For the consumer:
Kangalope is the first website to consider the demands of a household when searching for events. Households are social units getting together for any number of activities. Examples of households are friends, clubs, couples or families. Through Kangalope households will be able to:
- Get email every week of nearby events with the total cost for selected household members to attend.
- Customize the email to fit the needs of the household
- Get reminders of events they will attend.
- Purchase tickets for events
- Give gift memberships to friends, family and business associates.
- Search for friends on Kangalope
- Invite friends to join you at events
- Invite your network of friends to join Kangalope - We can import from the following plus a few more:
- Manage friends
- Add comments and ratings to events
- Use Social Bookmark tools
- Add events and if you choose make them private so only your friends can see them
For the business:
Why list your event on Kangalope?
The consumer is faced with 100’s of choices for event listing and advertising. With so many choices they may find your event after the fact or not at all. From one Kangalope users:
‘I cannot tell you how many experiences that I have had in my own town when I have found out things after the fact (i.e., flag football in
LV began two weeks ago and who knew!!) The local advertisement for activities is so poor—‘ Sarah
Are we just another event site?
No! Kangalope is trying to add more value every day. We want to make it easier for users to find your events and make it easier for you to publish your events.
Features:
Business Types:
Kangalope has 2 types of business users - Groups and Organizers. Groups are typically individuals and non-vertical organization. Examples of groups would be artists, bands, performers, speakers or a traveling show. Groups can create a profile, add shows and tours. The site will provided metrics on profile and event activity.
Organizers are typically corporations or large entertainment organizations that control multiple groups. Examples would be Disney or Ringling Brothers. These organizations have multiple entertainers, traveling shows and stationary shows. Organizers can set up and control each group’s profile and activity. Kangalope will report on the groups separately and in aggregate for the organizer.
Adding events:
There are currently 4 ways to add events to Kangalope.com –
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Self service manual entry - provides the greatest customization to make sure households find your event.
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Admin bulk upload – publishers provide Kangalope their events in a specified format and the admin loads them to the site. This is ideal for publishers that do not have the time or resources to manually add events.
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Hopbot – our bot will retrieve events from your site on a regular basis but does not have the customization of manual entry.
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Kangalope assisted entry – for publishers that want a little extra help to ensure maximum visibility. To find out about assisted entry please contact us.
Managing Events:
Event information may be modified at any time including adding or modifying or deleting acts, activities, dates, locations, pictures, videos and podcasts.
When you create an event you can associate profiles of the performers at the event. Attendees can see who is performing and click on a performers profile to learn about them.
Distributing events
Once events are added to Kangalope we distribute them through our growing network of magazines, newspapers and websites. This saves the publisher time and money and helps increase visibility to the target market. To find out more about our distribution network please contact us.
Metrics:
Events metrics will be provided to all event publishers. These metrics include visits, favorites, attending & ticket
sales .
Ticket
sales :
We give you the flexibility you need. You can sell tickets at the gate or though Kangalope and collect payment through Google Checkout or Authorize.net. More options to follow.
Gift membership:
Everyone is tired of receiving white elephant gifts. How many refrigerator magnets and calendars can you really use? With Kangalope you can purchase gift memberships for friends, customers, family, and associates. See membership levels
The gift membership allows you to include an image and a message on the receivers weekly event email. They open the email to see events near them and see your picture and read your message. You have the option of changing the picture and message every week. Purchase Gift Membership
To purchase a large number of memberships at a discount please contact us.
Invite your customers or network to join Kangalope
By inviting your network to join they will see your events faster. We can import from the following plus a few more: