Yesterday 150 people got an email with a link to a Kaywa Ticket for the 2nd Android Community Event in Zurich. Today all 150 Tickets were scanned.

Here you can see some screenshots of the Kaywa Ticket:




Via the green link (Google Zurich) in the Kaywa Ticket you went to the DokoDare page from Google Zurich:



One more click on the map brought you directly to Google Maps



Scanning of a Kaywa Ticket



Some people still came with a printed ticket (3 of 150) :)



More photos can be found via the DokoDare page of Google Zurich.

PS: Here is the PDF for the Kaywa Ticket Scanner App Factsheet (in german only)

This is just an early teaser for our brand new Scanvenger Game. If you are interested to set up a Scanvenger hunt or to play a hunt, contact us.
In the following PDF, it's explained in more detail: Scanvenger How To (PDF)



See also (from last year; where it all started):
SCANvenger with DokoDare (early thoughts).

Electronic Beats Festival at E-Werk in Cologne (photo, photo) is over and our first mobile ticketing showcase was going great, also thanks to Detlev, Hans, Mauro, Dirk and Kalle!

We saw our mobile tickets in all shapes and sizes - some on very old black and white phones, some printed out, but most on smart phones either iPhone or Android.
All tickets could be scanned without a problem and we never had to use the Denso Scanner which we brought with us as a backup (see photo).

We are still amazed about the very good feedback we got from people who used mobile ticketing. They liked it very much and most were surprised how easy it is to get a ticket. Here is how it worked:
First you sent a SMS to 43210 with EB2011, then you got a confirmation SMS, asking you to say yes (JA) if you wanted to purchase a ticket for 17 Euros.
If you sent a SMS with yes (JA), you got a SMS saying: Here is your ticket and a link to the ticket was provided. Once you clicked the link you saw the Kaywa Ticket:




With the ticket on your phone, you came to us, and we scanned it from the phone screen with our Ticket Scanner App preinstalled on an Android phone and you got a wristband in magenta. Some of our clients were completely baffled by this: "A phone ticket scanned by another phone! Amazing!"

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We also sold a lot of tickets at the event itself which will become one of the killer arguments for mobile ticketing:

• no need to wait in a queue,
• no need for a box office to deal with cash,
• buy a ticket as late as it gets.

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See a video which shows how Kaywa Ticket and the Ticket Scanner App worked at Electronic Beats:

NEW: Buy your ticket via mobile phone! Send EB2011 to 43210 (EUR 17,00 per order plus Telekom TPL & SMS/WAP/GPRS charges). Please note, the service is only available in Germany with no right of rescission.



NEW: Buy your ticket via mobile phone! Send EB2011 to 43210 (EUR 17,00 per order plus Telekom TPL & SMS/WAP/GPRS charges). Please note, the service is only available in Germany with no right of rescission.


Short Video Demonstration of Kaywa's Mobile Ticketing Solution (Beta Version):

@Johnny_Strategy @ia In general, Red Cross is usually the best option.

Give $10 to help. Text REDCROSS to 90999, or go to http://t.co/u0C4fxY Pls RT #givetojapan

QR Code to American Red Cross




See also:
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: How to Help by the New York Times

Scan and watch James Bond in a very new role.

For the WWF Germany Tiger Campaign, WWF used QR Codes next to SMS. Heldisch has made the campaign and used Kaywa's QR Code Management solution for it.
Contributions with QR Code/SMS only work in Germany, as all this is done directly via Mobile (see iPhone Screenshot below).

Here is the QR Code:



And the result on an iPhone:




Images used from :
Heldisch, Tagmotion and Mobile Marketing Welt

Martin and Daniel Naef already used QR Codes for their Scavenger Hunt and now QR Code Scavenger Hunts seem to be quite popular in the US.
That's why we tried to figure out how one can combine it with DokoDare to make it easier to set up. The second advantage is - in case you are setting up DokoDare for your town -, people get introduced to QR Codes via game play.

SCANvenger with DokoDare
DokoDare offers geolocalised places with a check in function as well as the possibility to leave short messages, so called Kaykus (which can also be retweeted). Next to that, DokoDare also offers a News Section which is ideal for announcing the next task or destination or explaining what to do at a certain place.

PREPARATION
a) All players open first an ID at http://id.kaywa.com. We recommend also to upload a picture of yourself.
b) If you don't have a QR Code Reader yet, we recommend to download the Kaywa Reader, or for the iPhone Lynkee or Quickmark.
c) The next step is to scan your first QR Code. As an example we take here:
#zugtourismus, the Tourist Information of the city of Zug, Switzerland.



Having scanned the QR Code, you can now follow the instructions in the News section (white background)



Translation:
SCANvenger Hunt Zug:
1) Scan the Scanvenger QR code in our office.
2) Log in in the top right
3) Now click CHECK IN
4) Write START in the Kayku field and Update
5) Go to the first destination: http://bit.ly/aK6Mq7

Note: Overview Map
One could also give out maps with all destinations marked with a QR Code. Here is an example how this could be presented online. On the right you could see all the SCANvenger destinations. However you wouldn't know the order in which to go to them.


SPECIFIC SCANVENGER CHECK-IN/KAYKU CODES FOR PLACES
Once you arrive at #wunderbox-zug, you are looking for the SCANVENGER CODE.
In this example, you will find the Scanvenger QR Code once you enter the shop:

SCANVENGER QR CODE



QUESTION
Wunderbox is a Shop. But it is also something else. What?

Follow the instructions after scanning the code.

In the News section, one could read:
SCANvenger Hunt Zug #1
a) Check In
b) Write your answer (Hint: One word is suffient). And Update!
c) Go to the destination #2: http://bit.ly/bp1xOC

Here are two iPhone screens showing what to do in the above example:

1) After the Scan, before the Update
2) After the Update


SCORE
At the end of the SCANvenger Hunt, every participant can be evaluated individually by looking at his Check In's and his Kayku answers with Timestamp.

The winner is the participant who finished first by checking in at all destinations following the right order and by answering all/most questions correctly.

Additional Ideas
We recommend to always publish the questions with the specific SCANvenger QR Code, so that you have to be at the place, to be able to answer it.

If you want to make it more adventurous, you can hide the SCANvenger QR Code (use the News section to prepare the participants for it).

And you can use multiple choice questions, so that the participant has only to write A, B,C or D as an answer.

You can also use photos in this SCANvenger Hunt, as you can with every opened ID also publish photos to http://photo.kaywa.com. Upload by MMS (via email) would probably make most sense.


If you are interested to try it out in your town, call us or send an email.