Operator-first
I’ve stood at the gate on a sold-out night. Every decision starts there — not in a billing dashboard.
About
I build the whole attraction — not just a website.
Darland Web Studios is a one-operator-obsessed shop. I’m Jason Darland, and I’ve spent my career on the technical side of live entertainment — show control, lighting, and production. Darland is what happens when that background meets the messy reality of selling tickets and running a seasonal crew.
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Why Darland exists
I kept watching attractions hand 5–10% of their ticket revenue to platforms that did the bare minimum — a checkout page and a per-ticket fee. Meanwhile the actual hard parts (timed entry, the gate, scheduling a seasonal cast, keeping equipment inspected, running payroll) were left to spreadsheets and group texts.
Coming from show control and live production, I think about an attraction as one system: the front-of-house experience, the box office, the crew, and the back-of-house operations all connected. So that’s what I build — a single platform where tickets, staff, maintenance, and payroll live together, on infrastructure that holds up when 2,000 people hit the site at 6pm on opening night.
And the part that matters most: no per-ticket fees. You run on your own Stripe account. The revenue is yours. I charge for the platform — a flat setup and monthly — and that’s it.
What I optimize for
The values behind the build.
You own it
Your domain, your Stripe account, your customer list. I build it; you keep it.
No nickel-and-diming
No per-ticket fees, no surprise add-ons. You always know what you’re paying.
Built to hold up
On-sale nights and gate rushes are the test. Cloudflare + Stripe means it stays up.
Let’s build your season.
Send me what you’re running and what’s painful about it. I’ll tell you exactly how the platform would fit.
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