Become authorised IRCTC ticket booking agent, earn good commission

Indian Railways is called the lifeline of India. Every day, over two crore people travel in the Indian Railways trains.

Become authorised IRCTC ticket booking agent, earn good commission
For non-AC class tickets, the commission of Rs. 20 per ticket is given. A ticket of AC class gives Rs 40 commission per ticket. Representative Image/Pixabay
Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2019
05:25 pm
New Delhi, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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Indian Railways is called the lifeline of India. Every day, over two crore people travel in the Indian Railways trains. Crores of people book reserved tickets online with IRCTC. This provides a money-making opportunity as well. You can become an authorised IRCTC ticket booking agent for a good monthly income.

Benefits of becoming IRCTC's authorized booking agent

1. Agents can book unlimited IRCTC e-tickets.

2. The issued ticket can be easily canceled.

3. After 15 minutes of the General Public Opening, agents can book tatkal tickets.

4. No trade license is required for getting the railway agency.

5. Your agency's details are not printed on the ticket.

6. The agent gets access to direct login facility on the booking portal.

7. The price of Railway ticket debited from the agents' wallet. Hence, ticket booking process is completed fast.

Cost of becoming an agent

For booking agency, IRCTC offers two plans. Under the first plan, the charge for a one-year agency is Rs. 3999. In the second plan, the charge for the two-year agency is Rs 6999.

Booking fees

If you book a maximum of 100 tickets every month, you will be charged a fee of 10 rupees per ticket. For 101 to 300 tickets, the charge is Rs 8 per ticket. On booking over 300 tickets, the applicable charge us Rs 5 per ticket.

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Commission

For non-AC class tickets, the commission of Rs. 20 per ticket is given. A ticket of AC class gives Rs 40 commission per ticket.

How to become ticket booking agent online

You can become an authorised IRCTC agent by signing in with one of the authorised principle service providers. The full list of such service providers is available at http://contents.irctc.co.in/en/IRCTC%20Authorised%20Principal%20Service%...

Agents can also make flight booking, bus booking, cab or taxi booking, tour package booking and hotel booking via IRCTC. Railways says that one should always take the ticket from the IRCTC authorized booking agents otherwise the ticket can be canceled. By clicking on  https://www.irctc.co.in/eticketing/findAgents.jsf., you can get information about the authorised ticket booking agent in your area.

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