What Epic Photo Ops does

Epic Photo Ops, now operating under the Leap Event Technology brand following a 2025 rebrand that unified it with ShowClix and Ticketbooth, provides an end-to-end solution for managing celebrity photo opportunities and autograph sessions at conventions, sports events, music festivals, comedy venues, and attractions. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada, with operational presence across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. Its core platform, branded "Leap Epic Experiences," combines VIP ticketing pages, a sales dashboard with custom financial reporting, physical and digital photo delivery (8x10 prints plus emailed digital copies within five minutes), on-site staffing services, schedule and floorplan management, group queue management, and automated payouts to event organizers and talent. Following unification under Leap Event Technology, the offering now extends to event ticketing, mobile apps, fan engagement, marketing and analytics, merchant services, and convention management, forming an integrated event technology stack.

The business model is primarily transaction-based, generating revenue from photo op ticket sales, separate autograph ticket sales, upsells on additional prints and digital copies, and professional on-site staffing services. Pricing is quote-based for enterprise clients and varies by event and celebrity, with fans paying per posed picture rather than per person. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting convention managers, sports teams, music venues, and entertainment promoters, supplemented by a consumer-facing e-commerce storefront for ticket purchases and digital print fulfillment. Named enterprise customers include New York Comic Con, Kansas City Chiefs, The Complex, and REDWEST Festival, with the latter documented as achieving 8.85x ticketing revenue. The company is privately held with no disclosed venture or private equity investment, and no revenue or headcount figures are publicly available, though the 1-10 employee listing appears inconsistent with the multi-region operational scale described elsewhere in the source material.

Name

Epic Photo Ops

Legal name

Leap Event Technology

Website

https://epicphotoops.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Technology Platform

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114), Convention and Trade Show Organizers (56192), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Marketing & Audience Development Services (MPAGAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Brand Activations & Experiential Campaign Design (MPAAAGAA), Creator Talent Management & Representation (MPAAAHAB), Product Launches & Brand Activations (Experiential Marketing) (MPAGAHAD)

Keywords

• Event ticketing software
• Photo ops management
• Convention management platform
• VIP experience services
• Autograph session management

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Photo Op Ticket Sales: Transaction-based revenue from selling photo op tickets to fans at conventions and events. Fans purchase tickets for celebrity photo opportunities, with pricing per photo session rather than per person.
2. Autograph Sales: Separate ticket sales for autograph sessions with celebrities, sold at different times and locations from photo ops
3. Additional Print Sales: Upsell opportunity for fans to purchase extra prints, digital copies, and memorabilia at the event
4. Onsite Staffing Services: Professional staffing services for managing talent photo ops including photography, ticket sales, and admissions handling

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Epic Photo Ops, now rebranded as Leap Event Technology, provides an all-in-one solution for convention organizers to run celebrity photo ops and autograph experiences for fans. The platform sells photo op tickets and autograph sessions, delivers physical 8x10 prints and digital photos within minutes, manages celebrity schedules and floorplans, processes automatic payouts to organizers and talent, and supplies onsite staffing for photography, ticket sales, and admissions handling.

Product overview

Epic Photo Ops, now branded as Leap Event Technology, offers an all-in-one solution for convention photo ops and autograph experiences called Leap Epic Experiences. The platform provides a comprehensive suite of services including ticketing pages for selling photo opportunities, a powerful dashboard for tracking sales and generating reports, printed and digital photo delivery, onsite staffing services, schedule and floorplan management, and automatic payouts and financial reporting. These modules work together to enable event organizers to deliver seamless VIP fan experiences with celebrities while maximizing revenue and operational efficiency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leap Epic Experiences

Quantifiable outcome

• Fans receive photos within 5 minutes of their photo op session
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ShowClixcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025ShowClix unified with Ticketbooth under the Leap Event Technology platform. ShowClix is a ticketing platform that was integrated into the broader Leap event technology ecosystem alongside Ticketbooth.
• TicketboothcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Ticketbooth unified with ShowClix under the Leap Event Technology platform. Ticketbooth is an international ticketing platform serving events in Australia and New Zealand that was merged into the unified Leap platform.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ShowClix: North American ticketing platform now unified with Epic Photo Ops under Leap Event Technology. Pre-merger, ShowClix was a direct peer serving conventions, festivals, and entertainment venues with similar organizer dashboard, payout, and fan engagement functionality.
• Eventbrite: Leading event ticketing and management platform serving concerts, festivals, conventions, and sports. Highly comparable to Epic Photo Ops/Leap on ticketing infrastructure, organizer self-service tools, and fan-facing checkout - and increasingly a competitor in convention photo ops adjacencies.
• Ticketbooth: International ticketing platform serving Australia and New Zealand, now part of Leap Event Technology. Was a direct peer for convention and event ticketing across Oceania with overlapping customer segments and platform features.

Regional players

• Tessitura Network: Integrated ticketing, CRM, and marketing platform used by performing arts and cultural organizations, primarily in North America and UK. Comparable to Leap on ticketing, fan engagement, and venue-level integrations though serving arts organizations rather than fan conventions.

Broad incumbents

• Bizzabo: Event experience platform offering registration, agenda, networking, and analytics for conferences and corporate events. Comparable to Leap as an event technology platform serving similar enterprise organizers with overlapping dashboard, mobile app, and attendee engagement features.
• Universe (by Live Nation): Self-service ticketing platform owned by Live Nation serving small and mid-sized event organizers. Comparable to Leap on consumer-facing ticketing, organizer dashboards, and event promotion though Universe focuses on indie/SMB events.
• Cvent: Large-scale event management platform dominating corporate meetings, conferences, and trade shows. Comparable to Leap as a broad event technology incumbent that overlaps with Epic's convention management and registration capabilities, though Cvent focuses on B2B/corporate events.

Emerging players

• AudienceView: Ticketing and customer relationship management platform for sports, arts, and live entertainment. Comparable to Leap on ticketing infrastructure and organizer dashboards with similar transaction-based revenue model across event verticals.
• Tito: Simple, modern ticketing platform popular with conferences, festivals, and independent events. Comparable to Leap on ticketing-first organizer tools, dashboard reporting, and consumer checkout, with similar SMB-to-mid-market target customers.
• Patron Technology: Ticketing, marketing, and CRM platform purpose-built for arts, entertainment, and live event organizations. Comparable to Leap on convention/venue ticketing, patron engagement, and event-day operations though focused on performing arts vs. fandom/sports.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/leapeventtech?lang=en
• Facebookfacebook.com/leapeventtech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/epic-photo-ops
• Instagraminstagram.com/leapeventtech

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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