What do booking fees really cost your fans?
Every major UK ticketing platform's fees — verified at source where possible, computed at real price points, and honest about what can't be verified. Built for organisers who'd rather do arithmetic than take a brand's word for it.
A real checkout shape: £3.96 of fees on two £20 tickets.
On a zero-fee platform the same order is £40.00.
The whole market, one event
Twenty platforms computed on the identical event — 100 tickets at £20 — sorted by how verifiable each rate is, then by cost. Click any platform for its full fee file.
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.
Fee curves, not fee claims: percentage structures climb with your ticket price, flat fees don't, and £0 is a horizontal line at the bottom.
Sixty-second check
Your price, your volume, the published-rate market — no email address required.
Every platform on file
Each file: the verified rate, worked examples at six price points, strengths, costs and alternatives.
Tickts
Zero-fee self-service
Fee file →Ticket Tailor
Flat-fee self-service
Fee file →TicketCo
Flexible / event commerce
Fee file →Outsavvy
Community & LGBTQ+ events
Fee file →LINE-UP
Music & club
Fee file →Humanitix
Social enterprise
Fee file →FIXR
Student & nightlife
Fee file →Billetto
European marketplace
Fee file →Fatsoma
Student & nightlife marketplace
Fee file →TicketSource
Community & amateur theatre
Fee file →Eventbrite
Self-service marketplace
Fee file →WeGotTickets
Indie & grassroots
Fee file →Skiddle
Club, dance & festival marketplace
Fee file →DICE
Mobile-first music marketplace
Fee file →Resident Advisor
Electronic music
Fee file →EventCreate
Corporate & conferences
Fee file →Ticketmaster
Full-service / major venues
Fee file →See Tickets
Full-service
Fee file →DesignMyNight
Hospitality & nightlife
Fee file →Ents24
Discovery
Fee file →The research library
What are ticketing fees?
Every charge in the checkout, named and priced.
Read →FEES EXPLAINEDHidden booking fees
The six places costs hide — and the law that now chases them.
Read →PRICING STRATEGYAbsorb vs pass on fees
The conversion maths behind ticketing's oldest dilemma.
Read →MONEYVAT on ticketing fees
Why '+VAT' rates are 20% dearer than they read.
Read →RESEARCHThe 2026 UK Fees Audit
19 platforms audited: who publishes pricing, who hides it.
Read →CASH FLOWPayout speeds compared
Who holds your money between the sale and your bank.
Read →Questions people ask
How much are ticketing fees in the UK?
At a typical £20 ticket in 2026, published rates run from £0 (Tickts) to £2.27 per ticket (11% of face value) — before the quote-only platforms, which can be higher still. Every figure on this site is sourced and dated.
Who actually pays the booking fee?
Whoever the platform points it at — fans at checkout (most marketplaces) or organisers from their payout (flat-fee platforms). Economically it's the same pool of money: fans respond to the total price either way.
Are your numbers independent?
They're transparent: this site is built by Tickts Ltd, whose zero-fee platform appears in the tables. Every competitor rate is tiered by verifiability — verified at source, as published, or quote-only — and dated, so the maths stands on its own.
How often is the data updated?
Last full review: 2026-07-26. Each platform page carries its own verification date and a link to the source, and we re-verify when platforms change their pricing pages.
See what £0 booking fees look like
Tickts charges fans nothing on top of face value. Organisers keep 100% of the ticket price, paid straight to their own Stripe account.
Try Tickts free →DISCLOSURE: THIS SITE IS BUILT BY TICKTS LTD — EVERY COMPETITOR FIGURE IS SOURCED & DATED ANYWAY