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The Best Way to Sell Event Tickets on Shopify

Sell event tickets on Shopify the right way—with real date & time selection, automatic ticket delivery, and full attendee management. Ticket Spot gives Shopify stores a modern booking experience while keeping orders, customers, and upsells inside Shopify.

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By Chris McCawJanuary 12, 2025
The Best Way to Sell Event Tickets on Shopify
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Over 1,000 Shopify merchants use Ticket Spot to sell event tickets directly inside their store—combining e-commerce, booking, and event management in one unified experience.

Wine shops sell tasting tickets beside their bottles.
Fitness studios sell class passes alongside apparel.
Venues offer merch + admission in one checkout.

Ticket Spot upgrades Shopify with a real booking experience—without losing the power of Shopify’s ecosystem.


Why Shopify Merchants Choose Ticket Spot

Shopify is unmatched for:

  • Product management
  • Upselling & bundling
  • Discount codes
  • Customer accounts
  • Store analytics
  • Inventory tools
  • Checkout conversion

But Shopify was not built for:

  • Time slots
  • Calendars
  • Capacity limits
  • “Only 5 spots left” messaging
  • Event-specific reminders
  • Automatic ticket delivery

That’s where Ticket Spot comes in.

Ticket Spot + Shopify =

Events that behave like products.
Products that boost event sales.
Everything inside one ecosystem.

What Shopify handles:

  • Customer accounts
  • Order history
  • Checkout
  • Upsells / bundles
  • Store analytics
  • Unified reporting

What Ticket Spot handles:

  • Date & time selector
  • Capacity per slot
  • PDF tickets
  • Apple Wallet passes
  • Attendee management
  • Automated reminders
  • Check-in scanning

Together, you get a seamless “Shopify-native” event system customers understand immediately.


How Ticket Spot Works With Shopify

Choose the workflow that fits your store.


⭐ OPTION 1 — Use Shopify Checkout (Most Popular)

Keep everything inside Shopify. Ticket Spot enhances the product page for scheduling and handles the event-side operations.

How it works:

  1. You create or select a Shopify product
  2. Ticket Spot adds a real calendar/time selector
  3. Customer checks out inside Shopify checkout
  4. Order syncs instantly to Ticket Spot
  5. Ticket Spot sends tickets, reminders, and manages attendees

This gives you:

  • Shopify orders
  • Shopify analytics
  • Shopify upsells
  • Shopify discount codes
  • Shopify customer accounts

But with the booking features Shopify lacks.

Extensions that make this possible:

⭐ App Embed — Add Ticket Spot’s Date & Time Selector

Upgrades your product page with:

  • Calendar picker
  • Time slots
  • Availability indicators
  • Quantity selector
  • Mobile-first design

⭐ App Block — Add “Download Tickets” to Thank-You Page

Lets customers access their tickets instantly after purchase.

Best for: Stores selling both products and events in the same checkout.


⭐ OPTION 2 — Use the Ticket Spot Widget (Ticket Spot Checkout)

If your store is primarily event-based or needs separate product/event flows, use the widget.

How it works:

  • Embed Ticket Spot on any Shopify page
  • Checkout runs through Ticket Spot (still on your domain)
  • Connect Stripe, PayPal, or Square
  • 0% Ticket Spot fees

Best for:
Tours, classes, venues, workshops, and businesses where events are the main product.


Why Our Event Selector Beats Shopify Variants

Shopify variants weren't designed for bookings.

Ticket Spot Selector

  • Visual calendar
  • Time-slot grid
  • “Only X spots left”
  • Real capacity per slot
  • Clean mobile-first UI
  • Easy quantity controls

Shopify Variants

  • Long dropdowns
  • No availability info
  • No calendar
  • Easy to mis-select
  • Poor mobile UX

Your customers will immediately understand how to book.


Setup Guide (Under 2 Minutes)

  1. Install Ticket Spot from the Shopify App Store
  2. Create (or map) your event product
  3. Enable:
    • App Embed (date/time selector)
    • App Block (download tickets)
  4. Orders sync instantly, no manual steps needed

🎥 Video walkthrough


What Customers Receive

Every attendee automatically gets:

  • 🎫 PDF ticket
  • 📱 Apple Wallet pass
  • 🔔 Automated reminders
  • 🔄 Event updates & notifications

Fully branded for your store—no Ticket Spot logos.


Tools for Merchants

  • Real-time Shopify → Ticket Spot order sync
  • Check-in app (iOS + Android)
  • QR scanning
  • Event analytics
  • Attendee list & exports
  • Email communication tools
  • Optional Mailchimp sync

All while keeping your store operations inside Shopify.


Real Use Cases

🍷 Wine Shops – Tasting tickets + bottles
💪 Fitness Studios – Class passes + apparel
🎤 Venues – Merch + admission
🎨 Art Galleries – Prints + exhibition tickets
🏞 Tours & Experiences – Bookings + gear

If you sell products and events, Ticket Spot makes them feel like one unified storefront.


Start Selling Tickets on Shopify

Install the app: 👉 Ticket Spot on Shopify App Store

Learn more: 👉 Visit Ticket Spot

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