Janix connects festival operations to the audience organizers keep
A festival may finish on Sunday, but its organizer still has an audience to reach before the next edition. Janix sells software intended to connect those two jobs: running events and keeping a record of the people who attend them. It is designed for organizations planning conferences, festivals and other programs. Registration, programming, sponsors and check-in sit alongside an audience record that can carry across events.
An event record that carries forward
For an organizer with a flagship festival and smaller programs, that record could make each event useful to the next. A ticket purchase or check-in can become part of a contact's history, rather than another list to reconcile before the next campaign.
The idea reflects founder Scott Wilcox's experience at SXSW. Janix says he spent 25 years there, including periods as chief technology officer and chief innovation officer. The company says working with event tools that did not communicate helped shape the platform.
Janix's audience record combines purchases, check-ins and campaign responses for an organizer, and can be exported. Its suite also offers tools for managing speakers and sponsors, including a portal where sponsors can handle their badges.
One license for the calendar
The software is sold to the organizer under an annual license. Janix's Meeting plan starts at $24,000 a year, or $18,000 for nonprofits, and covers the flagship event and other events during the year. Card processing is billed separately by Stripe.