7 reasons organisers choose One Ticket over Ticket Tailor
- 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 Ticket Tailor, the organiser pays its fee by default, and its help centre says it can’t automatically pass all fees on to buyers.
- Subscriptions, not just memberships. Members pay weekly, fortnightly or monthly, and each session’s ticket is issued for them before it runs. Ticket Tailor’s help pages describe memberships as one-off purchases, with a reminder email before they expire.
- 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 Ticket Tailor, web check-in is from the issued tickets list; its help pages document QR scanning in its Check-in app.
- Refund requests in one place. Buyers ask for a refund from their ticket, and one left unanswered goes to One Ticket support. On Ticket Tailor, buyers contact the organiser for a refund unless self-serve is turned on.
- Nothing to remember. You sign in with a link or code sent by email, and your guests book without making an account.
- Paid into your own Stripe account. Ticket money goes 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.
- Nothing to pay on a free night. Free registrations carry no fee for anyone, and the Free plan has no monthly cost.
What Ticket Tailor 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 | Ticket Tailor | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.94 | $0.96 | One Ticket by $0.02 |
| $20 | $1.37 | $1.31 | Ticket Tailor by $0.06 |
| $25 | $1.45 | $1.49 | One Ticket by $0.04 |
| $50 | $2.14 | $2.38 | One Ticket by $0.24 |
| $100 | $3.51 | $4.14 | One Ticket by $0.63 |
| $150 | $5.14 | $5.91 | One Ticket by $0.77 |
The whole fee on a one-ticket order, platform and card processing. The lower fee at each price is in bold.
One Ticket and Ticket Tailor side by side
| Compared | One Ticket | Ticket Tailor |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Fee on a $25 ticket | $1.45 | about $1.49 |
| Fee on a $50 ticket | $2.14 | about $2.38 |
| You receive on a $25 ticket if you absorb the fee | $23.57 on Pro or Team; $25 when the buyer pays it | $23.52 |
| Selling | ||
| Free events: no fee for anyone | Yes: No Stripe account needed | Yes: Up to 5,000 free tickets a year |
| No monthly cost to sell | Yes: The Free plan | Yes: Pay per ticket |
| 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 | Partly: one-off memberships with a renewal reminder |
| Sell in AUD, USD or GBP | Yes: Set per organiser | Check their site |
| Waitlists for sold-out events | Yes: Freed places offered in turn | Check their site |
| 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 | No: You pay its fee; it can’t pass all fees on automatically |
| Ticket money paid into your own Stripe account | Yes | Yes: Stripe, Square or PayPal |
| Export orders and attendees | Yes: As CSV | Yes |
| Refunds | ||
| Refund policy shown before purchase | Yes | Yes |
| Buyers ask for a refund through the platform | Yes: Unanswered ones go to One Ticket support | Partly: buyers contact you, unless self-serve is on |
| Buyers refund themselves within your policy | Yes: Where your policy allows | Yes: If you turn on self-serve |
| 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: You schedule them |
| QR check-in in a phone’s browser, no app | Yes: Any phone, and a door link for volunteers | Partly: check in from the web list; QR scanning is in its app |
| Box office: cash and comps at the door | Yes: Cash, comps and bank transfers | Yes: In its Check-in app |
| Your page | ||
| Your colours and theme on the event page | Yes: A colour theme, cover and display font | Yes: A theme, colours and fonts |
| 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 |
Ticket Tailor fees are estimates from its published rates, August 2026: Uses Ticket Tailor published platform fee of 1.75% + $0.30 per ticket plus a Stripe Australia processing estimate (1.75% + $0.30) shown separately. PayPal/Square may differ. Confirm on Ticket Tailor.
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 Ticket Tailor’s own pages, checked October 2026.
- Ticket Tailor: Pricing · How much does Ticket Tailor cost and how will I be charged · How to manage ticket types and groups · Can I hide tickets for my event · How to create discount codes · How do I limit the number of tickets purchased per order · How to set up a recurring event with time slots · Getting started with memberships · How to pass fees onto your ticket buyers · How to take payments for your tickets · How to print out your doorlist · How can I add a refund policy to my event · I’m a ticket buyer can I get a refund on my tickets · Why can’t my ticket buyer issue their own refund via self serve · What will my tickets look like · How to send announcements to your ticket buyers using email broadcasts · How to manage orders and issued tickets · How to sell tickets in person using the check in app · How to customise your Ticket Tailor box office · How to reveal tickets with a code · How to see answers to your checkout form questions · How do I send ticket buyers the link to join my online event
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.
Ticket Tailor
| Ticket | Fee | Buyer pays | Organiser receives | If absorbed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10 | $0.96 | $10.96 | $10.00 | $9.04 |
| $20 | $1.31 | $21.31 | $20.00 | $18.70 |
| $25 | $1.49 | $26.49 | $25.00 | $23.52 |
| $50 | $2.38 | $52.38 | $50.00 | $47.64 |
| $100 | $4.14 | $104.14 | $100.00 | $95.90 |
| $150 | $5.91 | $155.91 | $150.00 | $144.14 |
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 Ticket Tailor’s fee, you receive $2,352. On One Ticket you receive $2,500, $148 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $4 less in all on One Ticket.
- 500 tickets at $50: if you absorb Ticket Tailor’s fee, you receive $23,820. On One Ticket you receive $25,000, $1,180 more, because the buyer pays the booking fee. With the fee passed on instead, your buyers pay $120 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 7 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $3.70 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $3.75 to $5 One Ticket is cheaper; from $5.05 to $23.55 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $23.60 to $25 One Ticket is cheaper; from $25.05 to $37.60 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $37.65 to $50 One Ticket is cheaper; from $50.05 to $65.95 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $66 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?
Ticket Tailor
1.75% + $0.30 per paid ticket, plus 1.75% + $0.30 card processing on the order.
Uses Ticket Tailor published platform fee of 1.75% + $0.30 per ticket plus a Stripe Australia processing estimate (1.75% + $0.30) shown separately. PayPal/Square may differ. Confirm on Ticket Tailor. Rates checked August 2026: confirm current rates on Ticket Tailor’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 Ticket Tailor yet, so set your next event up fresh: it takes minutes.
Leaving Ticket Tailor?
Everything that changes when you move: The Ticket Tailor alternative for regular nights and members.
Common questions
- Is One Ticket or Ticket Tailor cheaper for a $25 ticket?
- For a $25 ticket, One Ticket’s fee is $1.45 and Ticket Tailor’s is $1.49, so One Ticket is $0.04 cheaper per ticket. Fees are for a one-ticket order, from published rates checked August 2026.
- Who pays the fee on One Ticket and Ticket Tailor?
- 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 Ticket Tailor, the organiser pays its per-ticket fee by default: its help centre says it can’t automatically pass all fees on to buyers, though you can add your own booking fee. Checked October 2026 on Ticket Tailor’s own pages.
- Are free tickets free on One Ticket and Ticket Tailor?
- One Ticket charges nothing on free tickets, and its Free plan has no monthly cost. Ticket Tailor charges no fee on free tickets, up to 5,000 a year. Checked October 2026 on Ticket Tailor’s own pages.
- At what ticket price does the cheaper one change?
- The cheaper one changes 7 times between $1 and $500: from $1 to $3.70 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $3.75 to $5 One Ticket is cheaper; from $5.05 to $23.55 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $23.60 to $25 One Ticket is cheaper; from $25.05 to $37.60 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $37.65 to $50 One Ticket is cheaper; from $50.05 to $65.95 Ticket Tailor is cheaper; from $66 to $500 One Ticket is cheaper.
- Can buyers refund themselves on Ticket Tailor?
- On Ticket Tailor, yes, if you turn on self-serve: buyers cancel their own order up to a cut-off you set. On One Ticket, yes: buyers refund themselves from their ticket wherever your refund policy allows. Checked October 2026 on Ticket Tailor’s own pages.
- Can you check people in without an app on Ticket Tailor?
- On Ticket Tailor, partly: you can check tickets in from the issued tickets list on the web; its help pages document QR 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 Ticket Tailor’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 Ticket Tailor?
- 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 Ticket Tailor 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.