Sell tickets without platform fees
Ticketing without the ticketing tax
Every mainstream ticketing platform monetizes the same way: a slice of every ticket, paid by you or your fans. Eventbrite takes 3.7% + $1.79 + processing. Luma takes 5%. Posh passes ~10% to fans. DICE's booking fees can approach a third of face value. It's the ticketing tax — and it scales with your success.
The alternative model is flat: pay for software like software, keep ticket revenue like revenue. showhatch charges a flat $25–100/month at founding pricing (50% off list $49–199) regardless of volume, with checkout running on your own Stripe account — so the only per-transaction cost is Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢ processing, which you'd pay on any platform, anywhere.
Break-even is almost immediate: on the $25 founding Solo plan, the flat fee equals the platform fees on roughly 9 Eventbrite tickets at $25. Everything after ticket ~9, every month, is money you keep. Run your own numbers in the fee calculator.
"No fees" — precisely defined
- $0 platform fee per ticket — showhatch takes nothing from ticket sales, ever.
- Card processing still exists — Stripe charges its standard 2.9% + 30¢. It goes to Stripe, on your account, same as any honest setup. Anyone advertising "truly zero cost" ticketing is hiding processing somewhere.
- Flat subscription — founding pricing $25–100/month depending on plan (50% off list), pause at $15/mo between seasons, cancel any time from the self-serve portal.
What the flat fee buys
A complete white-label storefront: your brand on your own subdomain or domain, ticket tiers and packs, VIP table deposits with minimum-spend handling, QR door check-in, guest list and comps, promoter links with attribution, CSV export of your entire audience, email campaigns, and SEO + ad pixels wired in from day one.
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Put your next show on your own turf.
Branded storefront, tickets + VIP tables, QR check-in, promoter links. $0 platform fee — payouts to your own Stripe.
Frequently asked
Is 'no-fee ticketing' really possible?
Platform fees, yes — $0. Card processing, no: Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢ applies on your own Stripe account, exactly as it would for any online sale. The difference is nobody takes a platform cut on top.
Who pays Stripe's processing fee?
You can absorb it in your ticket price or configure pass-through — either way it's Stripe's published rate on your own account, not a platform markup.
What if I only run a few events a year?
Pause your plan at $15/month between shows — your storefront, SEO, and audience list stay live — then resume when the next date is booked.
How do payouts work?
Ticket money settles directly to your Stripe account on Stripe's standard payout schedule. showhatch never holds your funds.
Related reading
- Ticketing Fee Calculator 2026: Eventbrite vs DICE vs Posh vs Luma vs showhatch
- Eventbrite Alternative for Independent Artists & Promoters ($0 Per-Ticket Fees)
- White-Label Ticketing Platform for Artists, DJs & Promoters
- How to Sell Tickets on Instagram: Link-in-Bio Storefront That Converts
Comparisons reflect vendor-published pricing and capabilities as of July 2026 and simplify plan variations — verify each vendor's current terms. showhatch charges a flat monthly subscription and $0 per ticket; card processing runs on your own Stripe account at Stripe's standard rates.