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See Why TryBooking Is Chosen Over Eventbrite

Raise extra money for your organisation by running events through TryBooking. All the features and significantly less fees.
See Why TryBooking Is Chosen Over Eventbrite
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We are one of Australia's largest community event ticketing provider

Join our growing community of organisers selling tickets online

Event organisers
150,000+
Event organisers
Weekly events
20,000+
Weekly events
Tickets sold
70 Million+
Tickets sold
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Save a bucket load by moving to TryBooking.

TryBooking has had low, simple pricing for many year. In fact we have only changed pricing once since we started in 2008. Eventbrite on the other hand routinely changes pricing, adding more complexity each time.

One simple transparent pricing

2.5% Processing Fee

50c per ticket fee

Free for Free Events

Forever changing pricing

Upto $159 Monthly Fee

$1.19 Per Ticket Fee 

5.35% Service Fee 

Plus GST

 

Based On The Pro Tier as of 11/12/2023

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Other reasons why everyone is choosing TryBooking

Data Privacy

Data Privacy

We maintain strong data privacy and do not share your ticket buyer information with anyone.

Keep Your Community

Keep Your Community

We don’t market other events to your ticket buyers. Your customers are focussed on your events.

Customer Support

Customer Support

We provide exceptional customer support from one off events to large festivals we here to help.

Don't just take our word for it...

We've already supported thousands of event organisers - here's what some of them have to say about TryBooking.

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Loads of features. No extra cost.

Unlike Eventbrite, we make every feature available to all our event organisers. Take a look at some...

Box Office Application
Box Office Application

Take payments on your own device.

Tabled and seated events
Tabled and seated events

Create custom seating plans at no extra cost.

Unlimited ticket types
Unlimited ticket types

Set up as many tickets as you need for your event.

Email communications
Email communications

Send follow up emails and important updates.

Custom data collection forms
Custom data collection forms

Collect all the data you need during booking.

Embedded website widgets
Embedded website widgets

Let your ticket purchasers buy on your website.

Accounts for team members
Accounts for team members

Keep secure with individual logins for teams.

and much more...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is TryBooking the best alternative to Eventbrite?

Lower Cost, Data Privacy, Free Customer Support To Help You With Your Event!

These are some of the reasons that make TryBooking a better alternative to Eventbrite. TryBooking's focus on events that enrich communities, means that we care about you. We provide free customer support to help you at any step when creating, promoting, selling and running your event. 

All while offering a low cost of only 50c per ticket and a 2.5% processing fee that includes GST. Allowing you to take home more of your hard earned profits from your event.

Why not try us today? Create a event with TryBooking, we promise you won't look back.

How much is Eventbrite compared to TryBooking?

Based on 17 January 2023 Pricing. Evenbrite fees are as follows:

- Ticket Fee: $1.19 per ticket
- Processing fee: of 5.35% plus GST

While TryBooking, as seen on our pricing calculator, is one of the lowest cost online event ticketing system that provides you the quickest and easiest way to start getting more online ticket sales with lowest fees in the industry to keep your event profitable.

We don't hide our fee's you can see our fees down below:

-Ticket Fee: 50c per ticket (charged to the ticket buyer)
-Processing Fee: 2.5% including GST (charged to the event organiser by default)

You can choose to pass all fees to your ticket buyer or choose to accept them all, up to you. We do provide free customer support to help with creating and running your events. 

What percentage does Eventbrite take?

Based on 17 January 2023 Pricing. Evenbrite fees are as follows:

- Ticket Fee: $1.19 per ticket
- Processing fee: of 5.35% plus GST

Compared to TryBooking, who has a flat rate for all users:

- Ticket Fee: 50c per ticket
- Processing fee: of 2.5% (which includes GST)

TryBooking provides a full featured system for free events as well.

Does Eventbrite charge for free events?

Yes, if you sell more than 25 tickets for your event you'll need to pay a per event fee or a monthly fee.

While TryBooking allows you to promote and sell your free events online and offline. All while providing a fully featured system for you to accept donations from your event and collect data from your audience to better understand your audience all while keeping 100% of your rights to your data collected - none of it is taken, unlike the big ticketing companies. 

What makes TryBooking unique to other event ticketing companies?

TryBooking is community orientated ticketing platform that does more than just ticketing. You can use our system to do multiple functions, from registrations, merchandise, taking donations to box office ticketing.

Whether you are looking to create a tabled seated dinners, open space festivals or normal seated venues we have you covered.

Additionally we offer great local customer support for free to take care of any issues you may have when creating and running your event.

TryBooking's focus on community and people is what makes us standout from other platforms. We care about you and your event, no matter how big or small. We are here for you!

How long does it take to get setup?

It takes just a few minutes to create your account and begin creating your first event on TryBooking.

All that's required to get started it a valid email address, ensuring that you will receive the activation email to complete the registration. Once the account has been activated, you can log in and begin creating your event.

With our Create New Event wizard, you'll have your event set up and selling within minutes!

To begin creating your account click Create Seller Account

Can I customise my own event page?

Yes, you can have full customisation of your own event page. We also provide a widget to allow you to place your event page onto your site. Allowing you to have a white label event tickets system simply by making an event.

Are there any costs associated with creating an event?

No, there are no cost associated with creating a event.

There are NO lock-in contracts, sign-up or account maintenance fees, nor any subscriptions.

Fees are only incurred when a paid transaction is processed through your event. Allowing you to run a free event without any cost.

We encourage you to create an account and see for yourself how easy the TryBooking site is to both create and manage your next event or to simply book an event.

 

Can I use TryBooking to sell tickets to private events?

Absolutely! You can make your event private and turn off all social media sharing via the Event Publication. It is at your discretion to share your unique booking URL publicly or privately.

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