diff --git a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/attend/attend.html b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/attend/attend.html
index 5f48ebe79a2620318cbf636de9f1ee3de5a6438b..b68c9991ea31a45d440b94806d313b16fa4f2eb3 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/attend/attend.html
+++ b/pinaxcon/templates/static_pages/attend/attend.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 <br />
 
-<div class="pull-right"><a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/dashboard">Buy a Ticket</a></div>
+<div class="pull-right"><a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/tickets/buy">Buy a Ticket</a></div>
 <h2>Which Ticket?</h2>
 
 <p><em>Early Bird discounts are available for the first 100 tickets sold, or until October 20, whichever comes first. T-shirts are only available for tickets bought before November 7.</em></p>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 <p>If you can’t afford to attend on these prices, please email <a href="mailto:spam@northbaypthon.org">spam@northbaypython.org</a> – we’ll enthusiastically waive ticket fees for people who need it.</em></p>
 
 <div class="btn-group">
-  <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/dashboard">Buy a Ticket</a>
+  <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" href="/tickets/buy">Buy a Ticket</a>
 </div>
 
 
diff --git a/pinaxcon/urls.py b/pinaxcon/urls.py
index 2f18f6c2de2e60d4a748ef0752eb8640e7f3612f..d2440d91643ff305be8ea0061ac9e1fce908e8f0 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/urls.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/urls.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     # attend
     url(r"^attend$", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="static_pages/attend/attend.html"), name="attend/attend"),
     url(r"^tickets$", RedirectView.as_view(url="attend")),
+    url(r"^tickets/buy$", views.buy_ticket, name="buy_ticket"),
     url(r"^attend/business-case$", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="static_pages/attend/business-case.html"), name="attend/business-case"),
     url(r"^attend/travel$", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="static_pages/attend/travel.html"), name="attend/travel"),
     url(r"^attend/hotels$", TemplateView.as_view(template_name="static_pages/attend/hotels.html"), name="attend/hotels"),
diff --git a/pinaxcon/views.py b/pinaxcon/views.py
index 63401ead9e0ba97a1ca65190ac29ea7f2a53b6a9..4fe6afc73d347e2ce8039ba1ca97cc3876ad20dc 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/views.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib import messages
 from django.http import HttpResponseServerError
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.template import Template
 from django.template.loader import get_template
@@ -28,3 +29,12 @@ def account_login(request):
 
 class EmailLoginView(LoginView):
     form_class = LoginEmailForm
+
+
+def buy_ticket(request):
+
+    print(dir(request.user))
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated():
+        messages.warning(request, 'To buy a ticket, either create an account, or log in.')
+
+    return redirect("/dashboard")