The short answer
A free ticket already moves the number: it is a thing in the inbox with a date on it, and the reminder the morning of the event goes to everyone holding one. That alone is usually the difference between forty and sixty.
A $10 ticket moves it most. The people who were never coming stop registering, and the ones who come can be refunded at the door if you like, or the $10 can be the first drink. Say which on the page.
A cap with a waitlist turns a cancellation into somebody else's seat, and it tells you something: a waitlist of thirty for a room of eighty is a bigger room next month.
Ready-made template
Founders Drinks
Founders drinks, 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 free ticket, one per person, capped at fifty
- A reminder the day before
- Monthly, with the waitlist on
Which fits your event?
Start from the one requirement that decides it.
| Your main requirement | Start with |
|---|---|
| A drop-in at a bar where numbers do not matter | Nothing; let them come |
| Catering per head and a sponsor watching | A small refundable price, on One Ticket |
| A cap, and people who would have come turned away | A cap with a waitlist, on One Ticket |
| A free event you would just like to feel fuller | A reminder the morning of |
The honest row is the first one: a no-show only costs you when someone is paying per head.
How it works in practice
| What you change | What happens |
|---|---|
| RSVP becomes a free ticket | A date in their inbox, a reminder the morning of |
| A $10 ticket | The never-coming stop registering |
| Refund at the door, or a first drink | Say it on the page; it works either way |
| A cap and a waitlist | A cancellation becomes another seat |
| A message on the day | From Orders, to everyone with a ticket |
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
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