonprofit organizations in the LGBTQ+ community.

AGSW has been using our ecommerce solution for the past 4 years and has recently adopted Plăți Lightspeed as their payment provider for ticket sales.

3,750+ participants annually come to Aspen to celebrate, make connections, and ski. The organization also partners with local retailers and restaurant owners who help support the community, Lightspeed being one of them.

Aspen Gay Ski Week 2022 – Downhill Contest

Let’s look at how AGSW uses Ecwid’s shopping cart to sell tickets in order to maximize funds for their nonprofit and grow their fundraising efforts.

Challenge: Maximizing Funds as a Nonprofit

Lukas, the marketing and events coordinator for AGSW, emphasized the importance of optimizing revenue in the nonprofit sector. He explained, “In a nonprofit world, it’s important to maximize donations, operate on a small budget, and give the most back.

45th Aspen Gay Ski Week Parade

Solution: Ecwid by Lightspeed Provides AGSW With a Cost-Effective Place to Sell Tickets

With an affordable and user-friendly solution, Ecwid by Lightspeed is able to help Aspen Gay Ski Week effortlessly maximize its funds and focus on growing the fundraiser. Here are the tools they’ve leveraged to achieve this goal:

45th Aspen Gay Ski Week Parade

An Efficient Payment Provider With Lightspeed Payments

$100k
revenue on a singular day processed without a hitch

To process payments in its online store, the nonprofit uses Plăți Lightspeed. With an attractive percentage rate, Lightspeed Payments allows them to save on extra expenses that they could put toward their fundraising efforts.

Lightspeed Payments makes our accountant very happy. The rate is very cost-effective, and we get all of our funds released in a timely manner without any holds or delays. Lukas Volk, Marketing and Events Coordinator, Aspen Gay Ski Week

Given ASGW’s popularity and the sale of both individual and weekly passes, significant revenue is generated all at once when tickets first become available for purchase. Lightspeed Payments releases all of these funds quickly, regardless of the amount, and without any issues.

A Seamless WordPress Integration

Aspen Gay Ski Week had built the website for their event on WordPress and ranked highly in terms of SEO. The team was searching to integrate a shopping cart onto their existing website — and Ecwid by Lightspeed has the capability to do so quite easily.

AGSW’s homepage built on WordPress, se leagă la coșul de cumpărături pentru a cumpăra bilete

They simply added their shopping cart to their existing site and started selling their event tickets in no time.

Ecwid este un produs de calitate care este ușor de gestionat și foarte ușor de configurat pe WordPress. Este exact ca în reclamă: puteți avea un magazin să funcționeze în câteva minute. Lukas Volk

Un coș de cumpărături fără taxe inutile

>18%
economisiți pe bilet la taxele de serviciu

Înainte de Ecwid, AGSW a folosit o platformă tradițională de bilete terță parte pentru a vinde bilete pentru evenimentul lor anual. Dar li se percepea o sumă destul de importantă pentru fiecare vânzare de bilete. Acest lucru nu le-a lăsat cu mult profit în schimbul fondului lor.

Directorii au decis atunci că este timpul să treacă la un coș de cumpărături online, și atunci au trecut la coșul de cumpărături Ecwid by Lightspeed, care nu percepe taxe suplimentare pe vânzare.

Biletele pentru Săptămâna de schi Aspen Gay sunt de vânzare în vitrina lor

Alte instrumente utile de care beneficiază AGSW și le recomandă

E-mailuri de recuperare a coșului abandonat: Când cineva lasă articole în cărucioarele sale, este deturnat, sau cade într-o buclă separată, ASGW trimite e-mailuri de recuperare a coșului abandonat. Sending potential customers email reminders helps encourage that final purchase.

$23k
venituri recuperate din cărucioarele abandonate

E-mail automat trimis celor care au abandonat coșul

Câmpuri personalizate de plată: Când oferiți îmbrăcăminte cu vânzare de bilete, AGSW utilizează câmpuri personalizate de plată pentru a cere dimensiunea clientului și a facilita procesul.

Donații: La casă, organizația nonprofit cere donatii. Clientul poate selecta suma pe care dorește să o doneze. This helps collect extra money for the fundraiser.

Urmărirea inventarului în timp real: Ecwid urmărește inventarul din toate biletele și biletele sponsorizate, iar AGSW le poate marca ca fiind vândute (jumătate din biletele lor pentru 2024 evenimentul sunt în prezent epuizate!)

Biletele și abonamentele epuizate în vitrina lor

Caracteristicile care continuă să fie adăugate pe Ecwid sunt grozave; in fiecare an, platforma este din ce în ce mai bună. Lukas Volk

Rezultat: ASGW maximizează fondurile pentru comunitatea LGBTQ+ și continuă să crească

Mulțumim lui Ecwid de Lightspeed, ASGW își vinde acum biletele printr-un magazin online ușor de utilizat, economisește costuri suplimentare, și se pot concentra pe strângerea de fonduri și extinderea evenimentului în diferite zone.

Sprijinirea mândriei face parte din cultura noastră la Lightspeed

Cu o cauză atât de aproape de inimile noastre, Ecwid by Lightspeed is proud to be the ecommerce platform and one of the sponsors for this event.

Lightspeed participă la o serie de inițiative pentru comunitate, inclusiv donații către diferite organizații caritabile LGBTQ+, participarea la evenimente pride, o politică de relocare care sprijină angajații LGBTQ+ care doresc să se mute în regiuni mai sigure, printre multe alte eforturi.

Viteza luminii la Parada Mândriei din Montréal, QC

Lightspeed a fost fondată în satul gay din Montreal - fondatorul și primii patru angajați făceau parte din comunitatea LBTQ+. Acest lucru a contribuit la formarea culturii companiei noastre, făcând diversitatea și incluziunea parte integrantă a ADN-ului nostru.

Fii prezentat în următoarea noastră poveste de succes

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Victoria is a content specialist at Ecwid. Fueled by matcha, she dives into the ecommerce world and provides insights to help entrepreneurs succeed online.

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