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"Look out TicketMaster, ShowClix is gaining ground!  Pittsburgh-based ShowClix, which launched in March and appears in the Gloucester Times today, is geared at giving artists, musicians and promoters a platform to reach their fans, promote shows and sell their tickets completely free.\nThe website launched with an impressive 6,000 listings posted across 200 cities in the United States and is a great solution for the Indy and underground music scene which previously relied on word of mouth and local record stores to manage ticket sales. But wait, there's more.  ShowClix has been very smart in their strategy and development process by not limiting their concert database to people selling tickets through the site or the bands themselves.  Instead, anyone can post concerts to the website to create awareness for the band or concert date.  This is a key success that ShowClix has managed to get right from the get go by opening up their site to anyone and everyone, enabling them to reach both fans and musicians on a personal level without restriction. \nOn the user side the site is full of features and widgets.  Users of the website can share, track and promote the shows listed within the database, as well as keep real-time tabs on the shows they like via RSS feed.  An advanced search feature also allows them to pinpoint shows in their local areas.  Additionally, they have enabled embeddable show listings that can be posted to your pages on MySpace, Multiply, Stickam and more.\nInstead of the usual service fee imposed on consumers per ticket purchase, ShowClix has gone another route deducting $2 per 10 ticket sales from the ticket sellers account, which in contrast to other other major ticket sellers in the industry seems very reasonable. \nI really like this website, they have gone about everything the right way by enabling freedom to their users, providing a solution to a problem and making it easy for bands to get exposure.  The integration of embeddable listings is also a big plus for the site as it will draw in more users through viral marketing.  Good job ShowClix, we look forward to covering your growth and development in the coming months.  \n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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