The Eventbrite alternative that pays you before your event
Eventbrite holds your ticket money until after the event and takes a cut of every sale. Checkout Page runs on your own Stripe account, so you get paid as tickets sell.
Free up to $3K in monthly sales. No credit card needed.
More than an event ticketing platform
Everything you sell on Eventbrite, plus what it can't do: memberships, digital products, lead capture forms and donations. One platform, on your own Stripe account.
Event tickets and check-in
Ticket tiers, QR-coded tickets emailed after purchase, and a free check-in scanner that runs on any phone.
Subscriptions and memberships
Turn one-time attendees into recurring members, with a self-serve customer portal.
Digital products
Sell the recording, the workbook or the course. Files delivered instantly.
Lead capture forms
Collect RSVPs and attendee details, synced to your email tools and CRM.
Donations and pay what you want
Flexible pricing, one-time or recurring.
Your own Stripe account
Everything runs on Stripe: payments, subscriptions, taxes and payouts, in your account.
Discount codes
Early bird pricing, member rates and group deals, with rules you set.
Why organizers switch from Eventbrite
On a $25 ticket, Eventbrite takes $3.52 and makes you wait until the event is over. Checkout Page starts free and pays your Stripe account as tickets sell.
Switching from
Eventbrite
Their marketplace, their merchant account, their timeline
- In the US, 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket plus 2.9% payment processing
- Eventbrite is the merchant on every sale
- Payout 3 business days after your event ends
- 20% of net sales held in reserve until then
- Instant Payouts charge a 3% fee, up to $40, to reach your money early
- New organizers cannot be paid until after their first event
Switching to
Checkout Page
Your checkout, your customers, your money as it sells
- Free up to $3K in monthly sales, then volume-based plans from $29/mo
- Payments go straight to your own Stripe account
- Get paid as tickets sell, on your Stripe payout schedule
- No reserve, no fee to reach your own money
- Your brand on every step of the checkout
- First-time organizers get paid the same way as everyone else
You might not need a marketplace
Eventbrite says roughly 30% of tickets sold come from its discovery marketplace, and claims around 92 million monthly active users. Take that seriously: if strangers finding your event is how you fill seats, discovery is worth paying for. But discovery only helps events open to strangers. If you sell to an audience you already have, you pay marketplace fees for demand you generated yourself, and you wait until after the event to be paid.
Pay for discovery only if you need it
A $25 ticket costs $3.52 in Eventbrite fees whether the buyer came from the marketplace or from your own mailing list. Checkout Page is free up to $3K in monthly sales, then volume-based plans from $29/mo, so what you pay tracks your size instead of your ticket count.
Get paid as tickets sell
Ticket money lands in your own Stripe account and pays out on your normal schedule, so you can book the venue and pay the deposits with the revenue the event already earned. No reserve held back, no waiting for the doors to close.
You own the attendee relationship
Attendees, subscriptions and payment history live in your Stripe account. If you ever leave, everything stays with you.
Your Stripe account
Add checkouts to your website or share a payment link
Your checkout works wherever your customers are, with or without a website.
Embedded checkout
Add a checkout to your website with a copy-paste snippet. Works with any site builder.
Payment pop-up
Open a checkout on top of your page, so customers pay without leaving your site.
Hosted payment page
A branded page for your products at its own URL. Start selling without a website.
Payment link
Send a link in a bio, DM, email, or QR code, and customers pay on the spot.
Custom domains
Put your checkout pages and payment links on your own domain.
- $2M+
- in monthly sales processed
- 200K+
- monthly checkout views
- 16K+
- stores running on Checkout Page
Checkout Page vs Eventbrite at a glance
Both sell tickets and check guests in with QR codes. The difference is whose account the money lands in, and when.
| Capability | Checkout Page | Eventbrite |
|---|---|---|
Payment processing Who processes the sale and holds the funds | Your own Stripe account | Eventbrite is the merchant |
When you get paid Eventbrite pays out 3 business days after the event ends | As tickets sell | After your event |
Pricing US rates. In the UK it is 6.95% + £0.59 per ticket, processing included | Free up to $3K/mo, then from $29/mo | 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, plus 2.9% |
Reserve held back Eventbrite holds 20% of net sales until the final payout | None | 20% of net sales |
Free events Both are free for free tickets | Yes | Yes |
Ticket check-in with QR codes | Yes | Yes |
Event discovery marketplace Eventbrite lists your event to its own audience | No | Yes |
Subscriptions and memberships | Yes | No |
Digital products and file delivery | Yes | No |
Lead capture forms | Yes | No |
Switch in an afternoon
No migration project. Rebuild your events, connect Stripe and point your ticket links at the new pages.
- 1
Create your event pages
Rebuild your events with their ticket tiers, dates, capacity and the attendee details you collect at checkout.
- 2
Connect your Stripe account
Connect Stripe for secure payment processing. Every ticket pays out directly to you, on your own schedule.
- 3
Redirect your links
Swap the ticket links on your website and in your emails. Attendees see your brand at every step.
"I did my research when looking for a way to sell event tickets. I did the math forward and backward, short term and long term to see what the best way would be. Checkout Page came out at the top of my list. When I began to use the platform, it was extremely easy to set up."
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before switching from Eventbrite.
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