7 reasons organisers choose One Ticket over Luma
- Your price is your takings. You receive 100% of the price you set, on every ticket and every plan. The booking fee is added at checkout for the buyer.
- Walk-ups welcome. Record cash, comps and bank transfers at the door with the box office.
- Built for events that repeat. Run a weekly class or a monthly social as a series on one page. Members subscribe weekly, fortnightly or monthly, and each session’s ticket is issued for them.
- Nothing to remember. You sign in with a link or code sent by email, and your guests book without making an account.
- Check-in from any phone. Scan each guest’s QR code with any phone. There is no app to install, and you can find a guest by name.
- A page that looks like you. Pick your colours, a cover and a button that says Book, Register or RSVP. Guests see your event, not a feed of others.
- 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.
Fee per ticket at each price
| Ticket | One Ticket | Luma | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.94 | $1.10 | One Ticket by $0.16 |
| $20 | $1.37 | $1.91 | One Ticket by $0.54 |
| $25 | $1.45 | $2.31 | One Ticket by $0.86 |
| $50 | $2.14 | $4.32 | One Ticket by $2.18 |
| $100 | $3.51 | $8.35 | One Ticket by $4.84 |
| $150 | $5.14 | $12.37 | One Ticket by $7.23 |
The whole fee on a one-ticket order, platform and card processing. The lower fee at each price is in bold.
One Ticket and Luma side by side
| Compared | One Ticket | Luma |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Fee on a $25 ticket | $1.45 | about $2.31 |
| Fee on a $50 ticket | $2.14 | about $4.32 |
| You receive on a $25 ticket if you absorb the fee | $23.57 on Pro or Team; $25 when the buyer pays it | $22.72 |
| Selling | ||
| Free events: no fee for anyone | Yes: No Stripe account needed | Yes |
| No monthly cost to sell | Yes: The Free plan | Yes: Luma Plus is optional |
| Ticket types with their own price and capacity | Yes | Yes |
| Tickets on and off sale at set times, like an early bird | Yes | Yes |
| Discount codes | Yes: Limited by uses or dates | Yes |
| A limit on tickets per order | Yes: Per order and per person | Partly: no cap per guest with group registration on |
| Repeat events or sessions on one page | Yes: A series on one landing page | Check their site |
| 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 | Yes: You choose the currency |
| 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 | Not that we could find |
| Ticket money paid into your own Stripe account | Yes | Yes |
| Export orders and attendees | Yes: As CSV | Yes: CSV |
| Refunds | ||
| Refund policy shown before purchase | Yes | Yes: A link on the event page |
| Buyers ask for a refund through the platform | Yes: Unanswered ones go to One Ticket support | Check their site |
| Buyers refund themselves within your policy | Yes: Where your policy allows | Not that we could find |
| The door | ||
| QR code tickets by email | Yes | Yes |
| 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: Automatic |
| QR check-in in a phone’s browser, no app | Yes: Any phone, and a door link for volunteers | Yes: From the event’s manage page |
| Box office: cash and comps at the door | Yes: Cash, comps and bank transfers | Check their site |
| Your page | ||
| Your colours and theme on the event page | Yes: A colour theme, cover and display font | Yes: 40+ themes, a colour and a title font |
| Hidden tickets unlocked by a code | Yes | Yes |
| 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: In confirmation and reminder emails |
Luma fees are estimates from its published rates, August 2026: Uses Luma free-plan style pricing (~5% platform) plus a typical card processing estimate. Luma Plus can reduce platform fee to $0. Confirm on Luma.
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. “Not that we could find” means it wasn’t on the pages we checked.
Sources
From Luma’s own pages, checked October 2026.
- Luma: Luma vs Meetup · Luma Plus · Waitlist · Setting up ticket types · Create coupons for paid events · Group registration · Payment methods · Creating a paid event · How to set up your Stripe account · Download guest CSV · Refunding a guest · Check in · iCal syncing · Update to reminders on Luma · Event themes and customization · Unlock codes · Collect registration questions · Google Meet integration
What the buyer pays and you receive
With the fee passed on to the buyer, the organiser receives the whole ticket price.
One Ticket
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.94 | $10.94 | $10.00 |
| $20 | $1.37 | $21.37 | $20.00 |
| $25 | $1.45 | $26.45 | $25.00 |
| $50 | $2.14 | $52.14 | $50.00 |
| $100 | $3.51 | $103.51 | $100.00 |
| $150 | $5.14 | $155.14 | $150.00 |
The buyer pays the booking fee: the organiser receives the full price. On Pro and Team the organiser can absorb it instead.
Luma
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives | If absorbed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $1.10 | $11.10 | $10.00 | $8.91 |
| $20 | $1.91 | $21.91 | $20.00 | $18.12 |
| $25 | $2.31 | $27.31 | $25.00 | $22.72 |
| $50 | $4.32 | $54.32 | $50.00 | $45.75 |
| $100 | $8.35 | $108.35 | $100.00 | $91.80 |
| $150 | $12.37 | $162.37 | $150.00 | $137.85 |
If absorbed: the organiser keeps the price less the fee, with card processing charged on the price alone.
What you’d save
- 100 tickets at $25: if you absorb Luma’s fee, you receive $2,272. On One Ticket you receive $2,500, $228 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $86 less in all on One Ticket.
- 500 tickets at $50: if you absorb Luma’s fee, you receive $22,875. On One Ticket you receive $25,000, $2,125 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $1,090 less in all on One Ticket.
On a one-ticket order at published rates, August 2026. Each ticket counted as its own order.
Why the cheaper one keeps changing
The cheaper one changes 3 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $7.45 Luma is cheaper; from $7.50 to $10 One Ticket is cheaper; from $10.05 to $11.45 Luma is cheaper; from $11.50 to $500 One Ticket is cheaper.
How each fee works
One Ticket
The buyer pays a booking fee at checkout: a platform fee by ticket price ($0.35 up to $5, $0.45 up to $10, $0.70 up to $25, $0.95 up to $50, $1.45 up to $100, then $1.45 + 1.5% of the amount over $100) plus Stripe’s card processing at cost (1.7% + $0.30 on the order). The organiser receives 100% of the ticket price.
Checkout’s own fee: the same on every plan. See One Ticket pricing.
More: How much does One Ticket charge per ticket?
Luma
5% per paid ticket, plus 2.9% + $0.30 card processing on the order.
Uses Luma free-plan style pricing (~5% platform) plus a typical card processing estimate. Luma Plus can reduce platform fee to $0. Confirm on Luma. Rates checked August 2026: confirm current rates on Luma’s own site.
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 Luma yet, so set your next event up fresh: it takes minutes.
Leaving Luma?
Everything that changes when you move: The Luma alternative for regular nights and members.
Common questions
- Is One Ticket or Luma cheaper for a $25 ticket?
- For a $25 ticket, One Ticket’s fee is $1.45 and Luma’s is $2.31, so One Ticket is $0.86 cheaper per ticket. Fees are for a one-ticket order, from published rates checked August 2026.
- Who pays the fee on One Ticket and Luma?
- On One Ticket, the buyer pays the booking fee on top of the ticket price and the organiser keeps 100% of the price. On Pro and Team the organiser can absorb it instead. Luma’s published rates we used don’t say who pays the fee by default: check its own site.
- Are free tickets free on One Ticket and Luma?
- One Ticket charges nothing on free tickets, and its Free plan has no monthly cost. Luma charges no fee on free events. Checked October 2026 on Luma’s own pages.
- At what ticket price does the cheaper one change?
- The cheaper one changes 3 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $7.45 Luma is cheaper; from $7.50 to $10 One Ticket is cheaper; from $10.05 to $11.45 Luma is cheaper; from $11.50 to $500 One Ticket is cheaper.
- Can you check people in without an app on Luma?
- On Luma, yes: its check-in scanner opens from the event’s manage page on the web. On One Ticket, yes: QR check-in runs in any phone’s browser, with nothing to install. Checked October 2026 on Luma’s own pages.
- Is ticket money paid into your own Stripe account on Luma?
- On Luma, yes: you link your own Stripe account, and ticket payments go into it. On One Ticket, yes: ticket money is charged to your own Stripe account. Until your first paid event has gone cleanly, it is paid out two days after each event. Checked October 2026 on Luma’s own pages.
- 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 Luma?
- 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 Luma until it’s done.
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.