Hello,
I would like a quote from a developer that can create the mod described below:
I have a travel website and I’m thinking of setting up a section to sell Shows/Events Tickets. I want the customer to be able to select Mail Delivery for his tickets or Electronic tickets, in which case, I will need an addon with the following features:
1- option to turn on and turn off the bar code feature depending on the product (I don’t sell just tickets…)
2- populate one bar code per ticket, if 10 tickets bought, then 10 bar codes. Ask for a customer name for each barcode/ticket (at the checkout level?)
3- The bar code will contain this info about the purchase : Customer name, venue, product options selected by customer : (date, time, etc…)
4- In the printout, all the info will show along with the bar code : name of customer, venue, options he chose (date, time, etc…) + bar code. Also, if 10 tickets bought, then 10 printouts…
What bar code standard? Is there an informational template for bar code info to be encoded according to some rules so the event readers could parse the info?
BTW, would it NOT be easier to email tickets as PDFs to the customer later on after the checkout?
I’m not sure what bar code standard is best but here is an example of a printable Ticketmaster ticket: [url]http://media.ticketmaster.com/fr-ca/img/static/h/sampleTicketFastTicket.pdf[/url]
I would like something similar to this…
[QUOTE]BTW, would it NOT be easier to email tickets as PDFs to the customer later on after the checkout?[/QUOTE]
Yes emailing the tickets as PDFs would be a must!
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode[/url]
Scroll to “Types of barcodes”
Do you know the type you need?
TicketMaster is so big that they can provide their own “database” to scan against to the events. Even if you will make the barcodes, how can event people know if the ticket is valid? Are you going to submit your own database to them or they will give you some ticket range… ???
Usually there is a number pool for tickets but only some are used, even though the barcode numbers can be calculated, to the customer they should look random:
Ex:
We take numeric space 100,000 to 700,000 - there are only 70 tickets to sell, a special algorithm tells what will be the next number (the algorithm is secret): something like 100000+(a/(b-c)) or Egyptian Fractions…
#1 - 137,820
#2 - 141,381
#3 - 143,998
…
#70 - 611,502
This way it is hard to guess what will be the bar code for the ticket, thus, hard to fake a large number of tickets…
[QUOTE]TicketMaster is so big that they can provide their own “database” to scan against to the events. Even if you will make the barcodes, how can event people know if the ticket is valid? Are you going to submit your own database to them or they will give you some ticket range… ???[/QUOTE]
Yes I will provide them with the scanning devices to check against my DB or have somebody from my company handle that at the event.
[QUOTE]Usually there is a number pool for tickets but only some are used, even though the barcode numbers can be calculated, to the customer they should look random:
Ex:
We take numeric space 100,000 to 700,000 - there are only 70 tickets to sell, a special algorithm tells what will be the next number (the algorithm is secret): something like 100000+(a/(b-c)) or Egyptian Fractions…
#1 - 137,820
#2 - 141,381
#3 - 143,998
…
#70 - 611,502
This way it is hard to guess what will be the bar code for the ticket, thus, hard to fake a large number of tickets…[/QUOTE]
I like that. So each number will match a customer/ticket and his information can be cross checked from a database. Do you know how the person who scans the code at the event can access my database? Are there scanner readers with memory cards that I can plug in and with screens to read the info or do I need to get a laptop down there to read from the DB? I’m just curious…
Your best bet is to research what scanners they are currently using, if they are using anything. What bar code types they read and what type of a db they take (text or other, what format variables are expected to be in). If they are not using ANYTHING then it is up to you to establish standards and loan/sell hardware to them.
[quote name=‘TexasGuy’]Your best bet is to research what scanners they are currently using, if they are using anything. What bar code types they read and what type of a db they take (text or other, what format variables are expected to be in). If they are not using ANYTHING then it is up to you to establish standards and loan/sell hardware to them.[/QUOTE]
I contacted a couple of companies here in the US, I’m waiting on their feedback as to what solution they offer for event ticketing. I’ll keep everybody posted.
But as far as the coding part of this in cs-cart, what do you think? This should not be that complicated?
Shouldn’t be. The only difficulty is to ask a name for each person on the ticket.
I worked 7 years for the top barcode scanning manufacturer in the world so I can probably help you pick the appropriate symbology if you need assistance.
Hey,
We’re looking at buying CS-Cart, and our barcode scanners only read EAN-13 (from my understanding).
The Need:
What would be required in order to add an additional barcode type to the existing list of Barcodes?
Once this is available, we would want to assign each product an EAN-13 barcode (consisting of “xxx” and the product number).
Obviously xxx representing any amount of characters.
Our Question:
Could someone provide a detailed response, so that we know this is plausible?
Once confirmed, we will be happy to purchase the Vendor licence!
Thanks in advance.
what about standard cs-cart barcode in order?