7 reasons organisers choose One Ticket over TryBooking
- Keep every dollar of your price. You receive 100% of the price you set: the buyer pays the booking fee on top, on every ticket and every plan. On TryBooking, by default the buyer pays its ticket fee but the organiser pays the 2.5% processing fee.
- Buyers refund themselves. Where your refund policy allows it, buyers refund themselves from their ticket, with nothing for you to process. TryBooking’s help centre says refunds are handled solely by the event organiser.
- Refund requests in one place. Buyers ask for a refund from their ticket, and one left unanswered goes to One Ticket support. On TryBooking, buyers ask the organiser with a Contact Event Organiser button.
- Series and subscriptions, built in. Sell the season, not just the night: subscribers pay on a schedule you set and get the next session’s ticket before it runs.
- No passwords. Sign-in is passwordless, and buyers don’t need an account to book. Tickets arrive by email with a QR code.
- Run the door without an app. QR check-in works in your phone’s browser: nothing to install, nothing to download on the night.
- Refunds buyers can trust. Your refund policy is shown before anyone pays. If the date, start time or place changes, everyone booked can refund in full, booking fee included.
What TryBooking does is from its own help and pricing pages, checked October 2026: see the table below.
One Ticket and TryBooking side by side
| Compared | One Ticket | TryBooking |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Fee on a $25 ticket | $1.45 | about $1.14 |
| Fee on a $50 ticket | $2.14 | about $1.76 |
| You receive on a $25 ticket if you absorb the fee | $23.57 on Pro or Team; $25 when the buyer pays it | $23.87 |
| Selling | ||
| Free events: no fee for anyone | Yes: No Stripe account needed | Yes |
| No monthly cost to sell | Yes: The Free plan | Yes |
| Ticket types with their own price and capacity | Yes | Yes |
| Tickets on and off sale at set times, like an early bird | Yes | Yes: Early-bird prices by date |
| Discount codes | Yes: Limited by uses or dates | Yes |
| A limit on tickets per order | Yes: Per order and per person | Yes: Per booking |
| Repeat events or sessions on one page | Yes: A series on one landing page | Yes |
| Subscriptions billed weekly, fortnightly or monthly | Yes: Each session’s ticket issued for them | Check their site |
| Sell in AUD, USD or GBP | Yes: Set per organiser | Partly: AUD only, as far as we found |
| Waitlists for sold-out events | Yes: Freed places offered in turn | Yes |
| Getting paid | ||
| The buyer pays the fee on top of your price, by default | Yes: You receive 100% of your price, or absorb it on Pro and Team | Partly: the buyer pays the ticket fee, you the 2.5% processing |
| Ticket money paid into your own Stripe account | Yes | Yes: If you connect Stripe |
| Export orders and attendees | Yes: As CSV | Check their site |
| Refunds | ||
| Refund policy shown before purchase | Yes | Yes: In your event terms |
| Buyers ask for a refund through the platform | Yes: Unanswered ones go to One Ticket support | Partly: buyers message you from the event page or their email |
| Buyers refund themselves within your policy | Yes: Where your policy allows | No: Refunds are handled by the organiser |
| The door | ||
| QR code tickets by email | Yes | Yes: On a PDF ticket |
| Add to calendar | Yes: A calendar file on every ticket | Yes |
| Reminder emails before the event | Yes: Automatic: the day before and the morning of | Yes: You schedule them |
| QR check-in in a phone’s browser, no app | Yes: Any phone, and a door link for volunteers | Check their site |
| Box office: cash and comps at the door | Yes: Cash, comps and bank transfers | Yes |
| Your page | ||
| Your colours and theme on the event page | Yes: A colour theme, cover and display font | Yes |
| Hidden tickets unlocked by a code | Yes | Partly: a special link shows all hidden tickets |
| Your own questions at checkout | Yes: Dropdown or free text | Yes |
| Online | ||
| Online events with a join link for ticket holders | Yes: On every ticket | Yes: The link in the confirmation email |
TryBooking fees are estimates from its published rates, August 2026: Uses TryBooking Australia published rates: $0.50 ticket fee per paid ticket ($0.15 if $5 or less) plus 2.5% processing. Who pays each fee can be configured in TryBooking.
Features checked October 2026 from each platform’s own help and pricing pages; they change, so check their sites. We list only features One Ticket has. ✗ means a platform’s own pages say it isn’t offered, or describe another way of doing it.
Sources
From TryBooking’s own pages, checked October 2026.
- TryBooking: Pricing · Early bird discounts and staggered pricing · Promotion codes and discounts · Limits capacities and availability · Session times · Customer terms and conditions · Wait lists · How much does it cost to use TryBooking · Terms and conditions · How do I obtain a refund · TryBooking scanning app · Session times new and improved functionality · Email buyers new and improved · Box office app AU NZ UK · Homepage and images · Hidden tickets · Custom forms · Recent upgrades to online events
What you’d save
- 100 tickets at $25: if you absorb TryBooking’s fee, you receive $2,387. On One Ticket you receive $2,500, $113 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $31 more in all on One Ticket than on TryBooking.
- 500 tickets at $50: if you absorb TryBooking’s fee, you receive $24,125. On One Ticket you receive $25,000, $875 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $190 more in all on One Ticket than on TryBooking.
On a one-ticket order at published rates, August 2026. Each ticket counted as its own order.
Switching takes minutes
- Sign up with your email: sign-in is passwordless.
- Create your event: the page, its colours, your ticket types, caps and sales dates.
- Connect your Stripe account so ticket money goes straight to you. Running a free event? Skip this step.
- Share your link, and check people in with your phone on the night.
Something regular? Set it up as a series and add a subscription, so members pay once a week, fortnight or month. There’s no import from TryBooking yet, so set your next event up fresh: it takes minutes.
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Common questions
- Is One Ticket cheaper than TryBooking?
- On a $25 ticket One Ticket’s booking fee is $1.45 and TryBooking’s is about $1.14, so TryBooking’s is lower. And on One Ticket you receive your whole ticket price. On a one-ticket order at published rates, August 2026.
- Who pays the booking fee on One Ticket?
- The buyer, on top of the ticket price. You receive 100% of the price you set, on every ticket and every plan.
- Can I move my events from TryBooking?
- There’s no import yet. Create your next event on One Ticket instead: it takes a few minutes, and you can keep anything already on sale on TryBooking until it’s done.
- Do free events cost anything?
- No. A free ticket costs nobody anything, and the Free plan has no monthly cost.
- Can members subscribe to a regular event?
- Yes. Put the sessions in a series and add a subscription plan billed weekly, fortnightly or monthly. Each subscriber’s ticket for the next session is issued for them before it runs.
Your next event, on One Ticket
Set it up in minutes. You keep 100% of your ticket price, free tickets stay free, and there is nothing to pay to start.