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Event ticketing in Cardiff

Cardiff is Wales' events hub, from Clwb's grassroots stages to Depot's warehouse parties. From rooms like Clwb Ifor Bach, Tramshed and The Depot down to pub back rooms and pop-up spaces, the platform question is the same one every Cardiff organiser faces: the national marketplaces charge their percentage whether or not they bring a single local buyer, while your actual audience mostly arrives through local channels — your list, the venue's following, the city's what's-on groups. Price the fee against what the platform genuinely contributes in Cardiff, not nationally.

The fee table is national — your maths is local

Every UK platform on the same 150 × £15 event. The rates don't change in Cardiff; what changes is which ones earn their keep.

Platform & published rateRelative costFees on 150 × £15

Verified at source

Tickts£0 booking fees

£0.00ZERO FEES

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

£108.004.8% OF FACE VALUE

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

£157.507.0% OF FACE VALUE

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

£208.899.3% OF FACE VALUE

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

£222.939.9% OF FACE VALUE

Eventbrite6.95% + 59p per paid ticket

£244.8710.9% OF FACE VALUE

Skiddle10% + 27p per ticket (min £1)

£265.5011.8% OF FACE VALUE

As published

TicketCo~3% commission (as published)

£67.503.0% OF FACE VALUE

LINE-UP~5% commission (as published)

£112.505.0% OF FACE VALUE

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

£123.755.5% OF FACE VALUE

Billetto5% + 29p per ticket (as published)

£156.006.9% OF FACE VALUE

Fatsoma5% + 49p per ticket (as published)

£186.008.3% OF FACE VALUE

WeGotTickets10% fan-side booking fee (as published)

£225.0010.0% 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.

Run your own event's numbers

Fees on a typical Cardiff event

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Questions Cardiff organisers ask

What's the best ticketing platform in Cardiff?

There's no Cardiff-specific platform worth the name — the national platforms serve every UK city identically. What differs locally is your audience source: if Cardiff buyers find events through a marketplace you're considering, its fee buys reach; if they come through local channels, zero-fee or flat-fee rails keep the difference.

Do any platforms have Cardiff discovery?

Skiddle and Fatsoma have genuine regional traffic for nightlife in larger cities; Facebook groups and local what's-on media usually outperform platform discovery for everything else in Cardiff.

What fees will my fans pay?

From £0 to 12%+ of face value depending on platform — the table above computes every published rate on the same event so the spread is visible.

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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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