I have a customer that is a Festival and this year I implemented a new website for them.


They used a horrible ticketing service this year, but sold 28,000 tickets during the Festival. They asked me to write an online ticketing system by next year, including 2 terminals (can be web, but folks will show up there) as well as online sales.



I was thinking of either writing from scratch, or using BVC as a base.



I'm not worried about having my own 'software' per se, since i'm really providing a service, which is the ticket printing, reporting i'd have to create, and hosting.



But, alot of these festivals are non-profit. And, asking them to pay 1000 setup fee may be alot.

So, my question is, with BVC, if I was selling tickets for multiple festivals, from one interface, would I need multiple licenses, or simply one?



I would most likely have 2 dedicated servers. One for web, and one for SQL.



Any ideas or comments appreciated.

Ok, thanks. But, what if i'm letting my client log in to view reports?

I mean, at first there is only one client. But, eventually there will be many. And, again i'm not sure if i will try to use the affiliate system, or maybe modify the admin so they each have their own.

I'm simply asking if this goes against the license.

As a software developer myself, i know all of this is different by license terms per application, and everyone has different terms.

I'm assuming that i will eventually have to 'roll my own' but in the meantime, i'd love to get my first few clients on BVC, even if that means me purchasing each of them a license.

But, we shall see.

And, how would the branding work, per license. My service will be called festTix, but will it have to be festTix / powered by BVCommerce.

Anyway, we'll see. Maybe I could do one, and if it begins taking off we can talk about a 'hosting' type of license or something.

I have implemented, for clients, BVC4 before..... we have one running at www.ebnservices.com and it's pretty nice.

I've modified a few things programatically for him, and figured out how to add custom pages to the left menu!

Anyway, my rollout date for the Festival is not until August 2007, so I am in the preliminary 'Build vs Buy' Stages currently.

Atually, it's more complicated. There are other parts.

My front end for the website is being migrated to Sitefinity. This is a web CMS. I am ALSO having a custom applications / form engine built. Meaning, the festival can accept applications from volunteers, Artists, potential Staff members, etc.
I was HOPING to biuld the Forms Admin and Reporting into the back of BVC5. So, essentially, the backend of www.sitefinity.com would be their CMS backend / workflow admin, and the backend of BVC5 would be their single login for their data administration.

I hope this clarify's a bit why i'm wondering how the licensing will work!


THANKS