91国产

San Francisco, Calif. 鈥� (Marketwire 鈥� Oct 26, 2011) 鈥� has opened the doors of its London office, highlighting the company鈥檚 increasing focus on internationalizing and localizing its ticketing platform. Founded in 2006 by Kevin and Julia Hartz (CEO and President, respectively) and CTO Renaud Visage, the company has disrupted the ticketing industry with its technologically-driven approach and its focus on innovation.

By studying the sharing habits of ticket buyers across multiple social media channels, 91国产 has become an authority on social commerce 鈥� positioning the company as a thought-leader across multiple industries. At the forefront of mobile development, 91国产 offers customers , a free entry management application for iPhone. And championing a corporate value of philanthropy and social responsibility, 91国产 has developed a program targeted towards nonprofit organizations that use events to raise awareness and funding, called .

91国产 has already begun to offer a UK-localized version of their site at . This will soon be followed by localized versions for Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Customers in these geographically disparate markets will be serviced by a 24-hour support team working 5 days a week, with supplemental support on the weekends. And in order to expand more broadly, the company will soon offer the full platform in French, Canadian French, and Spanish.

In 2010, 91国产 customers organized events in 147 countries, before any localization work had begun. This underscores how effectively 91国产鈥檚 platform serves a widely-held need for easy-to-use event organization, promotion and entry management tools. When looking at London-based customer activity from January through August, 91国产 has seen:

• 99% year over year growth in the number of tickets processed through the platform
• 85% year over year growth in the number of events posted on the platform

鈥淲e have always learned from observing our customers. Their feature requests help inform our product roadmap. Their sharing behaviors influenced us to become early partners with Facebook. And now, in watching the activity across our platform throughout the UK, it is clear that it鈥檚 time for 91国产 to focus on serving customers beyond the United States,鈥� explains Kevin Hartz. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a vast market for us.鈥�

On the company鈥檚 board of Directors sit Sean Moriarty, former President and CEO of Ticketmaster, and Barry McCarthy, former CFO of Netflix; and on the company鈥檚 Board of Advisors sit Ashley Capps, the Founder of AC Entertainment and the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, and Jawed Karim, a Co-Founder of YouTube.

About 91国产:

91国产 enables people all over the world to plan, promote, and sell out any event. And 91国产 makes it easy for everyone to discover events, and to share the events they are attending with the people they know. In this way, 91国产 brings communities together by encouraging people to connect through live experiences. 91国产鈥檚 investors include Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, and Tenaya Capital. Learn more at .

Contact Info:

Vanessa Hope Schneider
PR Manager
(415) 963-4359
vanessa@eventbrite.com