PALO ALTO, CA -- 10/15/08 --
FanSnap(SM), the live event ticket search
engine for fans, today announced the launch of the public beta of its site,
www.fansnap.com, which displays the latest ticket-level detail results from
more than 50 of the leading ticket providers.
"We are on a quest to make it fast and easy for fans find sports, concert
and theater tickets," said Mike Janes, CEO of FanSnap. "The number of
ticket providers has exploded, particularly with the growth of the resale
market, and fans have an overwhelming number of choices. FanSnap is
helping fans find their 'perfect' tickets by offering comprehensive,
accurate ticket search results and new fan-focused search features."
The public beta provides an opportunity for fans to use the new features
and give immediate feedback, which FanSnap will use to continuously improve
the search engine. In private testing, the most popular element of the
site has been the patent-pending FanSnap Maps(SM), produced for top venues
in New York, Chicago, Boston, LA, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. FanSnap is
incorporating fan suggestions to fine-tune the dynamic map's features, and
plans to produce the improved maps for all major venues across the U.S.
On FanSnap, a ticket search query such as "red sox," "ac/dc," or "wicked"
returns actual ticket-level details that fans can compare across providers,
unlike the general search engines, whose results are web site addresses.
Once fans have made their ticket selection they are directly "deep-linked"
into the ticket provider's shopping cart to complete the purchase.
FanSnap's industry-first features give fans the ability to:
-- choose from a list of events using any or all of a number of criteria,
including number of tickets and price range desired.
-- view tickets for a "series" of multiple events (e.g., a baseball
homestand, a multi-night concert performance, or a week of Broadway
shows) all at once.
-- determine at-a-glance the price distribution of available tickets for
any event.
-- determine at-a-glance the ticket price range by section using the
colored "heat map" markers on our dynamic FanSnap Maps(SM).
-- zoom into the FanSnap Maps and see the ticket offers from numerous
providers placed in clearly labeled rows.
-- view at-a-glance comparable ticket offers from multiple providers in a
simple comparison format.
-- place ticket offers in a "short list" for easy comparison of ticket
details and total prices (ticket prices plus fees or commissions) across
ticket providers.
FanSnap's ultimate objective is to work with every ticket provider to
provide fans the broadest possible choice. Ticket providers will benefit
from a dedicated customer acquisition channel to help them sell more
tickets.
"We are excited to be a launch partner with the FanSnap team," said Jeff
Lapin, President of RazorGator, the leader in Hard-To-Get(SM) tickets for
sports and entertainment events worldwide. "RazorGator actively markets
to fans both offline and online, and we look forward to utilizing this new
channel to reach even more fans."
"New England fans are some of the most passionate in America," said James
Holzman, President of Ace Ticket, the official offline ticket resale agency
of the Boston Red Sox, and also named "Best Ticket Broker" in Boston
Magazine's Best of Boston Awards. "Working with FanSnap allows us to
efficiently market to those fans who are searching online for Red Sox tickets, Patriots tickets,
Celtics tickets,
Bruins tickets, or event tickets anywhere in the U.S."
Besides being passionate fans, the FanSnap leadership team also brings deep
industry and Internet experience:
Title Name Current/Previous
----- ---- ----------------
CEO/Co-Founder: Mike Janes CMO of StubHub, GM of Apple's
online Apple Store, and VP of
eCommerce for FedEx
CTO/Co-Founder: Mark Towfiq CTO of Flock, VP of Engineering at
NexTag, and VP of Engineering at
Walmart.com
VP, Business Dev./ Rishi Garg Google, MTV, Highland Capital
Co-Founder: Partners, and Morgan Stanley
VP of Product: Lisa Pollock Mann StubHub, Yahoo, Walt Disney
Imagineering, Channel One
Communications, and Goldman Sachs
General Counsel: Kathleen Philips Pure Digital, StubHub, IAC/Hotwire,
and Cooley Godward
Board of Directors: Joel Cutler Managing Director/Co-Founder of
General Catalyst Partners
Michael Dearing Stanford Consulting Assoc.
Professor and former GM of eBay
North America
Andrew Payne Private Investor and CTO/Co-Founder
of Open Market
"As a fan, it is really exciting to see the first truly robust consumer
search application for the live event ticket space," said Steve Hafner, CEO
of Kayak, the leading travel search engine. Hafner is a member of
FanSnap's Board of Advisors.
About FanSnap
FanSnap is the live event ticket
search engine for fans. Our mission is to provide the most comprehensive,
accurate, fast and easy-to-use resource for fans to find the tickets they
desire to sports, concerts, and theatre events. FanSnap provides free
ticket search results for dozens of the leading ticket providers, including
Ace Ticket, AllShows.com, Barry's Tickets, Gold Coast Tickets, Las Vegas
Tickets, RazorGator, and StubHub. Our detailed ticket-level search results
are made possible by the combination of strategic industry partnerships and
systems integration, as well as our FanSnap TicketData(SM) systems and
patent-pending dynamic FanSnap Maps(SM). FanSnap was founded in 2007,
funded by General Catalyst Partners of Cambridge, MA, and is headquartered
in Palo Alto, CA.
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