Online ticketing in Côte d’Ivoire
An online ticketing platform lets an Ivorian organiser sell tickets over the internet and get paid by mobile money or card, without printing a single ticket. Buyers receive a QR-code ticket on their phone; at the door that QR is scanned and validated exactly once.
This guide covers how that works in practice in Abidjan and across the country: how to put an event on sale, which payment methods Ivorians actually use, what a ticketing platform costs, and how access control holds up when the network does not.
How to sell tickets online in Côte d’Ivoire
Going on sale takes four steps. Create the event (title, venue, date, artwork), define your ticket categories and their prices in FCFA, publish, then share the link — on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook or by SMS. No storefront to build, no developer to pay.
Each ticket category carries its own quota. When a category sells out it closes automatically: you cannot sell more seats than the capacity you declared, which is what prevents overbooking at the door. Takings land in a wallet you withdraw to your mobile money account.
- Create and publish
- Your event is live in minutes, with a public page built for sharing and for Google.
- Multiple price tiers
- Standard, VIP, early-bird, group rate — each with its own price, quota and closing date.
- Door sales
- Sales taken at the gate are entered in the same interface, so your count stays correct online and on site.
Commission is taken on the organiser side, on tickets sold — never added to what the buyer pays, who pays the displayed price. See full pricing
Accepted payment methods
In Côte d’Ivoire the overwhelming majority of buyers pay by mobile money, not by card. A ticketing platform that only takes cards loses most of the market — which is why mobile money comes first here.
Payment is settled in the local currency, FCFA, with no conversion or exchange fees for the buyer. Confirmation is immediate: as soon as the operator approves, the ticket is issued and delivered.
Pay the way you already do
- Wave
- Orange Money
- MTN MoMo
- Moov Money
- Visa / Mastercard
- Wallet TiketBurst
All payments settle in FCFA, with no exchange fees.
Access control, fraud and connectivity
The risk in ticketing is not the sale, it is the door. A PDF ticket can be photographed and forwarded: ten people can turn up with the same code. The answer is a QR code that changes every 30 seconds and is cryptographically signed — a screenshot sent to a friend has already expired by the time they reach the gate.
At the entrance the scanner app works offline. It downloads the list of valid tickets before the event and keeps validating with no network at all — essential in a packed venue or a site where 4G saturates. Each ticket can only be validated once; a second attempt is refused and logged.
- Rotating QR
- The code regenerates every 30 seconds. A shared screenshot is worthless.
- Offline scanning
- Checks work with no connection; scans sync once the network returns.
- Single use
- A validated ticket cannot be reused, even at a different checkpoint.
Transfers, resale and refunds
A buyer who can no longer attend should be able to pass their seat on without that becoming a loophole. Transferring a ticket invalidates the old QR and issues a new one to the recipient in a single operation: at no point do two valid tickets exist.
Refund policy is set per event, and peer-to-peer resale can be allowed or blocked, with a price cap if you want to stop people speculating on your seats.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a bank account to sell tickets online in Côte d’Ivoire?
No. Takings land in your wallet and are withdrawn to a mobile money account. A bank account is not required to get paid.
Which payment methods can buyers use?
Wave, Orange Money, MTN MoMo, Moov Money, Visa or Mastercard, and the wallet balance. Everything settles in FCFA.
How are tickets checked at the door?
By scanning the QR code. The code changes every 30 seconds and each ticket can only be validated once. The scanner app works even without a network.
What happens if the network drops during the event?
Checking continues. The app downloaded the list of valid tickets in advance and records scans locally, then syncs as soon as the connection returns.
Can a buyer pass their ticket to someone else?
Yes, if you allow transfers. The old QR is invalidated immediately and a new ticket is issued to the recipient, so two valid tickets for the same seat never exist.
When does the organiser get paid?
Funds are held until 24 hours after the event ends, then released to your wallet — buyer protection that does not tie up your takings any longer than necessary.
Can I use it for a free event?
Yes. Free registration works like a sale: the attendee gets a QR code and you keep control of capacity and the attendance list.
Put your event on sale
Set up your ticketing, price it in FCFA and share the link. You pay nothing before your first sale.