Conference ticketing fee calculator
Estimate selected platform fees for your paid tickets, selling period and order size. Checkout Page publishes this tool and is included in the comparison.
- Ticket sales
- $89,700.00
- 300 × $299.00 over 3 months
- Separate-gateway processing
- $2,691.30
- 2.9% + $0.30 × 300 orders; only rows marked “Your gateway rate”
- Lowest total among modeled plans
- $2,898.30
- Luma · Plus · monthly, including processing
| Platform | Charge per ticket | Ticket / booking fees | Subscription | Processing | Estimated total | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LumaPlus · monthly | $0.00 | $0.00 | $207.00 | $2,691.30 | $2,898.30 | $69/month × 3 months; one calendar and 0% platform fee. Activate Plus before sales. Your gateway rate: 2.90% of sales + $0.30 per order. No tax or added buyer fees. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
| Ticket TailorPay as you go | $0.85 | $255.00 | $0.00 | $2,691.30 | $2,946.30 | $0.85 per paid ticket pay-as-you-sell, plus processor fees; prepaid rates depend on the credit pack purchased. 50% discount for registered charities. White label is $49/month including a custom domain; domain-only is $8/month instead. Reserved seating adds one usage credit per reservation. Some CRM integrations cost extra. Payments go to the organizer's processor. Your gateway rate: 2.90% of sales + $0.30 per order. No tax or added buyer fees. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
| Checkout PageScaleOur publisher | $0.00 | $0.00 | $717.00 | $2,691.30 | $3,408.30 | No per-ticket fee. Scale plan at $239/month × 3 months. Sales spread evenly; included-volume plan, without overages or feature upgrades. Your gateway rate: 2.90% of sales + $0.30 per order. No tax or added buyer fees. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-04. |
| RegFoxStandard · Webconnex | $3.98 | $1,194.00 | $0.00 | $2,691.30 | $3,885.30 | $0.99 + 1% per registrant, capped at $4.99 (Standard); $1.99 + 1% capped at $5.99 on Premium and Professional. Badge printing and the attendee app require Premium or Professional, whose paid-registration fee is $1.99 + 1% capped at $5.99. Professional is $499/month billed annually. Entirely free events cost $0.99 per registrant on Standard; comps within paid events are free. Webconnex Payments pays weekly; third-party gateway schedules vary. Webconnex Payments: 2.9% + $0.30 per order. Gateway inputs do not apply; nonpreferred third-party gateways add 1% and are not modeled. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
| HumanitixDefault USD gateway | $16.24Includes processing | $4,872.00 | $0.00 | Included | $4,872.00 | 5% + $1.29 per paid ticket, including processing. Group orders do not reduce the fixed booking charge; a separate Stripe gateway has different pricing. Included in the USD booking fee. Gateway inputs do not apply. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
| pretixHosted | $7.48 | $2,244.00 | $0.00 | $2,691.30 | $4,935.30 | 2.5% of the net ticket price, capped by the vendor at €15; this USD calculator uses an illustrative $16.50 cap (€1 = $1.10), plus payment provider fees; €0.50 per free ticket after the first 500 a year. The self-hosted community edition is free. The vendor cap is €15; the calculator fixes that at $16.50 for illustration rather than using a live exchange rate. Hosted service is for business customers. Your gateway rate: 2.90% of sales + $0.30 per order. No tax or added buyer fees. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
| TitoClassic | $8.97 | $2,691.00 | $0.00 | $2,691.30 | $5,382.30 | 3% per paid ticket (2.5% for eligible charity, community and nonprofit events), capped by the vendor at €25; this USD calculator uses an illustrative $27.50 cap (€1 = $1.10), plus processor fees. Checkout can be embedded with Tito's widget. The vendor cap is €25; the calculator fixes that at $27.50 for illustration rather than using a live exchange rate. No monthly plan. Payments go through the organizer's Stripe or PayPal gateway. Your gateway rate: 2.90% of sales + $0.30 per order. No tax or added buyer fees. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
| EventbriteStandard paid tickets | $12.85 | $3,855.90 | $0.00 | $2,601.30 | $6,457.20 | 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket, plus 2.9% payment processing. Default payout starts processing three business days after the event. Eligible accounts can schedule pre-event payouts, subject to reserves and caps. Eventbrite Pro email marketing starts at $15/month. Eventbrite: 2.9% of the buyer-paid order total, with fees absorbed and no tax. No fixed processing charge; gateway inputs do not apply. Pricing source · Checked 2026-09-05. |
RegFox uses its Standard plan. Euro-denominated caps use the illustrative conversion €1 = $1.10, not a current exchange-rate quote. Checkout Page's plan is selected by included sales volume: Free up to $3,000 a month, then Scale from $99 to $699. Above $150,000 a month this model selects Unlimited at $9,990 per started year; a paid plan with overages may produce a different cost. Subscription fees are not allocated to individual tickets. For mixed ticket prices, calculate each tier separately when a fee cap applies.
Reading the table
Percentage fees grow with revenue until any applicable cap. Fixed per-ticket fees grow with ticket count, while subscriptions depend on the billing commitment and sometimes sales volume. The lowest modeled cost can change with ticket price and selling period. Read the basis column, then check alternative plans with the provider. The ticketing pricing guide explains the models, processing costs and subscription assumptions.
For a per-platform breakdown, see the comparison hub or a specific page such as Eventbrite vs Checkout Page and Tito vs Checkout Page.
Frequently asked questions
- Where do the fees come from?
- Published pricing for the specified US plans, checked on 2026-09-05. Luma compares Free with monthly and annual Plus, charging annual commitments in full. Charity rates, prepaid credit bundles and enterprise quotes are not modeled. Check each row's plan and source before choosing a provider.
- How is payment processing estimated?
- Your gateway inputs apply to Checkout Page, Tito, Ticket Tailor, Luma and pretix. Defaults are 2.9% of ticket revenue plus $0.30 per paid order. Eventbrite retains its published 2.9% with no fixed charge in this absorbed-fee example. RegFox uses the modeled Webconnex rate. Humanitix's default USD fee is bundled per paid ticket, so processing is not added again and group orders do not reduce it. These are estimates, not provider quotes.
- How is the Checkout Page cost calculated?
- The model assumes sales spread evenly over the selling months and selects a plan whose included sales volume covers that amount. It multiplies monthly prices by selling months or charges $9,990 per started year for Unlimited. Paid-plan overages, annual discounts on monthly plans and feature-driven upgrades are not modeled, so this is not necessarily the cheapest possible configuration.
- What if I pass the fee on to buyers?
- The optional column adds the listed per-ticket charge to the ticket price. Humanitix's listed charge includes its bundled processing; other rows exclude separately charged processing. Taxes, subscription allocation and fees charged on other fees are excluded. This arithmetic is not a final checkout quote. Check the provider's settings and applicable fee-display rules before passing charges through.
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