Tavolina

Pricing

One dollar a ticket. That’s the fee.

No percentage of your ticket price, no setup or monthly fees, and free events stay free. Card processing is Stripe’s standard rate, billed to your own account. Add it all up below.

Add up every cost

Most ticket sites quote one fee and whisper the rest. Move the sliders and see all of it, added up, including where a competitor beats us.

Your event

Fixed per-order costs (like Stripe’s 30¢) are shared across the tickets in an order. Galas average about 2; whole tables run higher.

Fees are added to the buyer total; you net full face value.

A $150.00 ticket on Tavolina
Your buyer pays
$155.64
advertised as one all-in price — no checkout surprises
Lands in your bank
$149.97
per ticket, after every fee below
Tavolina takes
$1.00
flat $1.00 per paid ticket — no percentage
Stripe takes (est.)
$4.67
standard card rate (2.9% + 30¢/order), billed by Stripe to your own account

Across 200 tickets: $29,994.00 in your bank account, and Tavolina earns $200.00. Money settles to your own Stripe balance as tickets sell; Stripe pays out on its standard schedule (typically ~2 business days for US accounts).

The same event elsewhere (their most favorable published rates)
PlatformBuyer pays / ticketNotes
Tavolinalowest$155.64tables, floor plan, guest lists included; your own Stripe account
TicketSpice$155.66requires their in-house processor; no table sales
Ticket Tailor$155.87prepaid credits; reserved seats cost 2 credits; no table sales
PromoTix$155.99processing rate not published — excluded here, in their favor
Eventbrite$162.04your money flows through Eventbrite, not your own account

Competitor rates as published on July 15, 2026, most favorable applicable plan, sources: ticketspice.com/pricing · tickettailor.com/en-us/pricing · promotix.com/pricing · eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing. Processing estimated at the standard US card rate where a platform lets you use your own processor. We re-verify on a schedule and correct anything that changed.

The Tavolina column runs the exact math module our checkout charges with — what you see here is what an order charges, to the cent.

The whole bill

Per paid ticket
$1.00

Founding organizers pay 69¢, locked.

Percentage of your ticket price
None
Setup, monthly, or listing fees
None
Free tickets and free events
Free
Card processing
Stripe’s rate

About 2.9% + 30¢, billed by Stripe to your own account. We never touch it.

Refunds
$1 back

We give our fee back when you refund a ticket. Stripe keeps its processing fee. That’s their policy, and we say so.

Chargebacks
$0 from us

Stripe’s dispute fee applies. If you lose a dispute, we return our full fee. We don’t profit from your bad night.

Payouts and currency conversion
Nothing

Your money

Ticket money settles into your own Stripe account as tickets sell, not after the event. Stripe pays out on its normal schedule, typically about two business days in the US. Your money never sits in our account. There is nothing to request and nobody to ask.

If the event flops

No minimums, no monthly bill. An event that sells twelve tickets owes us twelve dollars. An event that sells none owes nothing.

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Pricing questions, answered

What’s the catch on fees?
There isn’t one. $1 per paid ticket, plus Stripe’s card rate which they bill you directly. The calculator above shows every cent, including where a competitor beats us.
When do I get my money?
As tickets sell, into your own Stripe account. Stripe pays out on its standard schedule, typically about two business days in the US.
What if I cancel my event?
Refund your buyers from the dashboard, full or partial. We give our fee back on refunded tickets. Stripe keeps its processing fee; that’s their policy.
Do free events cost anything?
No. Free tickets are free, always. You only ever pay the flat dollar on a paid ticket.

69¢ a ticket, locked.

Founding organizations keep that rate for good. It locks before public launch, then it’s gone.

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