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Definition
Some Australian museums operate with free or low‑cost general admission while charging separately for special exhibitions, programs or discovery centres that are often tied to timed entry.[4][8][2] Where general admission and add‑ons are handled in separate systems (e.g. POS at the door for special exhibitions versus online timed-entry booking for general access) staff must manually identify and upsell add‑ons, verify eligibility and reconcile attendance. This creates multiple revenue leak points: visitors not being offered the add‑on at the right time; visitors entering add‑on areas without a valid ticket during busy periods; and poor linkage between timed-entry bookings and add‑on entitlements. Visitor‑attraction ticketing providers emphasise that centralised, purpose‑built systems for museums are needed exactly because generic theatre or e‑commerce setups scatter data and booking rules across silos, which hampers packaged offers and accurate conversion tracking.[3] A realistic scenario is that only 10–15% of timed‑entry visitors buy a paid add‑on even though 20–25% would be willing if offered seamlessly during the booking journey; for a site with 200,000 annual visitors, a AUD 8–10 average add‑on margin and a 10 percentage‑point conversion gap, this represents ~AUD 160,000–200,000 theoretical upside. Conservatively assuming that a fraction (20–40%) of this is currently lost due to fragmented processes yields AUD 30,000–80,000 in annual revenue leakage.
Key Findings
- Financial Impact: Quantified (logic-based): For a 200,000‑visitor/year museum with paid timed-entry add‑ons at ~AUD 10, a 5–10 percentage‑point missed upsell rate implies ~AUD 100,000–200,000 potential; assuming 20–40% is systematically lost gives ~AUD 30,000–80,000/year of real leakage.
- Frequency: Continuous across all operational days with separate-priced exhibitions, programs or discovery centres.
- Root Cause: Free or low‑priced general admission combined with separately ticketed timed‑entry experiences; separate or non‑integrated booking and POS systems; lack of automated upsell prompts in the online timed-entry flow; manual gate control for add‑on areas.[3][4][8]
Why This Matters
The Pitch: Australian 🇦🇺 museums with free general admission but paid timed-entry exhibitions leak AUD 30,000–100,000 annually in missed cross‑selling and untracked add‑on entries. Integrating add‑on sales into the timed-entry flow closes this gap.
Affected Stakeholders
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Related Business Risks
Umsatzverlust durch unverkaufte Zeitfenster
Besucherabwanderung durch ausverkaufte oder unflexible Zeitfenster
Fehlentscheidungen durch fragmentierte Ticket- und Besucherdaten
Cost Overrun from CMS Switching
Conservation Project Cost Overruns
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