Ticketmaster, Eventbrite, and See Tickets pocket billions in fees, pay virtually zero tax, and funnel profits to shareholders. There is a better way.
You set the booking fee. We take just 10% of it. 20% of our cut goes to charity.
The biggest ticketing platforms have spent decades building monopolies — charging extortionate fees, locking venues into long-term contracts, and routing billions of pounds in profit through tax structures that would make your accountant weep.
"Service fees" that dwarf the actual cost of processing a payment. Exclusive venue contracts that lock you in for years with no alternative. Dynamic pricing that surges at the moment of peak demand.
On a £20 ticket, that's £1.19 per ticket — plus their platform percentage. Run 500 tickets and you've handed them £595 for nothing more than hosting a form. Their CEO earned $3.8M in 2022.
Commission-based models that punish you for success. 1–3 year exclusive contracts. Booking fees passed to your customers that erode trust in your brand, not theirs.
No technical skills required. No contract to sign. No card needed to start. From zero to selling in under two minutes.
Log in, click "New Event", add your name, date, venue, and description. Set your ticket types — general admission, VIP, early bird, group bookings. Choose your charity. Done. The whole thing takes about two minutes.
Every event gets a clean, branded ticket page you can share directly — on social media, in newsletters, wherever your audience is. Or use the embeddable widget to drop a full ticketing flow right onto your own website. Your brand, not ours.
Buyers complete their purchase using card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay — powered by Stripe, the world's most trusted payment infrastructure. Funds go directly into your bank account via Stripe Connect. We never hold your money.
The moment a ticket is purchased, your customer receives a beautifully formatted e-ticket by email — bearing your event branding, not ours. Each ticket carries a unique QR code for door scanning. No manual work required on your part whatsoever.
No dedicated scanning hardware. No paid app to download. Any smartphone camera can scan QR codes at the door via your event dashboard. Invalid or duplicate tickets are flagged instantly. See real-time check-in analytics as your event fills up.
No hidden fees. No monthly subscriptions. You set your own booking fee — we simply take 10% of it. And 20% of our cut goes straight to charity.
| Platform | Fee per ticket | Monthly cost | Commission | On a £20 ticket | Contract | Charity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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TocynTicket
Us
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10% of booking fee | ✓ None | ✓ 0% | £0.20 | ✓ None | ✓ 20% |
| Ticket Tailor | 22p–60p per ticket | ✓ None | ✓ 0% | 22p–60p | None | ✕ None |
| Eventbrite | 3.5% + 49p | Free tier limited | 3.5% | £1.19 | None | ✕ None |
| Ticketmaster | £2–5+ per ticket | Varies | Variable | £2–5+ | ✕ Exclusive | ✕ None |
| See Tickets | £2–4 per ticket | N/A | Variable | £2–4 | ✕ 1–3 years | ✕ None |
| Gigantic | 10–15% commission | Varies | 10–15% | £2–3 | ✕ Contract | ✕ None |
All figures are estimates based on publicly available information. Competitor pricing may vary by event type, volume, and negotiated contract terms. TocynTicket's fee is fixed regardless of ticket price. Stripe payment processing fees (typically 1.4% + 20% for European cards) are separate and charged by Stripe directly — we take nothing on top.
Set your ticket price, choose your booking fee, and see how your revenue compares to other platforms.
20% of our platform fee goes to charity. Zero cost to promoters or customers.
Every ticket sold through TocynTicket generates a donation. Published quarterly with full transparency.
Built by people who have actually run events — not a corporate product team optimising for shareholder returns.
Every purchase triggers an automatic, beautifully formatted e-ticket bearing your event details and a unique scannable QR code. Delivered instantly to your buyer's inbox.
Watch tickets sell as they happen. Revenue totals, ticket type breakdown, sales velocity, and remaining capacity — all updated live without refreshing.
Your full attendee list, always available. Filter by ticket type, search by name, and export as a CSV for your own records, GDPR compliance, or marketing purposes.
Any phone camera. No dedicated hardware. No paid app. Pull up your event on the door scanning screen and start checking people in instantly. Duplicate tickets are flagged automatically.
Early bird, general admission, VIP, group bookings, day passes, weekend passes — create as many ticket tiers as your event needs, each with its own price, capacity, and sale window.
If an event is cancelled or a customer needs a refund, process it in one click from your dashboard. Full refund or partial — your call. All handled through Stripe automatically.
Drop a ticketing widget directly onto your own website with a single line of code. Customers never leave your site, and the entire experience carries your branding, not ours.
Money goes straight from your customer to your bank account. We never touch your revenue, never hold funds, never delay payouts. Stripe Connect means you're always in control.
Run a full calendar of events from one dashboard. Clone previous events to speed up setup. Archive past events. See your full portfolio of upcoming shows at a glance.
How many people have arrived? At what pace? Which ticket type? Check-in analytics give you a live picture of your door, accessible from any device in real time.
You decide your own booking fee — keep it low or use it to cover costs. We only take 10% of whatever you set. Your event, your pricing, your requires it — fully configurable per event.
Use us for one event. Use us for a hundred. There is no minimum term, no cancellation fee, no notice period. If you're not happy, walk away. We'd rather earn your loyalty than trap you contractually.
Every platform is making money. The question is: where does it go? Ticketmaster sends it to Liberty Media executives. Eventbrite sends it to San Francisco venture capitalists. We send 20% of every single booking fee to charitable causes we believe in.
That's not a rounding error or a PR exercise. It's structural. Built into the pricing from day one. 20% of our platform fee goes directly to a registered charity — your local foodbank, your community sports club, your music education charity. You choose.
20% of our platform fee goes to charity — not ours. You pick the beneficiary when you set up your event.
We select charities that matter to our communities — local causes, grassroots organisations, and charities doing real work in Wales and beyond.
Transparent quarterly donation reports published publicly. Every penny accounted for. No vague "we donated to good causes" language.
Your event page displays the supported charity so buyers know their booking fee is doing something meaningful.
Eligible charities must be registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales, or equivalent. We validate each charity before your event goes live. We donate quarterly and publish full breakdowns on our website.
Single-venue ticketing is the easy part. TocynTicket was designed from the ground up to handle the layered complexity of festivals — multiple stages, multiple days, add-ons, access tiers, and large volumes of simultaneous scanning at multiple gates.
Early adopters who switched from the big platforms and haven't looked back.
We ran our summer festival through Eventbrite for three years. The fees were manageable when we were small, but once we hit 800 tickets they were taking nearly £1,000 out of our revenue. With TocynTicket we pay just 10% — and part of that goes to charity. The setup took about ten minutes and the scanning on the day was genuinely easier than the dedicated hardware we used to hire.
I run live music nights at our pub twice a month. I used to use a spreadsheet and take cash on the door — which was chaos. I tried Eventbrite but the fees put people off buying in advance, which wrecked my planning. TocynTicket's 10% fee is transparent and fair, and I actually know who's coming now. The charity angle genuinely brings people in — we picked the local hospice and it's become a talking point.
Comedy nights operate on thin margins. Every pound of unnecessary overhead is a pound that doesn't go to the act. I'd been using Eventbrite out of habit but when I actually sat down and calculated what they were taking annually it was nearly £800 across 40 nights. TocynTicket handles everything Eventbrite did — but for about £60 a year at our volume. That's a straightforward decision.
No credit card. No contract. No technical setup. Just your event details and a Stripe account (free to create). That's all you need.
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