People love using similar products but resist paying. You’ll need to either find who will pay or create additional value that’s worth paying for.
Build but think about differentiation and monetization.
You're stepping into the event ticketing platform space with an open-source approach. The good news is that there are similar products out there (n_matches = 6), suggesting a validated market. However, this also means you'll face competition. With an average of 13 comments per product, you can expect high engagement from people checking out your launch. Given you're in the "Freemium" category, anticipate users loving the free aspects but potentially resisting paying. The core challenge will be convincing them to upgrade to a paid version or finding alternative monetization strategies.
You're stepping into the event ticketing platform space with an open-source approach. The good news is that there are similar products out there (n_matches = 6), suggesting a validated market. However, this also means you'll face competition. With an average of 13 comments per product, you can expect high engagement from people checking out your launch. Given you're in the "Freemium" category, anticipate users loving the free aspects but potentially resisting paying. The core challenge will be convincing them to upgrade to a paid version or finding alternative monetization strategies.
Hi all,I've spent the year developing an event management and ticket-selling app. While it's still in its infancy, it has enough features to be useful for a variety of events.Thanks for taking a look!
Users are impressed with the one-click deployment and ease of use for non-tech individuals. They appreciate the passion behind the project and its feature-rich nature, despite some broken links in guides. The domain cost is considered reasonable. There's interest in the project's goals, its backstory, and improvements over the creator's previous project, Attendize. Hi.Events is seen as a flexible and customizable alternative, inspired by Tito. Questions were raised about the choice of PHP and Laravel for the backend, with the latter chosen for its ecosystem. A beta cloud version is anticipated.
Users reported issues with the product, including broken links in the 2nd and 3rd guides, high domain costs, abandonment by new owners, missed opportunity for a complete rewrite, poor code quality making customization difficult, and cumbersome coupon management and ticket stages aggregation.
Introducing Hi.Events 🌟 An open-source, feature-packed event management platform. Perfect for all events, from conferences to yoga classes 🧘 Say goodbye to crazy service fees, and take back control of your events and data 🚀
Hi.Events' Product Hunt launch garnered overwhelmingly positive feedback, with users frequently praising its open-source nature, affordability, and flexibility as an Eventbrite alternative. The embeddable ticket widget and seamless event management features were repeatedly highlighted as valuable, especially for small event organizers. Users appreciated the lack of service fees, customization options, and features like detailed analytics, Stripe integration, XLSX export, and intuitive check-in tools. Some users inquired about replacing existing platforms like Luma, Evvnt, and Meetup and requested detailed tutorials and mobile app.
Users expressed concerns about Hi.Events' data privacy and security. There were inquiries regarding integrations beyond Stripe, analytics features, and a cloud-based version. A suggestion was made to create shareable event pages for organizers. Some users were uncertain about Hi.Events' capabilities compared to existing platforms, and the lack of detailed tutorials was noted as a hindrance to new user onboarding.
