If you run something that repeats — a u-pick farm, a weekly pop-up, a seasonal attraction — percentage fees don't hit you once. They hit you every weekend, all season.
How to use this tool
- Enter your typical tickets per weekend and ticket price.
- Set how many weeks your season runs.
- Compare a full season of percentage fees against Ticketsmith's service fee plus Stripe processing.
What this calculates
- Total tickets and gross sales across your season.
- Season-long platform fees under a percentage model (service % + fixed fee + processing %).
- Season-long fees at Ticketsmith's service fee plus Stripe card processing.
- The difference — what stays with you instead of the platform.
Why seasons change the math
A $2.78-per-ticket fee feels small on one event. Across 2,400 tickets it's more than $6,500. The platform's costs don't grow because your season went well, so we don't think the fee should either.
Important assumptions
- Estimates assume paid tickets only and that you absorb fees rather than passing them to guests.
- Default fee assumptions reflect Eventbrite's published US rates as of June 2026 (3.7% + $1.79 per ticket service fee, 2.9% payment processing). Canadian rates are slightly lower (3.5% + C$1.29 + 2.9%) — adjust the advanced sliders to match your country.
- Ticketsmith estimates include a service fee capped at $0.99 per paid ticket plus Stripe card processing.
- Stripe's published US online domestic card rate is 2.9% + $0.30 per successful transaction; adjust assumptions for your country, card mix, and currency conversion.
- Taxes, promo discounts, refunds, and chargebacks are not included.
- Platform pricing can change, so verify current rates before publishing final prices.
Next step
Selling one-off events too? Use the Eventbrite Fee Calculator for single events, or the Ticket Pricing Calculator to set break-even and target-profit pricing. And if your whole operation runs on a schedule, see how Ticketsmith works for experiences.