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How do you stop fake tickets at an event?
You stop fake tickets by selling only through one official page, issuing a QR code for each guest that the door checks against your live list, and refusing any code that has already been scanned. On Blend the QR on a ticket can also change on a timer, so a screenshot shared on WhatsApp no longer opens the door.
Why do fake and duplicate tickets happen?
Most fake tickets are not forgeries. They are copies: a screenshot of a real QR code sent to three friends, a PDF printed twice, or one ticket sold in a group chat to two strangers. The first person to reach the door gets in and the second is turned away, angry, with a story that blames the event.
The rest come from selling in too many places. When tickets go out through an online page, a promoter's spreadsheet, a cash box at a shop and direct messages, nobody can say which list is true. Anyone can type a name onto a list nobody checks.
How do you spot a fake ticket at the door?
You don't spot it by looking. A fake ticket looks exactly like a real one, because it usually is a real one, copied. The only reliable check is the scan: the door reads the code, the system finds the ticket, and it says whether that ticket has already been used.
Train door staff to trust the scanner over the paper or the phone in front of them, and to send every refused guest to one person with authority, away from the line. A queue that watches an argument slows down for everyone.
What are the best ways to stop fake tickets before the event?
Five habits remove almost every case.
- Sell from one official page, and say so in every post: the link in your bio is the only place to buy.
- Give every guest their own ticket. With group registration one buyer books several places and each attendee still gets a personal QR code.
- Cap how many tickets one buyer can take, so nobody buys twenty to resell.
- Turn on the rotating barcode for events where resale is likely: the code on the ticket page changes, and the scanner refuses a stale one.
- Give guests a legal way out. A buyer who can't come can transfer the ticket to a friend, so there is no reason to sell a copy.
What should staff do when two guests show the same ticket?
Decide this before the doors open, not at the door. The scan shows which ticket it is, who bought it, when it was first scanned and by which scanner. The guest who arrived first got in with it; the second one is holding a copy.
Send the second guest to your one person with authority, with the buyer's name from the scan. Most cases end with a call between friends. If the buyer sold the same ticket twice, the guest needs a new ticket, and you know whom to talk to after the event.
How does Blend check every ticket at the door?
You add door scanners in your dashboard, one per entrance, for the whole event or for one day or show. Each scanner is a phone paired with its own code, needs no login, and can be revoked at any moment. Every scan is logged per scanner, and the log exports as a CSV.
A second scan of the same ticket is flagged on the spot. Inner doors (VIP, a hall, backstage) can run zone readers that admit only the ticket types you tick, without spending the guest's entry. At Creator Summit 2026, door staff scanned every QR from a phone over two days for 2,000 attendees.
What about resold tickets?
Transfer is live today: a buyer enters the new holder's name and email, and the ticket moves to them. Official resale on Blend is coming soon: every resold ticket will be reissued with a new rotating barcode, so only the latest holder gets in.
Until then, the transfer is the safe answer to "I can't come, can I sell my ticket?" Put it in your event FAQ.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Only once. The first scan admits the guest and any later scan of the same ticket is flagged. With the rotating barcode switched on, a screenshot stops working even before the door, because the code on the real ticket keeps changing.
No. On Blend door staff scan with their own phones, each paired to a scanner code you create for that event, with no login. You can revoke a scanner at any time.
Cap how many tickets one buyer can take, per buyer and per device, and switch on the rotating barcode. Buyers who can't come can transfer their ticket by name and email, so they don't need to sell a copy.
Yes. The ticket holder enters the new holder's name and email and the ticket moves to them.
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