Cost ranking

The cheapest ticketing platform, computed

'Cheapest' changes with your ticket price — fixed fees punish cheap tickets, percentages punish dear ones, and £0 punishes nobody. Here's the ladder at real price points.

Data reviewed 2026-07-26Rates tiered by verifiability

Cheapest at every price point

The cheap tier isn't one platform — it's a ladder that reorders slightly with your ticket price. Computed, not asserted:

Ticket price	Cheapest three (fee per ticket)
£8	Tickts (£0.00) → TicketCo (£0.24) → LINE-UP (£0.40)
£15	Tickts (£0.00) → TicketCo (£0.45) → Ticket Tailor (£0.72)
£25	Tickts (£0.00) → Ticket Tailor (£0.72) → TicketCo (£0.75)
£50	Tickts (£0.00) → Ticket Tailor (£0.72) → TicketCo (£1.50)

The pattern is stable: £0 beats everything everywhere (Tickts), flat fees (Ticket Tailor) beat percentages as prices rise, and minimum fees (Skiddle's £1) ambush anything under a tenner.

The full market, computed

Platform & published rateRelative costFees on 100 × £15

Verified at source

Tickts£0 booking fees

£0.00ZERO FEES

Ticket Tailor60p + VAT per ticket PAYG (credits from 22p + VAT)

£72.004.8% OF FACE VALUE

TicketSource7% incl VAT (min 25p) — or 4.5% + VAT via your own Stripe

£105.007.0% OF FACE VALUE

Humanitix4.67% + 46p per paid ticket (excl VAT)

£139.269.3% OF FACE VALUE

FIXR4.99% + 49p + VAT per ticket (3.99% student/charity)

£148.629.9% OF FACE VALUE

Eventbrite6.95% + 59p per paid ticket

£163.2510.9% OF FACE VALUE

Skiddle10% + 27p per ticket (min £1)

£177.0011.8% OF FACE VALUE

As published

TicketCo~3% commission (as published)

£45.003.0% OF FACE VALUE

LINE-UP~5% commission (as published)

£75.005.0% OF FACE VALUE

Outsavvy3.5% + 30p per ticket (as published)

£82.505.5% OF FACE VALUE

Billetto5% + 29p per ticket (as published)

£104.006.9% OF FACE VALUE

Fatsoma5% + 49p per ticket (as published)

£124.008.3% OF FACE VALUE

WeGotTickets10% fan-side booking fee (as published)

£150.0010.0% OF FACE VALUE

Quote-only — negotiated, not comparable

DICEQuote-based (fans typically pay ~10–12%)

quote-based

Resident AdvisorQuote-based (fans typically pay ~10%)

quote-based

EventCreateTiered plans (~3.5% standard, as published)

quote-based

TicketmasterQuote-based (fans typically pay 10–15%+)

quote-based

See TicketsQuote-based (fans commonly pay ~10% + fulfilment)

quote-based

DesignMyNightQuote-based / venue-dependent

quote-based

Ents24Discovery service — partner fees apply

quote-based

Figures computed from each platform's stated rate (2026-07-26 data review). Where a rate excludes VAT it is shown grossed-up at 20%. Card processing paid to Stripe/PayPal applies similarly on most platforms and is excluded. Quote-only platforms can't be computed — their rates are negotiated.

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Questions people ask

What's the cheapest way to sell tickets online UK?

Tickts at £0 booking fees, with card processing at Stripe's cost — the same processing every platform incurs. Next tier: Ticket Tailor prepaid credits from 22p + VAT per ticket.

Is cheap ticketing worse ticketing?

Not structurally — zero and flat-fee platforms run the same Stripe rails and QR scanning as the marketplaces. What you give up is marketplace discovery, which only matters if it genuinely brings you buyers.

Why do fees include VAT in your tables?

Because several platforms quote ex-VAT rates (60p + VAT is 72p real). We gross everything up so the comparison is honest — sources and dates on every figure.

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Tickts charges fans nothing on top of face value. Organisers keep 100% of the ticket price, paid straight to their own Stripe account.

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