Protip for event organizers: A waitlist for an event is also a maybe list. If spots become available and you release tickets, only 1 in 3 waitlisters will take them, the other 2 joined because a waitlist spot is a zero-cost option. So a waitlist of 15 is really only 5 deep.
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@eventbrite Allow waitlisters to pay an option price up to some fraction of ticket price set by organizer, and show top bid. Allow organizer to release tickets in order of bid price, and adjust against ticket price if exercised Cc:@adelemaynes1 reply 0 retweets 17 likesShow this thread -
Eg: refactorcamp ticket is $95. I might allow people to bid up to $10. If top WL bid is $5, and they take a released ticket, they pay $90. If they decline, we get the $5 less EB commission. Point isn’t to get more $ for event budget (which is nice) but separate wants and maybes.
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Can also set a lower limit >0 to further weight ‘definitely want’ over ‘maybe’. Tunable knob. Also helps factor in things like: locals are more likely to be able to actually exercise a waitlist option late since last-minute out-of-town travel can be costly.
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where the hell are the vickrey auctions for unconference spots
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Heh I was about to make that connection 
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