Pittsburgh ticketing startup
ShowClix has added an innovative new app to its product line and moved into roomy new offices in Shadyside.
The company also has hired Tom Costa, formerly of Landslide, as COO and plans additional hires in the next six months. ShowClix currently stands at 12 and plans to continue to expand with positions in sales, marketing and development, says Lynsie Camuso.
The ticketing company's latest offering is Axess, an app created for the Google Android system that turns Android powered devices like the Nexus One and Motorola Droid into barcode ticket scanners. "We were really frustrated with the old ticket scanners, which were hard to get connected and network," explains Camuso. "We wanted something that was simple and easy to use."
The scanners are packed with features, work in an offline mode and are half the cost of the current technology on the market. The system was tested with the help of Pittsburgh's
Joker Productions.
The little startup that could hopes to one day challenge the monopoly held by Ticketmaster, which recently added event promoter Livenation to its lists of conquests. Continued innovation is the key to growing an alternative presence. This is the first app of its kind in the industry, Camuso says.
"We get calls on a daily basis from people who are looking for an alternative to Ticketmaster," she adds.
ShowClix recently moved from Oakmont into 3,500 square feet at 5541 Walnut Street in Shadyside. Since launching its ticketing platform online in July 2008, the company has signed up 700 exclusive clients and has contracts across the United States.
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Deb SmitSource: Lynsie Camuso, ShowClix
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