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Review our mobile ticket site, beta launch (mogotix.com)

13 points by Sthorpe ↗ HN
Josh and I have made the tickets look good with iPhone, Android and Palm but haven't had a chance to test other phones. We would love to hear how other phones display our tickets. All you have to do is go here http://example.mogotix.com select the number of tickets you want and then fill out the form to receive a mobile ticket.

We promise not to drunk dial you.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Sthorpe
Josh and I have made the tickets look good with iPhone, Android and Palm but haven't had a chance to test other phones. We would love to hear how other phones display our tickets. All you have to do is go here http://example.mogotix.com select the number of tickets you want and then fill out the form to receive a mobile ticket.

We promise not to drunk dial you.

Thanks for the feedback.

aik
I clicked the link and tried applying a discount coupon (even though it was free...) and it just sat there.

Interesting. It just sat there after I filled out my info and clicked 'purchase' too. I'm in chrome.

ABrandt
Phone: Blackberry Storm 9530 Text: Received Link: Loaded Barcode: Nada

I just got a little outline of a box with a message trying to convince me that "this is my ticket." If you want to know more, my emails in my profile. I'd love to offer up some overall feedback. Overall, I love the concept.

adrianwaj
This is really interesting, I might be able to use mogotix as an adjunct to the startup we're building at the moment.
Sthorpe
Great. We would love to talk, anytime.
adrianwaj
How do tickets arrive in phones? Actual barcode/graphic stills or how about text strings? Can the latter be scanned as well?
Sthorpe
We send a SMS with a link. You can try it out here: http://example.mogotix.com
adrianwaj
Ok to send the ticket outside the US, what countries do you support? the number to be entered in the form should be "++ [country code] number" right? If the tickets are not delivered to the phone, does the user get an email saying so, or even just having the form provide a status report straight away.
Sthorpe
Actually we only work in the US right now. We were using clickatell but they are going through a huge audit right now. As soon as clickatell gets their act together we will support other countries. Shoot us a email and I will let you know when we have it working again.
sunkencity
I love how you have your logo incorporated in the 2d barcode.

It is interesting that you use bit.ly to shorten the lengths of the urls to tickets, I had assumed that all generated shortened urls in bit.ly were searchable by a random user but that doesn't seem to be the case.