CrabGate
Schedule a Series, sell separate dates
Repeat weekly, every two weeks, or monthly. Each date has its own event page, capacity, and orders. Buyers purchase one date at a time; there is no course pass.
Schedule your workshops. Sell each date.
For workshops and training days that run again and again.
Create a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly Series. Each date has its own tickets, capacity, and orders. Manage attendees, email buyers with joining instructions, and check in from a phone. Hosted ticketing for $99 USD a year, plus Stripe’s card fee; we never take a cut.
A free 45-minute setup call with Paul, until 20 December. No card to sign up. You pay when your event goes on sale, and you have 30 days to change your mind. Prefer no call? Sign up and set it up yourself.
Run each workshop date from booking to check-in
You know who's coming before they arrive
Ask what you need at checkout, like experience level or food needs. One person can pay for a whole team and fill in the names later.
Email buyers before the workshop
Preview joining instructions and the recipient count. Send once to each eligible buyer, including free and complimentary orders. Buyers forward the message to other attendees in their order.
Check in and export the date’s records
Scan tickets or find attendees by name in a phone browser. Download orders, tickets, attendee answers, and check-ins as CSV.
Product demo: the ticket shop and check-in
Actual CrabGate screens with fictitious event and attendee data. These examples are not customer endorsements.
A percentage takes more the better you do
Say a place costs $200, and your ticket tool keeps 5%. That's $10 a place.
Twelve people on a date is $120. Run it twice a month, and that's about $2,900 a year.
Fill more places, add more dates, or put your price up, and the tool takes more. It did nothing extra. You did. Over five years, that's about $14,400.
With CrabGate, that line is $99 a year, however many dates you run. Every extra place you fill is yours to keep.
These are estimates. 5% is an example rate, not the rate of any named tool. The full table is further down.
The offer: I'll get your next event on sale with you, free
I'm Paul Bădărău, and I build CrabGate. Until 20 December, I'm setting up every new shop myself. Pick your next real event, and we'll get it on sale together in one 45-minute call.
The call is free. You pay $99 for the year when you put the event on sale. If you don't, you owe nothing.
This offer closes on 20 December. That's 45 days from today. After that, you set up your shop on your own.
And if it doesn't work out? If your first event on CrabGate doesn't go well, email me within 30 days of paying and I'll refund the $99. No form, no argument.
By the end of the call, you'll have
- Your shop, at an address you choose.
- Your Stripe account connected, so ticket money goes straight to you.
- Your next event built, with its ticket types and prices.
- A test order in your inbox, so you've seen what your buyers get.
- A Door Link for whoever checks people in.
Set up your next event
It takes a minute and no card. I get an email the moment you sign up, and I reply within one working day. Your other events stay right where they are.
Running events for a charity, nonprofit, or community organisation? CrabGate is free for you. Email hello@crabgate.com to get access.
More about me: LinkedIn, GitHub, badarau.net, AL+, my agency.
A percentage fee against $99 a year
The 3% and 5% below are example rates, not the rates of any named tool. Find your own rate on your last invoice.
| Price of a place | Example rate | Fee a place |
|---|---|---|
| $50 | 3% | $1.50 |
| $90 | 3% | $2.70 |
| $90 | 5% | $4.50 |
| $200 | 5% | $10.00 |
Your card processor's fee applies either way.
These are example percentage fees in US dollars, not a savings calculation.
What's coming next
On our list
- A seating map. You can sell numbered seats from a list today. A map of the room that buyers pick from comes next.
- Your own domain, logo, and colours. Your shop lives at yourname.crabgate.com today.
- A one-click payment connection. Today we connect your account together on the setup call.
Not yet: waitlists, course passes, memberships, or scheduled reminders.
Need something that isn't here? Tell us at hello@crabgate.com. It shapes what we build next.
Questions from people who run workshops
- Can buyers choose tickets on my website?
- Yes. Embed ticket selection for an Event or a Series on your website. Buyers choose a published future date for a Series, then ticket types and quantities. Buyer details, questions, booking terms, and Stripe payment continue through hosted checkout outside the iframe. Each purchase covers one date.
- How do repeat dates work?
- Set a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly Series and preview its dates. CrabGate creates dates ahead on a rolling eight-date horizon, subject to the Series end date. Each date has separate capacity and orders. Blocked or invalid dates stay visible for review; after fixing them, you must explicitly publish them.
- Who receives workshop messages?
- Each unique buyer email with a valid ticket receives the event message once, including free and complimentary orders. Fully refunded and void orders are excluded. Buyers forward instructions to their guests; messages do not go to each attendee separately.
- How do monthly dates work?
- Monthly dates follow the weekday position, such as the second Thursday. If the first date is the fifth Thursday, later dates use the last Thursday of each month.
- What happens if I change or stop a Series?
- Using an event’s setup for the Series affects only dates not yet created. Stopping the Series stops new dates; it leaves existing dates and orders intact.
- What does it cost besides $99?
- Only your card processor's fee. Today that's Stripe, and we add nothing to it.
- Can one person pay for several places?
- Yes. A buyer can put several places in one order and change the attendee names on the order page until the workshop starts.
- What if someone can't come?
- You can refund their order from the Back Office in a couple of clicks.
- What if it isn't for me?
- The setup call is free, and you pay only when your event goes on sale. If that first event doesn't go well, email Paul within 30 days of paying and he'll refund the $99.
- What if my payment to CrabGate fails?
- Your shop keeps working for a 14-day grace period, so you have time to sort it out. If payment is not restored, your subscription lapses and ticket sales stop. Export your data before we delete your live hosted data, 90 days after your subscription lapses. While we retain your data, you can check in eligible tickets before the event ends.
Planning your next event? Read our workshop registration template.
Run a small room with its own list? Read CrabGate for rooms with an audience. Run a conference? Read CrabGate for independent conferences. The price is on the pricing page.
Your next date could be on sale this week.
A free 45-minute setup call with Paul, until 20 December. No card to sign up. You pay when your event goes on sale, and you have 30 days to change your mind. Prefer no call? Sign up and set it up yourself.