Please note that the new TVM replaces only the software of the old vending machine. All the hardware remains unchanged.
Added shopping cart concept
In the previous ticket vending machine, in order to allow end users to buy multiple products in one purchase, back-office operators have to pre-configure a set of static packages. This approach was not very flexible and caused administrative overhead for the operators. This workload can be now significantly reduced with the new ticket vending machine. Like nowadays e-commerce websites, we have introduced the concept of shopping cart to the new ticket vending machine. With this end users can freely make choices, add/remove arbitrary products into/from their shopping carts and complete the purchase in a single transaction. In the meanwhile, no more configuration of additional packages is necessary for your back-office operators. Packages can still serve as shortcuts for selling popular combinations. Additionally, the shopping cart concept serves as a foundation for future feature extensions like cross-selling.
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Improved user experience with modernized look & feel
The new ticket vending machine fully integrates the newly designed landing page in the ticket shop. The landing page serves as product catalog page and is presented after selecting the language. It provides an enriched user experience including the following aspects:
- Display of individual time slots directly on the product catalog page. Most of the time, end users already know which products they want to purchase when coming to the vending machine. This feature conveniently allows direct access to the ticket selection page of their desired products with minimum number of finger taps.
- Modern user interface based on state-of-the-art web design trends like tab navigation, dynamic grid layout, more and brighter colors with big images
Apart from this, the layout of the product catalog page is fully customizable through the back-office configuration screen. For more information about the new landing page, please visit this page.
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added support for conditional rate,
individual guided visit pass,
google analytics tracking
remove technical debt, easy-to-maintain product
