Named after one of the oldest tickets we know of.
A tessera was a small token that got a spectator into a Roman theatre or arena. We check ticket prices the way a linter checks code.
Where the name comes from
Tessera
In ancient Rome a tessera was a small token, often of clay or bone. Spectators could hold one as their ticket to the theatre or the arena, and some were marked with a section or a row. It is one of the earliest tickets we know of.
Lint
In software, a linter reads your code and marks what looks wrong before it ships. It does not rewrite the program. It shows you where to look.
Tesserlint does the same for ticket prices. It looks for a price that is set wrong, before that price turns into a queue of resellers or an empty row.
Why we're starting this
Most tickets are priced once and then left alone. When the price is too low, the best seats sell in minutes and reappear on resale sites far above face value. The fan pays more, and the artist and the venue see none of it.
When the price is too high, rows stay empty and the people in the room get a weaker show. Both mistakes come from the same cause: the price can't follow the demand.
We think software can help organisers follow it, without taking the decision away from them.
Where we are
We're at the very beginning. We're building the first models on public information and talking to people who run venues and sell tickets, to find out which parts of this problem are real and which only look real from outside.
We have no product to sell and no pilot to announce. When that changes, it will be on this site first.
Read how we plan to price a ticket and the principles we're holding ourselves to while we build.
Work with us
We aren't hiring yet. If you run events, build pricing models or just think we have something wrong, we'd like to hear from you.
Get early access
We're opening Tesserlint to a small group of organisers and early fans first. Leave your email and we'll write when there's something to try.