Set up ticket types

Purpose

Add, edit and remove the tiers people buy tickets against — capacity, price and when each one is on sale.

Before you start

  • The event must exist (see Create an event) and not be CANCELLED, COMPLETED or ARCHIVED.
  • ticket.create on this event's organization.

Steps

  1. On the event screen (/events/event?id=…), under Tickets, press Add a tier.
  2. Fill in name, description, price in ₹ (a tier priced ₹0 is free — no fee, no payment step for the buyer), capacity, and the sale window (when it opens and closes; sale close defaults to when the doors open).
  3. Press Save (or Cancel). The tier is added; a ₹0 tier keeps the event free, anything above ₹0 makes it ticketed.
  4. To change a tier later, press Edit. Capacity can be lowered, but never below what is already reserved or sold. Once anything has sold from a tier, some fields lock.
  5. To remove a tier that has sold nothing, press Delete — it is removed outright, no history kept.
  6. What a buyer sees for each tier follows the sale state, computed live from the clock and stock — it is never something you set directly:
Sale stateWhat it means
NOT_YET_ON_SALEBefore the sale window opens.
ON_SALEInside the window and stock remains.
SALE_ENDEDPast the sale window's close time.
SOLD_OUTNothing left, even if the window is still open — sold out always wins over the window.

Decision guide

SituationDo
Want the event to stay freeKeep every tier at ₹0.
Want to charge for entryAdd a tier priced above ₹0. Sotillion adds a fee on top for the buyer — you are not charged it and it is never taken from what you settle for the ticket.
Need to reduce capacity after tickets soldYou can lower it, but not below the number already reserved or sold.
Need to change the price after tickets soldNot from this screen once a tier has sold — escalate (below).
Tier is sold out but you want to sell moreAdd a new tier rather than trying to reopen a sold-out one.

The fee added to the buyer (not deducted from you): ₹15 + 18% GST on orders up to ₹500 in ticket value; 5% + 18% GST above that. It's calculated by the server at checkout and shown to the buyer before they pay — you settle the ticket price itself, not the fee.

Escalate when

  • You need to change a price or a locked field on a tier that has already sold tickets — there is no in-app support case system for organizers yet. Use the contact channel Sotillion gave you directly.

Record

  • Creating, editing and deleting ticket types write no separate audit row beyond the tier's own history in the event — capacity and price changes are visible on the tier itself, not in an audit log you can browse.
  • Keep your own note of price changes and why, since Event Admin doesn't show a history of edits.

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