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Event ticketing in Swansea

From rooms like Swansea Arena and Sin City down to pub back rooms and pop-up spaces, the platform question is the same one every Swansea 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 Swansea, not nationally.

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The fee table is national — your maths is local

Every UK platform on the same 150 × £15 event. The rates don't change in Swansea; 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.

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Run your own event's numbers

Fees on a typical Swansea event

Questions Swansea organisers ask

What's the best ticketing platform in Swansea?

There's no Swansea-specific platform worth the name — the national platforms serve every UK city identically. What differs locally is your audience source: if Swansea 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 Swansea 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 Swansea.

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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