Do I need multiple accounts?
Posted by hlroudeb
#1

I need to buy 3 tickets for my family.  It looks like I need to have 3 accounts to buy 3 tickets.
Is this correct? 

Posted by rong
#2

Tickets? Or badges?

For tickets, you can get one ticket for yourself and a second ticket for yourself. Some events allow you to get multiple extra tickets.

For badges, each badge needs to be tied to an account, though one account can purchase all three badges.

Posted by austicke
#3

No, you can buy all the badges. You just enter their name. Email address is optional.

Posted by buffythecatslayer
#4

While one account can buy all the badges, each person with a badge should have an account.  From this thread:

One account cannot have more than one badge.  It can purchase multiple badges, and if those aren't bought for an account with a specific email, the system will create a dummy account to place that badge on.  We don't encourage that, as the person with the badge won't be able to access the dummy account, but that's what happens when a badge is bought for a name that doesn't have a proper account. Badges are refunded to the account that paid for them, to their original form of payment.  So a refund should not be an issue, though it will make it harder for the person doing the refund.Marian McBrine 
Event Coordinator 
Gen Con LLC 

Posted by mikeboozer austicke
#5

austicke wrote:
No, you can buy all the badges. You just enter their name. Email address is optional.

Please only create "dummy" accounts if there is no option for an account ( a child for instance), as this can lead to many problems for both you and the person you are buying the badge/tickets for as well as for EO's and GM's trying to buy/assign badges for/to you.

Accounts with no email address are not active and cannot be accessed by that person. Quite often they are used to assign badges to causing lots of problems for the assignee.

Creating an account and having people link to it assures that they will have access.

Mike Boozer
Customer Service & Event Team Manager
Gen Con LLC 

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