diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/Factories/SummitTicketTypeValidationRulesFactory.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/Factories/SummitTicketTypeValidationRulesFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8397119b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/Factories/SummitTicketTypeValidationRulesFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018 OpenStack Foundation
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+
+/**
+ * Class SummitTicketTypeValidationRulesFactory
+ * @package App\Http\Controllers
+ */
+final class SummitTicketTypeValidationRulesFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function build(array $data, $update = false){
+        if($update){
+            return [
+                'name'        => 'sometimes|string',
+                'description' => 'sometimes|string',
+                'external_id' => 'sometimes|string|max:255',
+            ];
+        }
+
+        return [
+            'name'        => 'required|string',
+            'description' => 'sometimes|string',
+            'external_id' => 'required|string|max:255',
+        ];
+    }
+
+
+}
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diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController.php
index ab00f6f0..6787c608 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Apis/Protected/Summit/OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController.php
@@ -259,4 +259,50 @@ final class OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController extends OAuth2ProtectedControl
         }
     }
 
+    public function addTicketTypeBySummit($summit_id){
+        try {
+
+            if(!Request::isJson()) return $this->error400();
+            $data    = Input::json();
+            $payload = $data->all();
+            $summit  = SummitFinderStrategyFactory::build($this->summit_repository, $this->resource_server_context)->find($summit_id);
+            if (is_null($summit)) return $this->error404();
+
+            $rules = SummitTicketTypeValidationRulesFactory::build($payload);
+            // Creates a Validator instance and validates the data.
+            $validation = Validator::make($payload, $rules);
+
+            if ($validation->fails()) {
+                $messages = $validation->messages()->toArray();
+
+                return $this->error412
+                (
+                    $messages
+                );
+            }
+
+            $ticket_type = $this->ticket_type_service->addTicketType($summit, $payload);
+
+            return $this->created(SerializerRegistry::getInstance()->getSerializer($ticket_type)->serialize());
+        }
+        catch (ValidationException $ex1) {
+            Log::warning($ex1);
+            return $this->error412([$ex1->getMessage()]);
+        }
+        catch(EntityNotFoundException $ex2)
+        {
+            Log::warning($ex2);
+            return $this->error404(['message'=> $ex2->getMessage()]);
+        }
+        catch (Exception $ex) {
+            Log::error($ex);
+            return $this->error500($ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public function seedDefaultTicketTypesBySummit($summit_id){
+
+    }
+
 }
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diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index 0240a9c7..b6ead67f 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ Route::group([
             Route::group(['prefix' => 'ticket-types'], function () {
                 Route::get('', 'OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController@getAllBySummit');
                 Route::get('csv', 'OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController@getAllBySummitCSV');
+                Route::post('seed-defaults', [ 'middleware' => 'auth.user:administrators|summit-front-end-administrators', 'uses' => 'OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController@seedDefaultTicketTypesBySummit']);
+                Route::post('', [ 'middleware' => 'auth.user:administrators|summit-front-end-administrators', 'uses' => 'OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController@addTicketTypeBySummit']);
             });
 
             // external orders
diff --git a/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Factories/SummitTicketTypeFactory.php b/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Factories/SummitTicketTypeFactory.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..067a86c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Factories/SummitTicketTypeFactory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php namespace App\Models\Foundation\Summit\Factories;
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018 OpenStack Foundation
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ **/
+use models\summit\SummitTicketType;
+/**
+ * Class SummitTicketTypeFactory
+ * @package App\Models\Foundation\Summit\Factories
+ */
+final class SummitTicketTypeFactory
+{
+    /**
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return SummitTicketTypeFactory
+     */
+    public static function build(array $data){
+        return self::populate(new SummitTicketType, $data);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param SummitTicketType $ticket_type
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return SummitTicketType
+     */
+    public static function populate(SummitTicketType $ticket_type, array $data){
+
+        if(isset($data['name']))
+            $ticket_type->setName(trim($data['name']));
+
+        if(isset($data['description']))
+            $ticket_type->setDescription(trim($data['description']));
+
+        if(isset($data['external_id']))
+            $ticket_type->setExternalId(trim($data['external_id']));
+
+        return $ticket_type;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Summit.php b/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Summit.php
index 1ce20e56..e9d08cfd 100644
--- a/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Summit.php
+++ b/app/Models/Foundation/Summit/Summit.php
@@ -1677,6 +1677,52 @@ SQL;
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param SummitTicketType $ticket_type
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function addTicketType(SummitTicketType $ticket_type)
+    {
+        $this->ticket_types->add($ticket_type);
+        $ticket_type->setSummit($this);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @param SummitTicketType $ticket_type
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function removeTicketType(SummitTicketType $ticket_type)
+    {
+        $this->ticket_types->remove($ticket_type);
+        $ticket_type->clearSummit($this);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $name
+     * @return SummitTicketType|null
+     */
+    public function getTicketTypeByName($name){
+        $criteria = Criteria::create();
+        $criteria->where(Criteria::expr()->eq('name', trim($name)));
+        $res = $this->ticket_types->matching($criteria)->first();
+        return $res === false ? null : $res;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $id
+     * @return SummitTicketType|null
+     */
+    public function getTicketTypeById($id){
+        $criteria = Criteria::create();
+        $criteria->where(Criteria::expr()->eq('id', intval($id)));
+        $res = $this->ticket_types->matching($criteria)->first();
+        return $res === false ? null : $res;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param int $rsvp_template_id
      * @return RSVPTemplate|null
diff --git a/app/Security/SummitScopes.php b/app/Security/SummitScopes.php
index e57cc8e6..61af47fd 100644
--- a/app/Security/SummitScopes.php
+++ b/app/Security/SummitScopes.php
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ final class SummitScopes
     const WriteLocationBannersData = '%s/locations/banners/write';
 
     const WriteSummitSpeakerAssistanceData = '%s/summit-speaker-assistance/write';
+
+    const WriteTicketTypeData = '%s/ticket-types/write';
 }
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diff --git a/app/Services/Model/ISummitTicketTypeService.php b/app/Services/Model/ISummitTicketTypeService.php
index d0186e64..74bcb16f 100644
--- a/app/Services/Model/ISummitTicketTypeService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Model/ISummitTicketTypeService.php
@@ -11,8 +11,22 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-
+use models\exceptions\EntityNotFoundException;
+use models\exceptions\ValidationException;
+use models\summit\Summit;
+use models\summit\SummitTicketType;
+/**
+ * Interface ISummitTicketTypeService
+ * @package App\Services\Model
+ */
 interface ISummitTicketTypeService
 {
-
+    /**
+     * @param Summit $summit
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return SummitTicketType
+     * @throws EntityNotFoundException
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function addTicketType(Summit $summit, array $data);
 }
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diff --git a/app/Services/Model/SummitTicketTypeService.php b/app/Services/Model/SummitTicketTypeService.php
index 47f1a812..d4b1f5ba 100644
--- a/app/Services/Model/SummitTicketTypeService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Model/SummitTicketTypeService.php
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  **/
-
+use App\Models\Foundation\Summit\Factories\SummitTicketTypeFactory;
+use libs\utils\ITransactionService;
+use models\exceptions\EntityNotFoundException;
+use models\exceptions\ValidationException;
+use models\summit\ISummitTicketTypeRepository;
+use models\summit\Summit;
+use models\summit\SummitTicketType;
 /**
  * Class SummitTicketTypeService
  * @package App\Services\Model
@@ -21,4 +27,72 @@ final class SummitTicketTypeService
     implements ISummitTicketTypeService
 {
 
+    /**
+     * @var ISummitTicketTypeRepository
+     */
+    private $repository;
+
+    /**
+     * SummitTicketTypeService constructor.
+     * @param ISummitTicketTypeRepository $repository
+     * @param ITransactionService $tx_service
+     */
+    public function __construct
+    (
+        ISummitTicketTypeRepository $repository,
+        ITransactionService $tx_service
+    )
+    {
+        parent::__construct($tx_service);
+        $this->repository = $repository;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Summit $summit
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return SummitTicketType
+     * @throws EntityNotFoundException
+     * @throws ValidationException
+     */
+    public function addTicketType(Summit $summit, array $data)
+    {
+        return $this->tx_service->transaction(function() use ($summit, $data){
+
+            $former_ticket_type = $summit->getTicketTypeByName(trim($data['name']));
+
+            if(!is_null($former_ticket_type)){
+                throw new ValidationException
+                (
+                    trans
+                    (
+                        'validation_errors.SummitTicketTypeService.addTicketType.NameAlreadyExists'
+                    ),
+                    [
+                        'name' => trim($data['name']),
+                        'summit_id' => $summit->getId()
+                    ]
+                );
+            }
+
+            $former_ticket_type = $summit->getTicketTypeByExternalId(trim($data['external_id']));
+            if(!is_null($former_ticket_type)){
+                throw new ValidationException
+                (
+                    trans
+                    (
+                        'validation_errors.SummitTicketTypeService.addTicketType.ExternalIdAlreadyExists'
+                    ),
+                    [
+                        'external_id' => trim($data['external_id']),
+                        'summit_id'   => $summit->getId()
+                    ]
+                );
+            }
+
+            $ticket_type = SummitTicketTypeFactory::build($data);
+
+            $summit->addTicketType($ticket_type);
+            return $ticket_type;
+        });
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/database/seeds/ApiEndpointsSeeder.php b/database/seeds/ApiEndpointsSeeder.php
index da65d970..a64b6ef2 100644
--- a/database/seeds/ApiEndpointsSeeder.php
+++ b/database/seeds/ApiEndpointsSeeder.php
@@ -1123,6 +1123,15 @@ class ApiEndpointsSeeder extends Seeder
                     sprintf(SummitScopes::ReadAllSummitData, $current_realm)
                 ],
             ],
+            [
+                'name' => 'add-ticket-type',
+                'route' => '/api/v1/summits/{id}/ticket-types',
+                'http_method' => 'POST',
+                'scopes' => [
+                    sprintf(SummitScopes::WriteTicketTypeData, $current_realm),
+                    sprintf(SummitScopes::WriteSummitData, $current_realm)
+                ],
+            ],
             // track groups
             array(
                 'name' => 'get-track-groups',
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/validation_errors.php b/resources/lang/en/validation_errors.php
index 9d63e23c..a6afabaf 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/validation_errors.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/validation_errors.php
@@ -55,4 +55,6 @@ return [
     'RSVPTemplateService.addQuestion.QuestionNameAlreadyExists' => 'question name :name already exists for template :template_id',
     'RSVPTemplateService.updateQuestion.QuestionNameAlreadyExists' => 'question name :name already exists for template :template_id',
     'RSVPTemplateService.addQuestionValue.ValueAlreadyExist' => 'value :value already exists on question :question_id',
+    'SummitTicketTypeService.addTicketType.NameAlreadyExists' => 'ticket name :name already exists on summit :summit_id',
+    'SummitTicketTypeService.addTicketType.ExternalIdAlreadyExists' => 'ticket external id :external_id already exists on summit :summit_id',
 ];
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diff --git a/tests/OAuth2TicketTypesApiTest.php b/tests/OAuth2TicketTypesApiTest.php
index 7f43b09e..1351009f 100644
--- a/tests/OAuth2TicketTypesApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/OAuth2TicketTypesApiTest.php
@@ -49,4 +49,41 @@ final class OAuth2TicketTypesApiTest extends ProtectedApiTest
         return $ticket_types;
     }
 
+    public function testAddTicketType($summit_id = 24){
+        $params = [
+            'id' => $summit_id,
+        ];
+
+        $name        = str_random(16).'_ticket_type';
+        $external_id = str_random(16).'_external_id';
+
+        $data = [
+            'name'        => $name,
+            'external_id' => $external_id,
+        ];
+
+        $headers = [
+            "HTTP_Authorization" => " Bearer " . $this->access_token,
+            "CONTENT_TYPE"        => "application/json"
+        ];
+
+        $response = $this->action(
+            "POST",
+            "OAuth2SummitsTicketTypesApiController@addTicketTypeBySummit",
+            $params,
+            [],
+            [],
+            [],
+            $headers,
+            json_encode($data)
+        );
+
+        $content = $response->getContent();
+        $this->assertResponseStatus(201);
+        $ticket_type = json_decode($content);
+        $this->assertTrue(!is_null($ticket_type));
+        $this->assertTrue($ticket_type->name == $name);
+        $this->assertTrue($ticket_type->external_id == $external_id);
+        return $ticket_type;
+    }
 }
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