Wantickets and ShopText Launch Text-Message Nightlife Ticketing

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Texting. It's not just for communicating. It's the new way of shopping, the new way of getting information, and now, thanks to a new partnership, it's the new way of buying nightlife tickets and even getting into a club.

Continuing the evolution of mobile-ticketing, nightlife ticketing giant Wantickets.com has joined forces with ShopText, giving millions of consumers the ability to order concert, club, and DJ tickets by text-messaging.

It's a natural fit. Since 1999, Wantickets, owned by Track Entertainment, has been the nightlife industry's leader in providing ticketing solutions. And ShopText is the leader in new mobile platforms, working with clients like ESPN Mobile Publishing, Maxim Magazine, CosmoGIRL!, Lucky, Knitting Factory, Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw.

"We are very excited to be able to offer a mobile payment system to our tech savvy consumers," said Barak Schurr, President of Wantickets.com. "And having ShopText-the industry leader as our partner-gives us the confidence that this new platform will be a huge success."

Steve Roberts, ShopText CEO, said, "If I'm going to a party or club and my friend wants to go, I can buy another ticket any time by texting the keyword and confirming my purchase with a PIN. The days of not getting a ticket because I couldn't get to my computer or the front gate are over. ShopText is excited to offer Wantickets consumers the ease and convenience of purchasing tickets by text."

About ShopText.com

ShopText's mobile commerce and promotions platform transforms any advertisement into a point of sale opportunity. ShopText technology creates a secure, direct-to-consumer marketplace where consumers can shop, sample and save right from their mobile phone. ShopText works with any text-enabled phone, major credit card and debit card, wireless carrier and traditional and web-based advertisement. ShopText's clients and commerce participants include: ESPN Mobile Publishing, Maxim Magazine, CosmoGIRL!, Lucky, Knitting Factory, Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw. For more information please visit www.shoptext.com.

About Wantickets.com

Wantickets is the dominant online ticketing solution for the nightclub and nightlife industry. Consumers have online access to exclusive events. In addition, Wantickets offers artists, venue owners and promoters a cost efficient method to provide custom ticketing for their events

About Track Entertainment

Track Entertainment is an entertainment, nightlife and lifestyle company.

Track's proprietary media properties include Clubplanet.com, the world's leading online nightlife destination; NewYears.com; nocheLatina.com; CoolJunkie.com; and Wantickets.com. For more than two decades, Track has developed ground-breaking, cost-effective entertainment marketing programs for a host of companies in virtually every consumer product category. These programs range from local to global in scope and with budgets that are modest to huge in scale.