How do I use the magic checkout feature?
The magic checkout feature allows you to send customers with a link to a pre-filled ticket basket for them to then complete the purchase.
- Go to the Box Office suite on the organiser dashboard
- Click “Sell Ticket” next to the event you would like to sell tickets for
- If your event has multiple dates and times, please select the date in the calendar
- If the customer already has a Citizen Ticket account, click “Yes” and search for their full name, or email address and select them from the list
- If the are a new customer, or you are unsure if they already have an account, click “No/Not Sure” and enter their full name and email address.
- Add the ticket type(s) and the quantity you wish to add to the customer’s basket
- Click “Add to customer basket”
- At the checkout screen, either “Reserve Tickets”, or keep building the customer basket if you wish to add more tickets to their order
- Click on “Sell ticket” on the next event you would like to add to their basket and continue adding the desired quantity of tickets
- When you’ve reserved the tickets in their basket, choose “Magic Checkout” from the payment method dropdown menu
- If your tickets have ticket questions set up, you can click “Reserve Tickets” to skip providing answers for these questions
- If you would like to enter answers to the ticket questions, please input the information in the fields and press “Next” to save the answers
- Choose how long you would like the reservation to be held for
- The default is 10 minutes, but this can be increased as needed
- Choose whether to allow a customer to restore an expired basket
- If your tickets have ticket questions, you can choose whether or not to skip past the ticket questions when the customer is completing the checkout
- If you leave this box unticked, the ticket questions will appear in the customer journey for the customer to answer
- Choose whether to be notified by email when the reservation is completed, cancelled, or expires
- These email notifications will be sent to the inbox of the user who issued the customer with the magic checkout
- Click “Issue Tickets” to send the link to the customer
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