[cpt1138]

Can't understand why this is not getting upvoted. Nice execution, great idea. How much of a discount are you negotiating. Since this is inherently a one-shot deal (no repeat customers for a one-time show) it probably can't be too steep, but it could be cool to fill up empty seats of shows that would never sell out on their own.

[apsurd]

Honestly, I try to vote up as many "SHOW HN" projects as possible but when I saw it was a Groupon for ___ I immediately lost interest.

That's not to say it isn't well executed or anything. I'm just trying to answer your question. I'd wager a guess that HN-folk like to see technically-well-executed projects, nerdy projects, and/or novel projects.

A Groupon clone fits none of these. Don't get me wrong though I know a lot of trash is upvoted. I just personally didn't upvote this because I don't care about another frickin deals site.

[escalona]

Thanks! Discounts usually range anywhere from 20% to 50%. Most tickets we get are not priced too high to begin with so we take at least $5 off. We're pretty flexible though and try to do whatever works best for the promoter.