How To Set Up Your First Event on Beatport Tickets

Beatport Tickets marks a major step forward in dance music culture, turning Beatportal into a true one-stop destination where discovery meets the dance floor. Built specifically for the electronic community, it gives promoters, labels, and venues a powerful new way to sell tickets while reaching Beatport’s global audience of millions of fans. By seamlessly linking tracks, playlists, and event listings, it transforms every event page into a living preview of the night ahead – bridging the gap between what you hear online and what you feel in the room.

Watch the video above to learn how to set up your first event, or follow our step-by-step guide below.
 

Step 1: Set Up Your Account

Head to: login.ticketing.beatportal.com

1. Log in with your Beatport email
2. Create your Company (e.g: label, collective, venue, or festival)
3. Select your currency, locale, country, and timezone
4. You’re now ready to build your first event
    

Step 2: Create Your Event & Tickets

1. Click “New Event”
2. Enter your event name and location (address)
3. Set the date, start time, and end time
4. Define your event capacity
   • Option to set overall capacity, per ticket tier OR per access moment (e.g: for events spanning across multiple days)

Create Ticket Types:

1. Add a ticket types
   • Name (e.g. Early Bird, General Admission, VIP)
   • Set the capacity for each ticket type
   • Add the price + tax rate for each ticket tier
2. Create your Shop
   • This is where your tickets are sold
      

Step 3: Publish on Beatportal

Make your event pop and easy to discover:

1. Event Details
   • Select one main genre + supporting genres
2. Event Type
   • Club, Festival, Outdoor, Bar, etc.
3. Description
   • Give people a reason to pull up
4. Tag a Label (optional)
   • Only if tied to a Beatport label
5. Upload Artwork
   • Must be square format (1080x1080)
6. Add Artists
   • Search + tag Beatport artists (you can search by name or paste the link to their profile)
   • Use “Other Artist” if not on Beatport
   • Arrange the lineup order as you like
7. Add Music (optional, but encouraged)
   • Paste a Beatport track, release, chart or public playlist link to feature on the page to get people excited about the music they’ll be hearing that night.
8. Hit Publish
   • Your event is now live and selling
      

Step 4: Set Up Promotions

Want to move tickets faster? Spin up a promo:

1. Go to Promotions in your dashboard
2. Create a campaign
   • Set discount % + availability dates
3. Select:
   • Event
   • Ticket tiers
4. Create promo codes
   • Auto-generated OR custom
5. Set limits
   • Total uses
   • Max uses per order
      

You’re Event Is Live!

That’s it. Your event is now:

• Listed on Beatportal
• Selling tickets
• Ready to be pushed across your channels

Now go fill that dance floor!