Givex announces its continued partnership with Tickets.com

NEW YORK, April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- By signing another three-year contract, which builds on a successful partnership over the last two years, Givex has again been chosen as the preferred partner of Tickets.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media, with its Uptix product.

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With Uptix Stored Value Tickets, participating MLB teams can load money onto fans' tickets in real-time as instant-win promotions, or incentives to season ticket holders. Fans can then use the value on their tickets for purchases at concessions and merchandise locations throughout the ballpark. 

Givex powers the Uptix Stored Value Tickets Platform, which has been a transformative product for the ticketing industry. In use by a growing number of MLB teams, Uptix Stored Value Tickets help enhance fan experience, while helping teams boost ticket sales.

"We're excited to continue as the preferred partner of Tickets.com. There are several MLB teams currently using the Uptix platform and we're looking forward to getting additional teams on board with Uptix," says Debbi Blackburn, VP Business Development, Uptix Stored Value Tickets, at Givex.

The Uptix Stored Value Tickets Platform also features a patron portal, where season ticket holders can manage their stored value account and add and move funds between their tickets. With the Uptix online integration for gift cards, fans can use their gift card as payment towards online ticket purchases.

About Givex

Givex is a technology company offering clients a global reach with cost-effective gift card, omni-channel loyalty, analytics, stored value tickets, and cloud-based POS systems. Our core distinction is taking on the tough task of managing all aspects of the transaction to ensure companies can deliver maximum customer satisfaction. Givex products and services give you insight into your data to enable you to better drive sales growth, customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning.

About Tickets.com, Inc.

Tickets.com is a leading provider of fully integrated event ticketing technologies, solutions, and services for thousands of top arts, entertainment, and sporting events worldwide. Delivering the latest in ticketing technology, Tickets.com offers the advanced ProVenue^® ticketing platform, which serves as the core of a comprehensive web-based suite of integrated features, products, and services that help clients enhance ticket sales, marketing efforts, and overall customer experience.  The direct-to-consumer website www.tickets.com allows consumers a one-stop location to purchase tickets to any event, anywhere.  A wholly owned subsidiary of MLB Advanced Media, LP since 2005, Tickets.com is headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, and has regional offices across the U.S. and around the world.

For more information or media inquiries, please contact

Brooke Curtis
Communications Specialist
Givex
Phone: 416.350.9660 x 317
Toll free: 1.877.478.7733
Fax: 416.350.9661
Email: brooke.curtis@givex.com

Website: http://www.givex.com