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How to change your house seats for one performance

…se seats: For venues where all performances use the same assigned seats as house seats. Different house seats are assigned for every performance. Here’s a very good posting from another Help Desk post about house seats: https://help.centerstage.com/2012/10/good-information-about-houseseats/ In general, the price code H is used to designate house seats on a seating plan, though you can choose whichever one you want. HOWEVER – if you are already se… Continue reading

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How to release house seats for sale online prior to performance

…IPs, etc. There are situations, though, when you would like to release the house seats so they can be sold as regular seats. Wintix will not let you edit the seating chart once tickets have been sold with it, though, so you need to make a copy of the seating plan, remove the house seats, and replace the original seating plan with the copy when you are ready to sell those seats. Here are the instructions on how to do that: Go to Tools | Seating pla… Continue reading

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How to add permanent House Seats

…er asked, “If I modify a seating plan, and select a few seats as permanent House Seats, when I press the Update all shows using that plan button, will it select the seats even if they are already sold? “I am a great one for not holding any house seats and then I have to scramble at the last minute. I thought this may hold them permanently, but we have already sold some seats to new season and did not want to mess things up.” The answer is no, Wint… Continue reading

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Good information about House Seats

…il released by the box office manager. If the theatre client uses the same house seats for every performance, our recommendation would be to add the House seats in the seating plan. This way, when every performance is added with charts, those same House seats will be displayed. If the theatre client needs to add House seats temporarily in order to, say, install a soundboard for just one performance, this is what we recommend: Go to File | Initiali… Continue reading

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How to create “house seats” that can not be bought online

…tab. Near the bottom of that screen is a box for Symbols on the plans for house seats. Type in whatever letters you wish to use as designated House seats, then save the settings. This will allow you to use any letter you wish to use, either upper or lower case, to block House seats from being purchased online. You will still be able to sell those seats in your box office (if you have permission), just not online. Webtix, by default, looks for the… Continue reading

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Hold seats for promoters

…tion for anyone distributing “house seats” to a promoter. In our industry, house seats are usually reserved for emergency purposes. For example, if we know we have a hit show on our hands, we generally don’t put all seats on sale. We always designate a few seats as “House holds” or “Houseseats in case we need them. One of our favorite examples is when a president of the university shows up to a sold out performance for the theatre arts productio… Continue reading

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Create a seating plan

…codes. Tip: Depending on how big your house is, you may want to display it bigger or smaller. Go to the File | Initialization | Chart options. You can select different font, column, and row sizes. Read how to add and use “House Seats” or seats that are on hold and not available for general sale until the manager releases them. Learn how to scale the house and create different prices for different sections of your seating plan.          … Continue reading

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Can you have promotional codes for some seats and not others in one show?

…eate a new show for Gold Circle seats only. Set the show up as usual for internet sales, prices, etc. Choose the seating plan that you just created for this show. For the other shows, the Gold Circle seats would need to be changed to house seats on the plan you’re using for that, then they can’t be purchased from that show’s seating plan. To designate a house seat, click on a seat in the seating plan. Remove whatever is in the Status field and rep… Continue reading

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How to add removable seats for sale to a sold out show with reserved seats

…one you created for ten seats for this example. You will see the second seating chart display. Then the “select the chart” for the two seating plans screen shot appears. Click the OK button. You now have 10 added seats in the Seats Remaining field. Click the Add chart button. Click the OK button, then OK again in the Editing a show window. Now you will be able to sell more tickets for this evening’s performance…. Continue reading

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Center Stage Software 2013 newsletters

…box while making a sale? May 2013 news The latest Wintix updates All about House Seats Customize the colors on your Webtix seating plan NEW! “A Word From the Bird” (an occasional column from our feathered friends) April 2013 news Wintix update: multiple sales New printers from GoDEX Who is GoDEX? Please give us your opinion about House Seats Best ways to manage House Seats March 2013 news The latest Wintix updates Making e-commerce safe with SSL c… Continue reading

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