The Ticket Tailor alternative that's free for organisers
Ticket Tailor charges you for every ticket you sell, and your card processor charges you too. On Stage Stubs, buyers pay one booking fee with card processing included, so you get the full ticket price, and our team builds your seating plan for free.
- Stage Stubs
- Buyer pays£14.04
- You get£13.00
- Our booking fee of 8% per ticket (minimum 25p) is paid by the buyer, with VAT and card processing included
- Ticket Tailor
- Buyer pays£13.00
- You get£11.88
- Their fee of £0.60 + VAT and your card processing, paid by you
Ticket Tailor vs Stage Stubs at a glance
| Feature | Stage Stubs | Ticket Tailor |
|---|---|---|
| Booking fee per paid ticket | ||
| Booking fee per paid ticket | 8% per ticket (minimum 25p), VAT included | £0.60 + VAT, pay as you go |
| Who pays it | ||
| Who pays it | The buyer, on top of the ticket price | You, unless you add a booking fee of your own |
| Card processing | ||
| Card processing | Included in the fee | Your own Stripe, PayPal or Square fees (Stripe: 1.5% + 20p) |
| On a £13 ticket | ||
| On a £13 ticket | Buyer pays £14.04, you get £13.00 | Buyer pays £13.00, you get £11.88 |
| On a seated £13 ticket | ||
| On a seated £13 ticket | The same: you get £13.00 | Their fee twice: you get £11.16 |
| Seating plans | ||
| Seating plans | Built for you by our team, free, for paid events | You build it, and each seated ticket pays their fee twice |
| When you're paid | ||
| When you're paid | Every week while tickets sell, once Stripe has your details, you've sold 20 paid tickets, 14 days have passed since your first sale and you've asked for payouts | As you sell, into your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account |
| Door scanning app | ||
| Door scanning app |
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Ticket Tailor's fees as Ticket Tailor publishes them, checked 30 October 2026. These figures are for the United Kingdom.
What one ticket costs
One ticket at three prices typical of shows in the United Kingdom. On Stage Stubs the buyer pays our fee and you get the full price; on Ticket Tailor you pay their fee and your card processing.
£10 ticket
| Stage Stubs | Ticket Tailor | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | £10.80 | £10.00 |
| You get | £10.00 | £8.93 |
| Fees | £0.80 | £1.07 |
£13 ticket
| Stage Stubs | Ticket Tailor | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | £14.04 | £13.00 |
| You get | £13.00 | £11.88 |
| Fees | £1.04 | £1.12 |
£16 ticket
| Stage Stubs | Ticket Tailor | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | £17.28 | £16.00 |
| You get | £16.00 | £14.84 |
| Fees | £1.28 | £1.16 |
Seated show? Ticket Tailor charges its fee twice for a seated ticket, so ours costs less up to £25 a ticket (£21 if you're VAT registered), and it's your buyers who pay it, never you.
One ticket in an order, unreserved. Ticket Tailor's fees as they publish them, checked on 30 October 2026: £0.60 + VAT per ticket on pay as you go (twice for a seated one), and card processing: your own Stripe, PayPal or Square fees (Stripe: 1.5% + 20p). Their fee's VAT is added at 20%, which you can reclaim if you're VAT registered. From £15 an unreserved ticket, their fees come to less than ours, paid by you.
Everything your show needs
All included, all free for organisers.
They choose their seats
Send us your venue's layout and our team builds your seating plan, free. Your audience picks their own seats, so nobody argues on the night.
Prefer general admission? Sell unreserved tickets instead.
No fee for you, either way
Same booking fee for buyers, either way
Seating plans are included on paid events
Every way to pay
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay and Google Pay, all through Stripe's secure checkout.
Secure checkout
Tickets on their phones
E-tickets arrive by email straight away and save to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. No printing, no lost tickets.
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Free ticket scanning app
Check tickets in on your phone at the door, add helpers to scan with you, and sell any spare seats on the night for cash or with your own card machine.
Every performance in one place
Matinees, evening shows and extra dates, each with its own tickets, seats and sales.
Sales, live on your phone
See every booking as it happens in the organiser app, and download attendee lists and sales reports any time.
Your audience comes back
People who follow you are emailed when you announce your next show, so every show starts with a crowd.
Programmes and extras
Sell programmes, raffle tickets or merchandise alongside the tickets, all in one checkout.
Plus
- Scan tickets offline when the venue has no signal
- Buyers can send tickets to family and friends, each with its own QR code
- "Add to calendar" in every booking email, so fewer people forget
- A waiting room keeps big on-sales fair and orderly
- Undo a check-in if the wrong ticket gets scanned
- Reminder emails win back buyers who left tickets in their basket
- Discount codes for groups, friends and early birds
- Adult, child, family and concession prices
- Sponsors' adverts on every e-ticket
- A ticket page of your own to share anywhere
…and much more.
What are you waiting for?
Your first show could be on sale in as little as 5 minutes.
Why organisers choose Stage Stubs over Ticket Tailor
You keep the full ticket price
Buyers pay our booking fee on top of the price, with card processing included, so a £13 ticket pays you £13. On Ticket Tailor, their fee and your card processing come out of your takings unless you add a booking fee of your own.
We build your seating plan
Send us your venue's layout (a sketch, PDF, picture or spreadsheet) and our team builds the plan for free, usually within a working day. On Ticket Tailor you build the chart yourself, and each seated ticket pays their fee twice.
Is Ticket Tailor ever the better choice?
For a few things, yes. Ticket Tailor may suit you better if:
- You need checkout on your own website, or a white-label box office.
- You sell memberships, season passes, bundles, gift cards or online events.
- You need waiting lists, or buyers paying by PayPal, Klarna or bank transfer.
- You're a registered charity: Ticket Tailor takes 50% off its fee.
- You'd buy their prepaid credits, which cost less than paying as you go: from £0.22 + VAT a ticket.
- Your tickets cost £15 or more and aren't seated (£13 if you're VAT registered), where their fees come to less than ours, though you pay them rather than your buyers.
For most shows, concerts and events in person, Stage Stubs comes out ahead
Nothing to pay to sell, card processing included and a seating plan built for you.
Moving from Ticket Tailor
There's no fixed term or notice to give, so you can move at your next event.
- 1 Create your free account. It takes a few minutes.
- 2 Add your event. For a seated show, add your venue's layout and we'll build the plan.
- 3 Share your event's link. Buyers book on any phone or computer, with no account.
Bookings already made on Ticket Tailor stay there: we don't import them.
Talk to us about moving
We'll help set up your next event, seating plan included.
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