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Subscribe via RSS- Oct 27, 20266 min read
Eventbrite alternatives: what to actually look for
A checklist for comparing ticketing platforms: fees at your price, payout timing, who owns your customers, branding, check-in, refunds and support.
Read post - Oct 26, 20265 min read
How to avoid high ticket fees when selling online
Where ticket fees actually come from, how to compare platforms at your own ticket price, and how to decide who pays.
Read post - Oct 25, 20265 min read
Selling tickets for a small event without losing your margin
House concerts, workshops and gallery nights run on thin margins. Here is how to sell tickets for them without fees eating the profit.
Read post - Oct 24, 20265 min read
How to set up tiered ticket pricing (early bird, GA, VIP)
A practical guide to early bird, general admission and VIP tiers: how many to offer, how to time them, and who should pay the fee on each.
Read post - Oct 23, 20265 min read
Your event sold out. Here's what to do next
Selling out is the start of a few useful decisions: whether to add capacity, how to keep the people who missed out, and when to book the next date.
Read post - Oct 22, 20265 min read
How to track ticket sales in real time (and what to do with the numbers)
Watching sales pace by ticket type tells you when to push, when to change a tier, and when to leave things alone.
Read post - Oct 21, 20265 min read
How to check in attendees quickly at the door
Fast door entry comes down to enough scanning lanes, phones set up before doors open, and a plan for the moments that slow a line down.
Read post - Oct 20, 20266 min read
How much does event ticketing software actually cost?
Ticketing costs come in layers: the platform fee, card processing, and the quieter costs around hardware and payout timing.
Read post - Apr 26, 20264 min read
How direct payouts work, in 4 minutes
Why every ticket sale on Jamrats goes straight to the organizer's bank, what that means in practice, and what changes if you've used hosted ticketing before.
Read post - Apr 12, 20264 min read
Why we built Jamrats
The platform tax on independent organizers is real money. We built Jamrats because the math wasn't adding up.
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