7 reasons organisers choose One Ticket over Sticky Tickets
- Keep every dollar of your price. Set a $25 ticket and you receive $25. The buyer pays a small booking fee on top, so there is nothing to absorb.
- Paid into your own Stripe account. Ticket money is charged to your own Stripe account, with no payout fee from us. Until your first paid event has gone cleanly, it is paid out two days after each event. Sticky Tickets pays ticket revenue into your bank account after the event, less booking fees.
- Check-in without an app. Scan each guest’s QR code in your phone’s browser, with nothing to install, or find a guest by name. On Sticky Tickets, browser check-in is by search or a barcode scanner; its help pages document phone camera scanning in its Check-in app.
- Reminders sent for you. Every guest gets a reminder email the day before and the morning of, sent automatically. Sticky Tickets’ help pages describe reminders you send or schedule yourself, and messages can carry a fee.
- 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.
- Free events stay free. A free ticket costs nobody anything: no fee for you or your guests, and you don’t need Stripe connected to run one.
What Sticky Tickets does is from its own help and pricing pages, checked October 2026: see the table below.
Fee per ticket at each price
| Ticket | One Ticket | Sticky Tickets | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.94 | $1.50 | One Ticket by $0.56 |
| $20 | $1.37 | $1.50 | One Ticket by $0.13 |
| $25 | $1.45 | $2.50 | One Ticket by $1.05 |
| $50 | $2.14 | $3.50 | One Ticket by $1.36 |
| $100 | $3.51 | $4.50 | One Ticket by $0.99 |
| $150 | $5.14 | $4.50 | Sticky Tickets by $0.64 |
The whole fee on a one-ticket order, platform and card processing. The lower fee at each price is in bold.
One Ticket and Sticky Tickets side by side
| Compared | One Ticket | Sticky Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Fee on a $25 ticket | $1.45 | about $2.50 |
| Fee on a $50 ticket | $2.14 | about $3.50 |
| You receive on a $25 ticket if you absorb the fee | $23.57 on Pro or Team; $25 when the buyer pays it | $22.50 |
| 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 |
| Discount codes | Yes: Limited by uses or dates | Yes |
| A limit on tickets per order | Yes: Per order and per person | Yes: Per order |
| 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 | Yes: You can include it in your price instead |
| Ticket money paid into your own Stripe account | Yes | No: Paid into your bank account after the event, less booking fees |
| Export orders and attendees | Yes: As CSV | Yes: CSV, Excel or PDF |
| Refunds | ||
| Refund policy shown before purchase | Yes | Yes |
| Buyers ask for a refund through the platform | Yes: Unanswered ones go to One Ticket support | Yes: From My Tickets |
| 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 | Partly: you schedule them, and messages can carry a fee |
| QR check-in in a phone’s browser, no app | Yes: Any phone, and a door link for volunteers | Partly: search or a barcode scanner in a browser; camera scanning is in its app |
| 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 | 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: The link in the confirmation email |
Sticky Tickets fees are estimates from its published rates, August 2026: Uses Sticky Tickets published all-inclusive booking fee tiers (includes Visa/Mastercard processing). Confirm current rates on Sticky Tickets if your volume plan differs.
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. “Not that we could find” means it wasn’t on the pages we checked.
Sources
From Sticky Tickets’ own pages, checked October 2026.
- Sticky Tickets: What about free events · Sticky Tickets event pricing guide · Creating different ticket types · How do I create an event · Create event · Organisers outside Australia · Add waiting list · Exclude booking fees · Ticket revenue payout schedule · Available event report downloads · Refund policy · E-ticket and receipt · Add to calendar settings daily weekly monthly · Email and SMS reminders · How do I use the check in attendees tab · Offline sales · Design your own event and organiser page · Data collection from attendees · How to send Zoom or streaming links to your guests
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.
Sticky Tickets
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives | If absorbed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $1.50 | $11.50 | $10.00 | $8.50 |
| $20 | $1.50 | $21.50 | $20.00 | $18.50 |
| $25 | $2.50 | $27.50 | $25.00 | $22.50 |
| $50 | $3.50 | $53.50 | $50.00 | $46.50 |
| $100 | $4.50 | $104.50 | $100.00 | $95.50 |
| $150 | $4.50 | $154.50 | $150.00 | $145.50 |
If absorbed: the organiser keeps the price less the fee.
What you’d save
- 100 tickets at $25: if you absorb Sticky Tickets’ fee, you receive $2,250. On One Ticket you receive $2,500, $250 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $105 less in all on One Ticket.
- 500 tickets at $50: if you absorb Sticky Tickets’ fee, you receive $23,250. On One Ticket you receive $25,000, $1,750 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $680 less in all on One Ticket.
On a one-ticket order at published rates, August 2026. Each ticket counted as its own order.
The price where it flips: $130.35
The cheaper one changes once between $1 and $500: from $1 to $130.30 One Ticket is cheaper; from $130.35 to $500 Sticky Tickets 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?
Sticky Tickets
A booking fee by ticket price: $1.00 up to $9.99, $1.50 up to $24.99, $2.50 up to $49.99, $3.50 up to $99.99, $4.50 up to $149.99, 2% + $1.50 above $149.99.
Uses Sticky Tickets published all-inclusive booking fee tiers (includes Visa/Mastercard processing). Confirm current rates on Sticky Tickets if your volume plan differs. Rates checked August 2026: confirm current rates on Sticky Tickets’ 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 Sticky Tickets yet, so set your next event up fresh: it takes minutes.
Leaving Sticky Tickets?
Everything that changes when you move: The Sticky Tickets alternative built for events that repeat.
Common questions
- Is One Ticket or Sticky Tickets cheaper for a $25 ticket?
- For a $25 ticket, One Ticket’s fee is $1.45 and Sticky Tickets’ is $2.50, so One Ticket is $1.05 cheaper per ticket. Fees are for a one-ticket order, from published rates checked August 2026.
- Who pays the fee on One Ticket and Sticky Tickets?
- 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. On Sticky Tickets, the booking fee is added on top of your ticket price and paid by the buyer by default; you can include it in your price instead. Checked October 2026 on Sticky Tickets’ own pages.
- Are free tickets free on One Ticket and Sticky Tickets?
- One Ticket charges nothing on free tickets, and its Free plan has no monthly cost. Sticky Tickets charges nothing for free events. Checked October 2026 on Sticky Tickets’ own pages.
- At what ticket price does the cheaper one change?
- The cheaper one changes once between $1 and $500: from $1 to $130.30 One Ticket is cheaper; from $130.35 to $500 Sticky Tickets is cheaper.
- Can you check people in without an app on Sticky Tickets?
- On Sticky Tickets, partly: its Check-in Attendees tab works in a browser, by search or with a barcode scanner; its help pages document phone camera scanning in its Check-in app. On One Ticket, yes: QR check-in runs in any phone’s browser, with nothing to install. Checked October 2026 on Sticky Tickets’ own pages.
- Is ticket money paid into your own Stripe account on Sticky Tickets?
- On Sticky Tickets, no: its help centre says ticket revenue is deposited into your nominated bank account at the end of your event, less booking fees. 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 Sticky Tickets’ 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 Sticky Tickets?
- 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 Sticky Tickets 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.