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Take control of your own presales with Bandsintown

Launch presales for your tours and events, collect signups and automatically notify fans by SMS & Email

Today we’re excited to officially announce artist-powered Presales. Simply publish tour dates on your website and socials using the Widget and Smart Link, and fans can sign up with their email and phone number to be automatically notified when it’s time to buy presale tickets in their city. Your signups are yours to keep, export, and re-engage anytime.

Your events with presales are also recommended to relevant fans from Bandsintown’s 90+ million users and distributed to more fans worldwide through seamless integrations with Spotify, Google, Shazam, and Apple.

“Presales have become the new onsales, and our new Presales feature gives artists of all sizes everything they need to control their own presales.” said Bandsintown co-founder and managing partner Fabrice Sergent. “Presales allow artists to reward their superfans, grow their email and SMS lists, own their data, and continue to engage fans on their own terms.”

Learn more about Bandsintown Artist Presales

Expanding on Releases, a feature launched last year to help you announce shows, music and merch, the new all-in-one Presales solution gives you everything you need to power presales for entire tours or single events:

  • Collect fan emails & phone numbers

  • Own & export your contacts anytime

  • Customize your presale’s look & feel

  • Feature your merch & music

  • Measure demand & results by city

  • Re-engage underperforming markets

  • Offer Waitlists for sold-out dates

Hundreds of artists, including Chappell Roan, Childish Gambino, Vince Staples, Kehlani, and Tinashe have already found success with presales using Bandsintown, so you can power your next tour or event presale with total peace of mind.

Get started with Bandsintown Artist Presales

The self-serve feature includes unlimited free presale signups and email alerts, and we’re offering free SMS alerts for all artists through the end of the year. Starting January 1, SMS alerts will be just 1.6 cents each.

Visit artist.bandsintown.com/presales for more information or to get started today.