MusicPlanet Live's new platform for fans, artists, venues
& promoters leverages CellPoint Mobile's payment technology for
frictionless transactions
MIAMI, Feb. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MusicPlanet
Live, the first live music hub for artists, fans, promoters and
venues across the UK, has partnered with CellPoint Mobile to accept
payments through its website. CellPoint Mobile's sell side
and pay side solutions, which enhance customer experience and
maximize revenue opportunities for travel, hospitality and
entertainment enterprises across the globe, allow Music Planet Live
to provide its user base with the secure payment options they
prefer.
MusicPlanet Live (www.musicplanetlive.com) is the only social
media platform in existence exclusively dedicated to live
music. It is designed to provide a convergence point for venues,
promoters, artists, and fans and is scaled for universal usage
across the industry. But it is in the grassroots market, serving
those without major-label budgets, resources or access, that the
most immediate benefits will be seen. With 94 small-capacity
venues in London alone drawing
13,800 people on a nightly basis, the Music Venue Trust estimates
that the grassroots market contributes £92 million ($118 million) to Britain's economy – a significant opportunity
for MusicPlanet Live.
According to Richard Taylor, the
CEO and founder of MusicPlanet Live, the market opportunity is
secondary to the benefits MusicPlanet Live provides to artists,
venues and fans. "Our platform provides a space for fans to
discover new music, for promoters and venues to increase show
attendance through advance bookings, and for artists to make their
voices heard… all in an interactive way," says
Taylor.
"We are excited to be working with CellPoint Mobile to power our
payments," Taylor continues, "With their expertise and vast network
of partnerships with acquirers and APM providers, we can focus on
what's most important to us – bringing the entire global music
community together to promote live music – without having to sweat
the details of payments. And their global reach will be
important as we expand into other European countries and the US
later this year."
A Partnership for Growth
CellPoint Mobile's payment
solutions give MusicPlanet Live immediate access to a variety of
secure payment options, including alternate payment methods (APMs)
like Apple Pay and Google Pay (formerly Android Pay), which will
likely resonate with MusicPlanet Live's base of Millennial, urban
music fans. CellPoint Mobile's fully compliant PCI DSS Level
1 payment platform, Velocity, also enables access to multiple PSPs,
acquirers, and global consumer wallets.
With consumers increasingly conducting transactions over mobile
in other industries such as retail and transportation, MusicPlanet
Live, with CellPoint Mobile's support, is well-positioned to
provide the type of seamless and frictionless payment experience
that customers expect.
Noel Connolly, CellPoint Mobile's
SVP and Global Head of Sales for Airlines and Hospitality, says "We
look forward to working with MusicPlanet Live as the company
strives to solve the problems faced by the grassroots music
community, and we're proud to play a part in their innovation."
Connolly continues, "With consumers accustomed to using social
media for work, play and everything in between, it's only natural
that fans will embrace the opportunity to explore their music
interests and favorite artists in an interactive online environment
such as MusicPlanet Live."
For more information about the MusicPlanet Live integration or
to interview Noel Connolly of
CellPoint Mobile, please contact Vanessa
Horwell at +44.203.807.3735 or vhorwell@thinkinkpr.com.
About CellPoint Mobile
We Make Travel Easier™ for
companies in the travel, tourism and entertainment industries.
CellPoint Mobile provides airlines, ground transportation
providers, hospitality firms and travel merchants across the globe
with flexible, configurable solutions that help them collect
revenues from the mobile channel and profitably manage interactions
and transactions from both the selling side and the payment side.
Dedicated to a client-first, mobile-first culture since 2007,
CellPoint Mobile provides companies with the fintech and
travel-tech solutions they need to get to market quickly:
booking, payments, alternative payment methods, ancillary sales,
loyalty transactions, communications, stored payment capability,
real-time reporting, reconciliation, connections to payment service
providers (PSPs) and acquirers, and more. Serving companies on five
continents, CellPoint Mobile has locations in Miami, London, Copenhagen, Dubai, Pune
and Singapore.
About MusicPlanet Live
MusicPlanet Live is a global
ground-breaking interactive music directory and the best online
music hub in the world, including many opportunities for artists,
including NuuRadio, the site's built in user-generated interactive
radio station which features artist takeover shows, industry news
and more. Founded in 2017 in the UK, MusicPlanet Live already
has the support of numerous UK and international artists, bands and
venues. Find out more at musicplanetlive.com.
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