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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I'm disappointed with the Showpass ticket purchase experience. Showpass locked up on my first attempt. After contacting them and doing the purchase by phone successfully, I still received no... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I’ve used Showpass multiple times and it’s been a great experience every time. The platform is simple, fast, and easy to use, from buying tickets to accessing them on event day. Everything works smoot... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Like many reviews here, I had a really poor experience due to the refund issues. I was gifted a voucher for an experience worth around £50+. Unfortunately when I wanted to book it the experience wen... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

First of all they have no business being the ticket vendor for the Stanley Park Rail because they aren't even located in BC!! They are in Calgary. The way they handled the Stanley Park Bright Nights... See more

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Company details

  1. Event Ticket Seller
  2. Event Management Company
  3. Event Technology Service

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Showpass is a global leader in event technology, primary ticketing and distribution, and the mixed delivery (live, virtual and streamed) of experiences for tens of thousands of event hosts. Showpass provides access to global distribution and discovery channels including Facebook's native ticketing, Google Reserve, and a proprietary publishers network. Showpass creates solutions for complex events, large organizations, and high-volume event producers and is proud to serve millions of customers.


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  • 8500 Macleod Trail Unit 350N, T2H 2N1, Calgary, Canada

  • showpass.com

2.3

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

29 reviews

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Theatre's Experience

Our theatre has been using Showpass for 3+ years and has had a very positive experience with the system. Their customer support is always positive and helpful and the events easily integrate with our website.

An area that Showpass could grow/expand upon is the payout report. This has significantly improved over the years but could use a bit of fine tuning for clients who have multiple events/payouts being paid in one lump sum.

May 14, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Good vendor

Good vendor. Customer service is good, problem resolution is fast, and their system scales well to all different sizes of events while being easy for customers and staff to use. Lots of customization for different types of events.

May 13, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I'm sure my age is showing

I'm sure my age is showing, but here is how I felt after navigating showpass. I wished to purchase 2 senior tickets to a camper show. I thought, okay, enter my name & phone number, get the quantity and price confirmed for the venue I want, enter a credit card, pay the amount, and check out. It used to be that simple. Well, first it insisted on two choices...sign in as facebook (I chose not to), or create a new member. I chose wrong. I created a new member. Then it insisted I chose between 2-or 3 "free" unrelated things before going to check-out. I somehow avoided those, and went to checkout. I approved the amount and gave my credit card number. All set, right? Then it opened another page or two verifying my account with address etc. Finally, I hoped, I could copy the QR code and close (sign out) the page. Nope, I first was asked if I wanted to print out a receipt, and thinking I better do that since it has already gotten so involved. I printed out the receipt which stated this is not a ticket, it is only a receipt...and then I became so page weary, I had go get help to find the page offering the tickets to print or copy a QR code. My wife rescued me, and found the page. She printed them out "just in case". I understand I am not young, but does this process to buy two tickets have to be so involved?

January 26, 2024
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Hi David,

Thanks for sharing your experience with us! We're sorry to hear that buying tickets turned into a bit of a marathon. We definitely understand how more steps can complicate things, which is why we have built out features that aim to simplify the process like Apple/Google Wallets & Guest Checkouts that organizers can choose to use for their events!

Your feedback is super important to us, and trust us, we're jotting down every step of your experience to review it with the team.

This being said, we wanted the opportunity to turn things around for you, so we would like to offer you tickets to next year's Camper Show on us.

Just give us a shout at support@showpass.com, and we'll do the rest from there.

Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us, and we hope to hear from you soon.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Pockets the 'Service Fees' even on cancelled and refunded events.

Edit: After prompting to give a promised refund of the outstanding balance, Showpass made things square.
It is unclear whether this is still their default policy for other customers.
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I was refunded due to the cancellation of an event by the venue. The booking cost me $56.77, I was refunded $52.50.

Showpass kept the 'service fees' of $4.27.
If no service was rendered, it is proper to refund the full amount..

In emails to them, I get the boilerplate:
"Please note that Showpass fees, as they cover the initial cost of putting the transaction through, are considered non-refundable as per terms and conditions and as indicated at check-out."

It's a pretense that your payment processing costs $4.27, and you should follow the example of other event and payment services that would never keep the processing fee if the show was canceled. You have penalized the customer outright.
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I had a reply that I would receive a full refund shortly. I never received a refund nor correspondence.

October 22, 2022
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Reply from Showpass

Thank you for sharing your experience with Showpass, John. It's certainly not our intention to penalize customers in this way and we understand your frustrations.

At Showpass we are strongly committed to our customer's experience, and we are always looking for ways to offer the best possible service. Organizations on our platform determine their own refund policy, but this being said we would love to take the opportunity to refund the event fees We have processed this and you should be receiving the confirmation shortly!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Un timely.

Disgusting that this company is essential for events in my area as have had issues with buying tickets multiple times. Customer service is fair at best and not timely at all, has passed blame onto organizers for their systems not functioning properly.

August 9, 2021
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Reply from Showpass

Hello Andrew,

Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. We are sorry to hear you had a frustrating experience.

We are always striving to do better and taking our communities feedback into account. We have added more members to our customer service team to ensure help is covered over the weekends as well.

Again, thank you for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Solid Company.

Had a show that was cancelled, I called, they gave me a few options. Had a show cancelled by eventbrite and Ticketmaster the same day, I got Showpass money back in my account within 24 hours and it's taken ticketmaster and EB nearly 8 months for a similar size event in the exact same venue. Showpass knows what they're doing.

March 12, 2021
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