1. I interviewed college students who purchase student football tickets. All three people I interviewed were male.
2. Regarding the alternatives, there are not any. Students must purchase their student tickets from UF and pick them up from the ticket office, there is no other option for them. All three students said they would actually pay a little extra for an alternative, such as being able to access their ticket on their phone so they would not have to wait in line to pick their ticket up.
3. Students would go to buy website and buy their tickets the same way they do now, using a credit or debit card. UF would agree to sell their student tickets on my website and would make the same amount of money they do now. I would simply charge a little bit more per ticket, since they no longer have to wait in line.
4. Two of the men I interviewed said they go to every game and it is cheaper to buy the student football season tickets, so it is always a good purchase. They said it would be an even better purchase if they no longer had to wait in line to go pick them up. The other student I interviewed said he views the purchase as good or bad depending on if the Gators win or lose. He will still buy the ticket, but views it as a better purchase if the Gators win.
5. I interviewed three men who purchase UF student football tickets regularly. Two of them purchased the student season tickets and the other did not but still purchases them quite often. All three were in favor of the idea of being able to use a virtual student ticket on their phone. They all also said they would be willing to pay a few bucks extra, per ticket, to be able to have this feature. All of them also said the biggest drawback is waiting in the long line to pick their ticket up. Everyone that I have ever talked to says they hate waiting in the line.
6. I have learned that a high percentage of UF students attend the football games at least a couple of times a year. I have also learned that everyone hates waiting in the long lines to pick up their ticket, but there is no other option. I am hoping to become the first alternative to waiting in those long lines and I think that students would be willing to pay more money for their tickets if they could access them on their phones.
I agree. Having to physically pick up game tickets can sometimes be a burden. By having access to it on our phones, it would save students a lot of time, even if we had to pay a little more. In addition, we wouldn't have to worry if we ever lost our ticket because we'd have access to them on our phones at all times.
ReplyDeleteHi Tyler, I like that your interviews are diverse and come from many different people. The problem is certainly existent and I think that this solution is good for the UF population that goes to football games. It is an issue that has been around for a while and it is time for a solution like this. Your interviews prove this.
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler, you have a very great post. I believe your idea is a real problem solver. One thing i might add is that if you are really interested in turning your idea into a business you might want to start working on the website component. I believe once you knock that out everything else will fall into place.
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