Education · Do this yourself

Run tickets, waivers and parent alerts for school events.

How it makes money: Charge school groups $1 per ticket for event tickets, waivers and parent alerts.

Agent setup: Intermediate · Connects several tools (Lovable, Supabase) with payments and simple data. How we rate this

Found on Reddit in r/EntrepreneurRideAlong (1 thread).

🔥 21 posts this week · 4 likes

Based on u/lamarus on Reddit (opens in new tab)

Where this came from (Reddit)

School events still run on paper tickets, cash boxes and clipboards, and parents don’t know when kids leave.

The threads (in our words)

Reddit blocks automated reads, so we couldn’t record upvote or comment counts. The business below is our own design inspired by these threads.

Who it’s for

School committees, PTAs and youth clubs.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Start with one niche or customer type, then expand.
  • Ask your first 10 customers what they would pay before you build more.
  • Keep a human check on anything sent in a customer’s name.

Step by step

  1. Build ticket sales, waivers and QR check-in with Lovable and Supabase.
  2. Text parents automatically at check-in and check-out.
  3. Charge a small fee per ticket through Stripe.
  4. Send organizers automatic reports.
  5. Grow through parent groups and school newsletters.
  6. Test the check-in flow before each event.

Ready-to-copy prompt

Write the waiver summary, the parent check-in text and the check-out text for a school after-prom, short and clear.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Time
1–3 hoursOur estimate

Your autonomous stack

Autonomy: Lessons, quizzes and emails are generated and sent on a schedule. Your part: Weekly: spot-check new lessons for accuracy (about 1 hour).

Every layer an agent-run business needs, in order. Prices are public list prices, checked Oct 16, 2026.

  1. Agent (the brain): Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot runs the business day to day: writes, answers, decides small things and reports to you. Claude Code or Codex are alternatives.
  2. Build and hosting: Lovable (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro $25/mo), Supabase database (opens in new tab) (Free tier · Pro from $25/mo). The product or service your customers use.
  3. Payments: Stripe payments (opens in new tab) (No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment). Automatic checkout and receipts. Other options: PayPal Checkout (3.49% + 49¢) or Lemon Squeezy (5% + 50¢, handles sales tax).
  4. Customer acquisition: Buffer (scheduled X posts) (opens in new tab) (Free plan (3 channels, 10 queued posts each) · Essentials $5/mo per channel, billed yearly), beehiiv newsletter (opens in new tab) (Free up to 2,500 subscribers). Agent-written SEO pages, scheduled X posts and a weekly newsletter.
  5. Delivery: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). A Grok Bot routine delivers the product or result as soon as someone pays.
  6. Support: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot answers the support inbox; anything unclear is flagged for you.
  7. Monitoring and schedule: Grok Bot (agent + scheduled routines) (opens in new tab) (Included with The X Subscription Premium $30/mo (Super $100/mo for more usage; Plus $8 does not include Grok Bot)). Grok Bot scheduled routines run each day: send, check for failures, alert you if something breaks.
  8. Analytics: Google Analytics (opens in new tab) (Free). Tracks visits, signups and sales so the agent can report what works.
  9. Human checkpoint: Weekly: spot-check new lessons for accuracy (about 1 hour).
  10. Price: charge $1 per ticket (fee per ticket). Offer the first 3 customers a founding price for honest feedback.
Monthly cost$30–$85/monthFree tiers → paid plans of the tools above. Card fees come out of each sale.
What you could earn · EstimateEstimate: 1500 tickets a month × $1 = $1,500/moOur estimate, not a fact or a promise. It’s simple math if you land these customers at this price.
Details: source, numbers and tags

What they did

Schools sell tickets online, collect waivers and text parents when kids arrive or leave. We designed this business from real Reddit threads; it is an idea for you to build, not a description of the posters’ businesses.

How it went

Found on Reddit in r/EntrepreneurRideAlong (1 thread). Upvote and comment counts weren’t retrievable, so none are shown. On X, 21 posts matched our search for this idea in the 7 days to 2026-10-16.

Worth knowing

Handle kids’ data carefully and follow school rules.

Difficulty
BeginnerOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
Engagement
No public countThe source shows no number
X buzz
15.3 · 21 posts in 7 days4 likes, 2 reposts, 0 replies, 0 quotes on 6 top posts · fetched Oct 16, 2026 · query: (prom OR "school event" OR "school dance") (tickets OR ticketing OR waivers OR "check-in") -is:retweet lang:en

Posted · Added Oct 16, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  1. Build ticket sales, waivers and QR check-in with Lovable and Supabase.
  2. Text parents automatically at check-in and check-out.
  3. Charge a small fee per ticket through Stripe.
  4. Send organizers automatic reports.
  5. Grow through parent groups and school newsletters.
  6. Test the check-in flow before each event.

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