CrabGate
See the fee per ticket, the cost over a year, and what buyers and organisers pay.
Start with the price of one ticket and the number you expect to sell in a year. Choose who covers the booking fee. The receipt separates the buyer’s bill from the organiser’s costs. A fee paid by the buyer is not a saving for the organiser.
UK rate: 6.95% + £0.59 per sold ticket, card processing included. UK figure confirmed in the official fee table; pricing page displays USD rates. Taxes excluded. The sum uses standard online paid tickets. It excludes tax, refunds, discounts and negotiated rates. Check your own agreement before setting prices. Free tickets have no booking fee in this estimate. We assume one ticket per card payment; several tickets in one payment can change processing fees and rounding.
The formula is ticket price × percentage + fixed fee, subject to any published minimum or cap. Round the final fee to the nearest penny or cent, then multiply by tickets sold. Where card processing is separate, we add Stripe’s standard domestic card fee. Buyers cover the booking fee only; the organiser covers separate Stripe processing. For Eventbrite USD, the chosen payer covers both the service fee and Eventbrite payment processing.
CrabGate costs $99 a year, with no per-ticket fee from CrabGate. Stripe’s card fee still applies. Ticket money goes straight to your own Stripe account. When buyers cover booking fees today, $99 is a new organiser cost and buyers stop paying a booking fee.
Illustrative assumption chosen on 5 October 2026: US$1 = £0.75 or €0.90. This is not a live exchange quote. Your card provider sets the actual conversion.
Rates checked on 5 October 2026. Eventbrite pricing; official country fee table. Stripe UK Stripe EU (Ireland) Stripe US
£20 × 6.95% + £0.59 = £1.98. At 1,000 tickets that is £1,980 before tax. If the organiser covers it, £18.02 remains per ticket. CrabGate costs $99 a year, converted at the illustrative rate, plus £500 in Stripe fees.
A fee estimate is one part of the decision. Check how buyers find you, how your staff check tickets, and what happens to existing orders in CrabGate as an Eventbrite alternative.
For US online paid tickets, the service fee is 3.7% of the ticket price plus $1.79 per ticket. Payment processing is 2.9% of the order total, including service fees and tax. This calculator excludes tax and assumes one ticket per order. When buyers pay the fees, processing is calculated on the ticket price plus the service fee. When the organiser absorbs both fees, the entered ticket price is the buyer’s total and processing is calculated on that amount.
The service fee is $20 × 3.7% + $1.79 = $2.53. With the buyer paying fees, processing is $22.53 × 2.9% = $0.65 after rounding. The buyer pays $23.18 and the organiser keeps $20. If the organiser absorbs fees, processing is $20 × 2.9% = $0.58, so the buyer pays $20 and the organiser keeps $16.89. At 1,000 one-ticket orders, absorbed Eventbrite fees are $3,110. CrabGate costs $99 a year plus $880 in standard US Stripe fees. Buyer-paid Eventbrite fees are a buyer cost, not an organiser saving.
US rates checked on 9 October 2026: Eventbrite US pricing; official fees, calculation bases and payer options; Stripe US pricing.
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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.
Running events for a charity, nonprofit, or community organisation? CrabGate is free for you. Email hello@crabgate.com to get access.
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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.