Proposed prices for Wikimania tickets continue to seem artificially
low. I'm not sure what the benefit to this is. Could people who have
run events in other contexts comment on how you set ticket prices?
In my experience, tickets are set at roughly what it costs for each
person to attend. Then there may be different sorts of tickets: for
local supporters & volunteers, for school groups, for students &
community members, presenters, VIPs & sponsors. Sponsorship helps
ensure how many tickets of each type there are. Last-minute tickets
are more expensive.
This has a few benefits:
* tickets fully cover the cost of food and materials
* tickets contribute significantly to covering the cost of the event
* scholarships and reimbursements for attendance (for scholars,
professionals, academics all getting covered by their home
institutions), in paying for tickets, cover the full cost of those
people attending the event.
* more accurate headcounts in advance.
Warmly,
Sam