Competition Admin Front-of-House

Ticketing and Check-In

Configure ticket products and event-day check-in workflow where ticketing is enabled.

Prerequisites

- Ticketing feature enabled

- Pricing model approved by organizer

Step-by-step workflow

1) Build ticket catalog

- Create ticket classes and capacities by session/day.

- Define refund and transfer expectations before launch.

2) Prepare check-in operations

- Train table staff on lookup and exception handling.

- Keep manual fallback list for connectivity disruptions.

3) Run event-day flow

- Monitor live check-in velocity and capacity.

- Escalate payment disputes to billing owner.

Validation checklist

- Ticket products map cleanly to venue/session capacities.

- Check-in staff can complete a full test flow.

- Fallback manual process is documented.

Common failure modes and fixes

Oversold session risk

- Reconcile capacity limits and sales channels before gates open.

Check-in lookup failures

- Use fallback roster and resolve order identity after admission line clears.