Spektrix Subsites are our out-of-the-box transactional subsite feature that provide a pre-built purchase pathway.
When designing your online user journeys, there are a number of tools you can use to integrate your website with Spektrix. In this article, we’ll introduce Spektrix Subsites which are one of the integration tools available. Spektrix Subsites are managed in Spektrix Link.
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About Spektrix Subsites
You can connect a Spektrix Subsite with your existing website, or you can choose to build an integrated purchase pathway using one, or a combination of our other integration tools (such as iFrames, API or Web Components.)
A Spektrix Subsite is not designed to replace your main website, rather, it’s there to make it as easy as possible for you to handle the purchase path-specific aspects of your online journey.
Using subsites, customers can buy and redeem Tickets, Donations, Memberships, Subscriptions, Merchandise, and Gift Vouchers online.
TIP: You can visit our demo subsite to get an idea of what's possible to achieve with subsites.
The logo, colours, font and menu items are all configurable to your style and brand. The demo subsite has been populated with illustrative branding, Events and items so that you can interact with a live example. You can add items to the basket/cart to see how the purchase path works, but please do not purchase any tickets or items from this website. Visit the Spektrix Subsite demo site.
How does it work?
A subsite can host all of the elements of your online journey which relate to the purchase path.
This can include browsing Events, adding Tickets to the Cart/Basket, processing transactions and any other actions which interact with your Spektrix system.
You can easily link out to your subsite from your existing website. To make the experience as smooth as possible for the customer, you can also apply styling to your subsite so that the look and feel remains consistent.
We’ll also provide all of the information to guide you through the steps of setting up a subdomain which will let customers stay on your main domain throughout to browse and buy items. For example, directing a customer from myvenue.com to a subdomain of purchase.myvenue.com.
Subsites meet WGAC 2.1 AA Level Standards for accessibility, aside from the ChooseSeats.aspx iframe. When creating default colour schemes, it is your responsibility to make sure that these also follow your accessibility standards.
You can easily add your Google Tag Manager details to allow tracking for Google Analytics.
This image is an example of a subsite's Event Instances page.
Considerations
As with all of our integration tools, there are a number of considerations to be made before choosing.
What’s possible with a Spektrix Subsite:
- Subsites might be right for you if you have a limited budget or are working towards a tight deadline. This is because subsites requires the least web developer support compared to other integration tools.
- A subsite can be used as a temporary or permanent solution to your website integration.
- A subsite offers functionality that is designed to be easy to configure.
- A subsite can be used alongside your main website integration at no additional cost, to provide a parallel purchase pathway for festivals, offsite events, or other partner promotions.
What’s not possible with a Spektrix Subsite:
- Subsites might not be the best option if you want the ability to fully customise your web pages. By working with other integration tools, a web developer can have full control over the look and feel of your integrated purchase pathway. Subsite users can only configure specific aspects including logo, fonts, colour, menu items, and URL.
- A subsite takes the customer from your website to your subsite. Although it is possible to customise some of the look and feel, it is visible that it's separate to your website.
Register your interest
If you’re interested in exploring Spektrix Subsites as a solution to your website integration, get in touch with our team. Our team will set you up with Spektrix Link, where Subsites are managed. Read more in What is Spektrix Link?
Once you have access to Spektrix Link, you can start setting up your subsite.
We have guides on:
These guides will take you through setting up a new subsite and how to manage it and make changes.