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Ticket sales and event registration sites face a uniquely extreme traffic pattern: enormous demand concentrated into a very short window when tickets go live.
Preparing for Extreme Spikes
Unlike gradual traffic growth, a ticket on-sale moment can bring thousands of simultaneous visitors within seconds — infrastructure needs to be specifically provisioned for this pattern in advance.
Queue Systems for Fairness and Stability
A virtual waiting room or queue system protects both server stability and fairness, preventing a stampede of simultaneous requests from overwhelming checkout.
Payment Processing Under Load
Payment gateway reliability under heavy simultaneous load is critical — a failure during a high-demand sale directly costs both revenue and customer goodwill.
Testing Before the Real Event
Load testing that simulates the expected on-sale surge, done well before the actual event, reveals weaknesses while there's still time to address them.
