LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Texting. It's not just for
communicating. It's the new way of shopping, the new way of getting
information, and now, thanks to a new partnership, it's the new way of buying
nightlife tickets and even getting into a club.
Continuing the evolution of mobile-ticketing, nightlife ticketing giant
Wantickets.com has joined forces with ShopText, giving millions of consumers
the ability to order concert, club, and DJ tickets by text-messaging.
It's a natural fit. Since 1999, Wantickets, owned by Track Entertainment,
has been the nightlife industry's leader in providing ticketing solutions. And
ShopText is the leader in new mobile platforms, working with clients like ESPN
Mobile Publishing, Maxim Magazine, CosmoGIRL!, Lucky, Knitting Factory, Taylor
Swift and Tim McGraw.
"We are very excited to be able to offer a mobile payment system to our
tech savvy consumers," said Barak Schurr, President of Wantickets.com. "And
having ShopText-the industry leader as our partner-gives us the confidence
that this new platform will be a huge success."
Steve Roberts, ShopText CEO, said, "If I'm going to a party or club and my
friend wants to go, I can buy another ticket any time by texting the keyword
and confirming my purchase with a PIN. The days of not getting a ticket
because I couldn't get to my computer or the front gate are over. ShopText is
excited to offer Wantickets consumers the ease and convenience of purchasing
tickets by text."
About ShopText.com
ShopText's mobile commerce and promotions platform transforms any
advertisement into a point of sale opportunity. ShopText technology creates a
secure, direct-to-consumer marketplace where consumers can shop, sample and
save right from their mobile phone. ShopText works with any text-enabled
phone, major credit card and debit card, wireless carrier and traditional and
web-based advertisement. ShopText's clients and commerce participants include:
ESPN Mobile Publishing, Maxim Magazine, CosmoGIRL!, Lucky, Knitting Factory,
Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw. For more information please visit
www.shoptext.com.
About Wantickets.com
Wantickets is the dominant online ticketing solution for the nightclub and
nightlife industry. Consumers have online access to exclusive events. In
addition, Wantickets offers artists, venue owners and promoters a cost
efficient method to provide custom ticketing for their events
About Track Entertainment
Track Entertainment is an entertainment, nightlife and lifestyle company.
Track's proprietary media properties include Clubplanet.com, the world's
leading online nightlife destination; NewYears.com; nocheLatina.com;
CoolJunkie.com; and Wantickets.com. For more than two decades, Track has
developed ground-breaking, cost-effective entertainment marketing programs for
a host of companies in virtually every consumer product category. These
programs range from local to global in scope and with budgets that are modest
to huge in scale.
SOURCE Track Entertainment
Barak Schurr, Wantickets, +1-323-785-6308, Barak@Wantickets.com; or Steve
Roberts, ShopText, +1-203-564-0016, sroberts@shoptext.com
