diff --git a/app/models/ticket.rb b/app/models/ticket.rb
index 54f5c3d7..3dd2179f 100644
--- a/app/models/ticket.rb
+++ b/app/models/ticket.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Ticket < ActiveRecord::Base
   # If we would allow different currencies per conference we also have to handle convertions between currencies!
   validate :tickets_of_conference_have_same_currency
 
-  validates :price_cents, :price_currency, :title, presence: true
+  validates :price_cents, :price_currency, :payment_mode, :title, presence: true
 
   validates_numericality_of :price_cents, greater_than: 0
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160526142456_add_payment_mode_to_tickets.rb b/db/migrate/20160526142456_add_payment_mode_to_tickets.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df454d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160526142456_add_payment_mode_to_tickets.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddPaymentModeToTickets < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :tickets, :payment_mode, :string
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 00e93609..f0d1e01d 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160427104236) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160526142456) do
 
   create_table "ahoy_events", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.uuid     "visit_id",   limit: 16
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160427104236) do
     t.text    "description"
     t.integer "price_cents",    default: 0,     null: false
     t.string  "price_currency", default: "USD", null: false
+    t.string  "payment_mode"
   end
 
   create_table "tracks", force: :cascade do |t|
diff --git a/spec/factories/tickets.rb b/spec/factories/tickets.rb
index 88532b86..206c8c44 100644
--- a/spec/factories/tickets.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/tickets.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ FactoryGirl.define do
     title { "#{Faker::Hipster.word} Ticket" }
     price_cents 1000
     price_currency 'USD'
+    payment_mode 'Online'
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/ticket_spec.rb b/spec/models/ticket_spec.rb
index fc67ff3d..48145c2c 100644
--- a/spec/models/ticket_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/ticket_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Ticket do
   let(:conference) { create(:conference) }
-  let(:ticket) { create(:ticket, price: 50, price_currency: 'USD', conference: conference) }
+  let(:ticket) { create(:ticket, price: 50, price_currency: 'USD', payment_mode: 'Online', conference: conference) }
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
 
   describe 'validation' do
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ describe Ticket do
       should validate_presence_of(:price_currency)
     end
 
+    it 'is not valid without a payment_mode' do
+      should validate_presence_of(:payment_mode)
+    end
+
     it 'is not valid with a price_cents equals zero' do
       should_not allow_value(0).for(:price_cents)
     end