Comments on: Liftopia’s Ski-Lift Ticketing System Begins To Snowball

By: Liftopia Raises Million For Variable Ski Resort | Treeduck

Liftopia Raises Million For Variable Ski Resort | Treeduck — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:03:48 +0000

[...] to industry skepticism. Since then things have been picking up — by last spring the site had grown to include around 65 resort partners, and Liftopia will have over 120 in time for this [...]

By: Liftopia Raises Another $1 Million For Variable Ski Resort Ticket Pricing | Filme Gratis Filme Moca

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:56:51 +0000

[...] due to industry skepticism. Since then things have been picking up — by last spring the site had grown to include around 65 resort partners, and Liftopia will have over 120 in time for this [...]

By: Liftopia Raises Another $1 Million For Variable Ski Resort Ticket Pricing

Liftopia Raises Another $1 Million For Variable Ski Resort Ticket Pricing — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:34:50 +0000

By: Senan Gorman

Senan Gorman — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:15:36 +0000

Evan & Ron — Awesome awesome job in growing LT to where it is and having to the vision to where it will go! And seeing it thru of course! Huge. Proud of you boys!

By: KTG

KTG — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:31:08 +0000

I think it's a great idea that's sure to grow. I'm definitely going to give it a shot when I go skiing next season. It should help the mountains themselves too. I do check new sites with this security site though.

By: Liftopia Doubles Number of Partner Resorts | Transworld Business

Liftopia Doubles Number of Partner Resorts | Transworld Business — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:13:45 +0000

[...] to an article on Techcrunch: Liftopia has seen 4x growth year over year in terms of gross bookings and has done nearly $2 [...]

By: Ron Schneidermann

Ron Schneidermann — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:11:23 +0000

Great point Stephan. To control for that, one of the features on LT for our resort partners is that they can control not just the price but the quantity of tickets available for any given date (all of our tickets are date specific). During a peak day when demand is high and the slopes are going to be crowded, it doesn’t make sense for a resort to put out a discount anywhere in the market because they don’t need an external deal to draw folks in. We’re trying to shift the industry away from some of these inefficient practices. Where we try and add the most value is for those non-peak days, where the resorts still run high fixed costs, and their variable costs are minimal.

By: ProspectTube

ProspectTube — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:24:19 +0000

Thanks Evan, keep up the great work.

By: Liftopia on Techcrunch « Commentary on all things skiing, snowboarding, and ski industry related from the folks at Liftopia

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:08:06 +0000

[...] Liftopia on Techcrunch Posted on March 11, 2009 by liftopia So we have been based in the Bay Area for the entire life span of Liftopia. Throughout that time, we have attended various entrepreneurial events down in the valley, and inevitably have seen the rise of many neat companies. One of the great wins out in SV, is to be featured in Techcrunch, and we are happy to say Liftopia received a great writeup yesterday. [...]

By: Howard Brodwin

Howard Brodwin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:24:58 +0000

Great to see someone working hard to bring the ski industry into the digital age. You guys deserve a lot of credit for your perseverance and foresight. I hope a lot more resorts recognize the value Liftopia brings.

By: Stephan Morais

Stephan Morais — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:56:44 +0000

Part of me likes this idea. The costs of lift tickets in the Tahoe area are past the point of ridiculous. That said, however, I can see why the resorts may have some reservations about this. Yield management makes perfect sense for businesses like airlines and hotels, who are trying to maximize their revenues given a fixed amount of seats or rooms. The difference with a ski resort, however, is that unlike these two, the more the resort is filled to capacity, the worse the experience for the skiers (longer lines, etc.). So perhaps I save 30% on my lift ticket, but if the consequence is that I end up waiting twice as long in lines, it’s not necessarily a better deal.

…stephan

By: TyShay

TyShay — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:41:42 +0000

Ron and Evan- Nice to see all of your hard work paying off. You guys deserve it.

By: GuiasLocal

GuiasLocal — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:07:59 +0000

Liftopia has a great opportunity now with the economy in its current situation. At times it is all about timing. Tic Toc, it is your time Liftopia.

By: Evan Reece

Evan Reece — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:03:12 +0000

Hey Prospect Tube,

We experimented with a piece of the site built on KickApps, but the vast majority of it is custom.

By: Michael | eVentureToday

Michael | eVentureToday — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:47:32 +0000

Excellent to see this happening. At $90 a day to ski Vail, it gets a bit ridiculous. But considering the current state of the economy I think more resorts will start to open up to the idea.

Timing can be huge in a startup, and this is one who’s time has come.

Best of Luck to them, Michael

By: ProspectTube

ProspectTube — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:46:15 +0000

Built on the KickApps platform?

http://www.kick...-customers.html

By: B. Ackles

B. Ackles — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:30:49 +0000

Always nice to see the brick moving to the cloud.

By: Software News - 2009-03-10 | Software Download

Software News - 2009-03-10 | Software Download — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:05:37 +0000

[...] Posted an item michael arrington: Liftopia’s Ski-Lift Ticketing System Begins To Snowball (via TechCrunch) [...]

By: Coupons

Coupons — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:35:05 +0000

Congrats to Ron & Evan! Saving money gets easier for skiers and snowboarders. I hope TechCrunch covers more stories like this. Thanks Jason for a nice write-up!

By: Johnny

Johnny — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:08:05 +0000

It’s so good to hear of someone working hard and slowly building a company towards success. Good luck!

By: Tywebb

Tywebb — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:29:10 +0000

Congrats you stinking maggots,keep it up!

By: Evan Reece

Evan Reece — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:58:04 +0000

Thanks Aaron! We remember you well, and have followed you on TC a TON over the years. Pumped that Mint is killing it lately, nice work!

By: G

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:29:42 +0000

I’ve had a few opportunities to use the site.

So far, so good – I have been quite happy with it – all positive reviews form me, thanks.

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emman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:15:43 +0000

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By: skichick

skichick — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:45:50 +0000

check out the east coast resorts too! i think they have some great deals this time of year.