Mingo reimagines event access with Hedera

Problem

Event management and ticketing vendors have long suffered from rampant inefficiencies across the ticketing ecosystem. Fake tickets, inflated secondary prices, and high platform fees are the hallmarks of the legacy workflows underpinning these vendors. Their centralized systems offer no visibility into ticket distribution or authenticity, leaving fans vulnerable to counterfeits and out of reach pricing, while event organizers struggle with lost revenue opportunities and poor fan experiences.

Solution

Mingo delivers a fully integrated ecosystem not just for ticketing, but also gaming, digital asset management, and digital experiences without requiring prior crypto expertise. Their platform eliminates fraud through on-chain ticket verification, gives organizers programmable resale controls and access to secondary market revenue, while providing full transparency on Hedera. By leveraging Hedera’s predictable low fees, high throughput, and API-based architecture, Mingo abstracts web3 complexity behind an intuitive interface. Users simply onboard through an email login, gaining self-custodial control that seamlessly connects ticketing, gaming, and token utilities in one frictionless experience.

The predictable fees that Hedera ensures are huge for when we’re approaching venues and events that want to do business as inexpensively as possible. And you certainly wouldn’t like unpredictability as a traditional end user; they’re rightfully not going to understand why there’s a variable cost associated with buying a ticket.

Jason Teji

COO

Mingo reimagines event access with Hedera

Mingo has built a next-generation event ticketing and fan engagement platform that unifies ticketing, digital assets, and immersive experiences into a single, consumer-friendly ecosystem. Designed to replace fragmented web2 marketplaces, Mingo tackles the industry’s most persistent challenges such as fraud, scalping, opaque resale markets, and disconnected fan experiences by transforming tickets into programmable digital assets.

Users are provided with a simplified onboarding process that ensures fast and easy access to Mingo, and once inside are exposed to an integrated experience that includes not just a ticketing solution but also play-to-earn games like AstroKarts. Mingo enables users to manage NFT collectibles in a way that is familiar and intuitive.

Event organizers gain direct control over ticket pricing, transfers, and secondary sales, while fans benefit from real ownership, transparent transactions, and seamless access to both physical and digital events and experiences. Also, with fees at just 3.5% compared to the 15-20% that today’s legacy ticketing platforms charge, Mingo delivers significant cost savings.

Mingo is already powering live deployments across combat sports and entertainment, with partners that include the WBC, Napster AI, Yucateco Boxing Promotions, and the African Boxing League. Early traction has enabled Mingo to issue thousands of tickets for organizers and users across 54 countries worldwide.

Mingo leverages Hedera Token Service for ticket issuance by minting them as NFTs and managing tokenomics, while also using Hedera Consensus Service to provide tamper-proof verification logs of every transaction – delivering trust, security, and compliance. This boosts confidence by offering transparent, verifiable data trails, while lowering operational risk for ticket issuers and event organizers. Hedera’s predictable fixed fees, sub-second finality, and API-based architecture enable Mingo to abstract blockchain complexity, delivering enterprise-grade reliability with consumer-friendly experiences.

Why Hedera?

Mingo selected Hedera due to the network’s unique technical advantages which are critical to consumer-facing applications. Hedera delivers sub-second transaction finality which is essential for real-time ticket validation at venue gates. Unlike traditional blockchain solutions, Hedera’s fixed fee structure ensures predictable costs while eliminating add-on transaction charges. This is crucial when pricing tickets for mainstream audiences who have grown tired of the expense that legacy vendors place on tickets and experiences.

Hedera’s API-based architecture enables Mingo to completely abstract complexity. Users experience web2 simplicity while gaining web3 benefits. Combined with high throughput capacity and enterprise-grade security, the network provides the reliability and scalability Mingo needs for mass adoption.