Hi, haven't been online for a few months so sorry if this has been discussed somewhere.
Just to give context: I live in a third-world country and often have ideas (a lot of times borrowed from first-world solutions) to improve things. For example, we have a ton of concerts/events over here but there is no easy digital ticketing system to just fix the mess of manual stamps and having to get your tickets physically beforehand. Since I've worked at both event management and ecommerce software, I kinda know how to build this.
But the problem with this and any idea I ever get always comes down to -> I don't want to charge for it. It just ruins all motivation for me, since I'm not actually creating anything, I'm just making things smoother in the middle. Why can't it just exist as a thing? I know I can't run it without money, I know I can't convince anyone to help me with the project without money. Especially in a country like mine where people just can't afford to work on things for free.
So, I wanted to ask if there are any resources or books I could study on financing a product in a sort of non-capitalist way? I'm sorry if I sound dumb I don't have much idea about this.
TL;DR: how to run a service/business without going broke and without feeling shit
Physical ticketing systems aren't free to run either, so a digital system wouldn't inherently be leeching, it could save them money. Maybe you could look into running a thing like that as a cooperative owned by event organizers/venues, if your local laws make that easy enough.
In fact physical ticketing systems are usually much more expensive to run - You need to staff a box office all the time. But those costs are normally accounted for in the cost of the ticket, and for some reason isn’t accounted for in digital tickets that are the same price.
This actually sounds really cool, but I don't think it's possible in the scene here