A ticket vending machine is a self-service terminal that service providers setup in the vicinity where the service is performed or in an appropriate public spot which their visitors frequent. They are intended to enable visitors the purchase of tickets with the parameters they define.

The ticket vending machine enables:

• Large transit of people
  The accessibility of the ticket vending machine in the most frequented spots enables better distribution of sales. The ticket vending machine can be put into a location independently from a sales spot for tickets. In such a manner the visitor can for example purchase a ticket while running errands and does not need to go to the movie theatre. Beside that the visitor avoids waiting in front of a sales window immediately before the show.
  
• Larger profits due to the reduction of the number of employees at sales windows
  Experience shows that when having parallel a ticket vending machine and sales through a sales window, the ticket vending machine replaces two employees a day. When taking into account that the ticket vending machine works 24 hours a day all year round and that its operating costs are the same regardless of the fact if it is a working day or holiday, this makes its profit even bigger.
  
• •Accessibility 24 hours a day
  The ticket vending machine’s 24 hour a day operating enables the purchase of a ticket whenever the user wishes to and has a minute of spare time and prevents a drop in sales due to long queues before sales windows right before the beginning of the show.
  
• The possibility of non cash and/or cash payment
  The ticket vending machine enables different manners of payment that make purchases easier. This is payment with debit card, cash, chips and prepayment coupons/vouchers.
  
• The possibility of advertising on the ticket vending machine
  A light panel above the screen communicates directly with the visitors. It enables the promotion of novelties, sponsors and trade marks to an exactly defined target group. The location and content of the ticket vending machine very exactly defines the users and their habits.
  
• Passing out information
  The ticket vending machine passes out information regarding genre, content, review of shows; price lists, discounts, special offers, additional offers, novelties, it can also accept criticisms, commendations and recommendations from visitors and organisers.