The short answer
Make one event, one link, and let every committee member share it. Every sale shows up as it happens, so the number is known on Wednesday and not after the stubs are counted on Friday.
Tables are a ticket type that admits ten, bought by one parent, who fills in the names or does not. Kids' tickets are a second type. Free tickets for the volunteers cost nothing.
The school's treasurer connects the school's Stripe account once. Every ticket is paid into it directly, refunds come out of it, and nobody on the committee handles cash they have to hand over.
Ready-made template
School Disco Fundraiser
School disco, already set up as an event you can open now. Pick a date and a venue, change what you like, and publish. Nothing is saved until you do, and you can start without an account.
- A student ticket, up to four children an order
- Required name, class, allergies and pick-up
- Scanned at the door so you know who is inside
Which fits your event?
Start from the one requirement that decides it.
| Your main requirement | Start with |
|---|---|
| A gold coin sausage sizzle | A bucket |
| Tables of ten, paid by one parent each | A table ticket that admits ten, on One Ticket |
| A committee where three people sell and one reconciles | One Ticket |
| A raffle | A book of tickets, and the state rules on raffles |
The money goes to the school's own connected account, not through a committee member.
How it works in practice
Raffles and games of chance have their own state rules; this page is about tickets to the night.
| What you set up | What it does |
|---|---|
| One link for everyone selling | Every sale counted as it happens |
| A table ticket that admits ten | One payment, ten seats |
| Kids' and volunteer tickets | Second type; free ones cost nothing |
| The school's own Stripe account | Money never passes through a person |
| The door | Scan on a phone; sell walk-ups from the same list |
One Ticket for a recurring room
Everything below follows from one decision: a series is one object, not a list of dates.
| Feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| Who came back | After every session: how many came, how many had been before, who is new and who has stopped coming, by name, with an address to write to |
| Subscriptions | One subscription covers every session in a series. Each night's ticket is minted ahead of time |
| Paid out | Every ticket is charged to your own Stripe account. A new account is paid out to your bank two days after each event, once guests have said how it went; after a first clean event it is paid out as it sells |
| Fees | No platform fee on the ticket price. The buyer pays a booking fee: a platform tier of 35c to $1.45 a ticket, then 1.5% of the price above $100, plus card processing. On a $25 ticket that is $1.45 all in, so the buyer pays $26.45. Free tickets cost nothing |
| Refund if it changes | Move the date, start time or place after people have booked and every one of them can refund in full, booking fee included, until it starts, whatever your refund policy says. You are warned before you save, and everyone booked is emailed the new details |
| Refund requests | On a case-by-case event the buyer asks from their ticket. You have 3 days to refund or decline; a request nobody answers goes to One Ticket support, and your payouts are held until it is settled |
| Guest ratings | After each event, ticket holders rate it: stars and a few words. From 5 ratings the average shows under your name on every event page, good or bad. Notes are for you alone, and never say who wrote them |
| Scam protection | Every page is read before it can send an email, and our emails carry none of an organiser's own links or phone numbers. A new organiser's money is held until after the event, and anyone can report an event from its page |
| Verified tick | Earned by selling here: 3 past events, 25 tickets, no chargebacks, no ignored refund requests, and an average of 4 stars once there are 10 ratings. A chargeback or an ignored request takes it away at once |
| Block a person | Block an address from a ticket type, for this event or every one after it. No public list, no conversation at the door |
| Your page | Your colours, your title font, your cover. Nobody else's event on it |
| Import | Paste an Eventbrite link and the title, description, date, venue and ticket types come across |
| Not included | A marketplace. There is no search page and no audience to sell into; the people are the ones you bring |
One Ticket
Sell tickets. Keep every dollar.