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The Jockey Club

A feature-rich Digital Experience Platform delivering on The Jockey Club's strategy of engaging racing fans and attracting new audiences through innovative technology and seamless user experiences.

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At a glance

  1. Client: The Jockey Club

  2. Industry / Sector: Events & Hospitality

  3. Timeline: Dec 2022 - Dec 2023

  4. Platform / Tech: Optimizely DXP with Future Ticketing API integration

  5. Key result: +30% Basket Conversion Rates

Summary

We partnered with The Jockey Club, Britain's largest commercial horseracing group, to revolutionise their digital platform and e-commerce performance. As owner of 15 racecourses including Aintree and Cheltenham, they needed a robust platform handling complex hospitality bookings during peak racing events.

We delivered a unified Optimizely DXP solution with pioneering Future Ticketing integration, creating industry-leading functionality that set new standards for sports hospitality e-commerce.

The Challenge

The Jockey Club needed a robust, scalable digital platform that could support their ambitious growth strategy across sports hospitality. They required seamless booking experiences and the flexibility to create sophisticated multi-day packages for major racing events like the Grand National and Cheltenham Festival. The team wanted to explore how their digital presence could better serve racing enthusiasts whilst handling high-demand periods with unwavering performance. Most importantly, they sought to establish industry-leading capabilities that would set new standards for sports hospitality platforms.

The Solution

We delivered transformative digital platform development through cutting-edge Optimizely DXP implementation and pioneering third-party integrations. Our approach created a frictionless, high-performance platform handling massive traffic surges whilst delivering personalised experiences. We redesigned checkout with native QuickPay integration, implementing mobile-first payment technologies. Most significantly, we developed pioneering Future Ticketing API integration enabling sophisticated multi-day packages and setting industry benchmarks.

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Solution Highlights

  1. Optimizely DXP

    Modern digital experience platform delivering enhanced content management and performance

  2. Future Ticketing 

    Pioneering API integration setting new industry standards for sports hospitality

  3. Native checkout

    Streamlined payment experience with Apple Pay and Google Pay integration

  4. Multi-day tickets

    Advanced ticketing functionality enabling comprehensive multi-day festival package purchases

Results & Impact

  1. +14%

    Website traffic increase

  2. +5.28%

    Conversion rates

  3. +15%

    Revenue

What client says

Working with Dotcraft over the past 18 months has been a great partnership. Working in an agile way has meant a number of significant web projects have been launched, quickly, collaboratively and successfully. We have seen significant improvements in our websites user experience, technical performance and key digital KPI’s of conversion and revenue.

SH TJC.jpeg Sarah Haynes, Digital Product Owner

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