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Case study: ticketing for small recurring events
From never running an event to four sold-out sessions: how Paint Club runs on Blend
The organizer had never run a ticketed event before Blend and thought registration would be too much hassle to manage alone. Four editions later, each in a different Lebanese venue, she has a loyal base she can name and reward, and a fifth edition already booked.
- 4 editions on Blend
- Paid, recurring
- New venue every time
Published and last updated
- Ticketing & dataBlend
- Organized byPaint Club
Paint Club in photos
Paint Club at a glance
Paint Club is a recurring, paid painting workshop in Lebanon: a class where everyone paints, hangs out, networks and expresses their feelings, with every edition held at a different venue. Four editions have run on Blend so far, from a mountain lookout in Fraikeh to a sunset session by an infinity pool in Dhour El Choueir, with a fifth already booked for 24 October 2026.
Blend (blendapp.ai), an event ticketing and registration platform for organizers in Lebanon and the UAE, handled full white-label booking, pre-registration and paid checkout, QR check-in, promo codes and loyalty segmentation for repeat attendees, for an organizer who had never run a ticketed event before.
- Paint Club is a recurring, paid painting workshop that moves to a new Lebanese venue every edition.
- Four editions have run on Blend: Fraikeh, the Jounieh coast, Dhour El Choueir, and Achrafieh in Beirut, with a fifth booked for 24 October 2026.
- 48 people registered and paid through Blend across the four completed editions, at $20 to $30 a seat.
- Before Blend, the organizer had never run a ticketed event and believed registration and check-in would be too much hassle to manage alone.
- Blend marks repeat attendees as loyal, so the organizer knows exactly who to reward with discounts and invites next time.
| Event | Paint Club, a recurring painting workshop series |
|---|---|
| Organizer | Paint Club |
| Event type | Paid, recurring painting workshop, a different venue every edition |
| Editions on Blend | Four completed (Fraikeh, Jounieh coast, Dhour El Choueir, Achrafieh); a fifth booked for 24 October 2026 |
| Location | A different venue each time, from mountain lookouts to the Beirut coast, Lebanon |
| Registration | Paid; seats sold in advance |
| Numbers | 48 confirmed, paid registrations on Blend across four completed editions (brief's working estimate was around 25 to 30 seats per event) |
| Ticket price | $20 to $30 per seat, depending on the edition |
| Main Blend features used | Full white label, pre-registration and paid booking, QR check-in, promo codes, guest invites, loyalty segmentation |
What is Paint Club?
Paint Club is a recurring, paid painting workshop in Lebanon built around one simple idea: everyone paints, hangs out, networks and expresses their feelings, guided through the process from sketching to a finished canvas. No experience is needed.
Every edition is held at a different venue, and the audience follows because the brand and the booking stay the same. Sessions so far have run in the Lebanese mountains, on the Jounieh coast, by an infinity pool at sunset, and in a historic courtyard in Achrafieh, Beirut, with two recent editions run as fundraisers alongside the Lebanese Oncology Interest Group and HOPE Clinic.
The problem before Blend: ticketing felt like too much hassle
Before Blend, the organizer did not run events at all. She believed ticketing and registration would be a huge hassle to manage on her own, and worried about how to check people in at the door and avoid problems on the day.
A moving, recurring workshop needed a platform simple enough for a first-time organizer to set up alone, without a representative walking her through every event.
How Paint Club runs on Blend
Every Paint Club edition runs its full booking and check-in on Blend, from one branded, self-serve setup. It is the same event ticketing platform organizers in Lebanon use for everything from running clubs to classic car shows.
Full white label
Every session runs under the Paint Club brand, while still appearing on Blend, so the organizer never has to rebuild a booking page from scratch for a new venue.
Pre-registration and paid booking
Seats are sold in advance, so the organizer knows the room before the day, at $20 to $30 a seat depending on the edition.
QR check-in
A clean door with no lists on paper, however many venues the series moves through.
Promo codes and loyalty segmentation
Promo codes reward and bring back attendees, while repeat guests are marked and segmented as loyal on Blend, so the organizer knows exactly who to give discounts to and how to cater to them next time. She is now being introduced to ads on Blend to go further.
The moment that proves it: a moving venue, a growing loyal base
Paint Club is proof that a recurring series does not need a fixed home to build a following: the venue changes every time, and Blend is what lets the brand and the booking flow stay constant underneath it.
Edge cases Blend handled
A moving venueEvery edition is in a different location, and the audience follows because the brand and booking stay the same.
Repeat attendeesPeople were happy and came back. Blend identified them so the organizer could treat them as loyal customers, not strangers.
A first-time organizerShe had never run events before Blend, and set up and ran all four editions herself.
What running on Blend showed
Paint Club went from never running a ticketed event to four completed editions and a fifth already booked, with 48 people registered and paid through Blend along the way, at $20 to $30 a seat.
4editions completed on Blend
48paid registrations on Blend across those editions
5thedition already booked, 24 October 2026
$20 to $30ticket price per seat, depending on the edition
Why this case study matters
Paint Club shows that a self-serve platform can take a first-time organizer from no events at all to a recurring, moving series she can run alone. Four editions in, she has a loyal base she can name and reward, and she is moving into ads to make the concept scale.
Questions about Paint Club and its ticketing
Paint Club is a recurring, paid painting workshop in Lebanon, a class where guests paint, hang out and unwind together, with every edition held at a different venue.
The organizer had never run a ticketed event before Blend. She believed registration and check-in would be too much hassle to manage alone, and worried about how to check people in and avoid problems at the door.
48 people registered and paid through Blend across Paint Club's first four editions, with a fifth edition already booked. The organizer's own working estimate was around 25 to 30 seats per event.
No. Paint Club moves to a different location for every edition, from the Lebanese mountains to the Beirut coast, while the brand and the booking flow on Blend stay the same.
Blend marks and segments repeat attendees as loyal, so the organizer knows exactly who came back and can give that group discounts, invites or other perks for the next edition.
Full white-label booking under its own brand, pre-registration and paid checkout, QR check-in with no paper lists, promo codes to reward and bring back attendees, guest invites, and loyalty segmentation for repeat guests.
Paint Club's fifth edition is booked for 24 October 2026 at Beit Kanz in Beirut, in collaboration with HOPE Clinic.
Blend (blendapp.ai) is an event technology platform for organizers in Lebanon, the UAE and the wider GCC. It combines online ticketing, access control with QR door scanning, white-label event websites, and live sales and entry data in one system.
From the easel to your event
Take what ran at Paint Club to your own event
- The bookingSell paid seats in advance, from one self-serve setupThe same setup Paint Club uses to know the room before the day, for a small, recurring, paid event.See paid ticketing
- The doorRun a clean door with QR check-inNo paper lists, wherever the venue happens to be that week.See QR check-in
- The loyaltyKnow your repeat guests and reward themThe same segmentation Paint Club uses to mark loyal attendees and give them discounts and invites.See loyalty segmentation
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