Why TryBooking is a great alternative to Ticketsource

Compared to Ticketsource, TryBooking has more functionality, a greater focus on privacy, exceptional customer service and of course lower fees.

Our aim is to make planning your event as easy as possible. So we keep things simple, and have support here to help when you need it.

We do this while keeping our fees low, as running an event shouldn't break the bank. Allowing you to take home more of your hard earned profits from your event.

There’s no cost to get started with TryBooking, and we’re totally free for free events.

For paid events, you can choose to use our payment gateway, or link to your Stripe account.

Payments processed by TryBooking

• 5% processing fee (charged to the event organiser by default)
• 15p ticket fee (charged to the ticket purchaser by default)

As an Event Organiser, you have total control over who pays which fees - so you can choose whether to pass them on to your ticket purchaser, or absorb them fully.

Payments processed by Stripe

• 75p ticket fee
• Stripe fees: currently 1.4% + 20p (as of 1st January 2023)

As an Event Organiser, you can choose whether to absorb the ticket fee or pass it on to your ticket purchasers. You can't pass the Stripe fees on.

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 guide, you'll have your event set up and selling within minutes!

To begin creating your account click Create Seller Account.

TryBooking is fully compliant with all information security protocols to ensure the safety of all data stored on our platform.

All data stored on our systems is encrypted using industry standard encryption algorithms, and we are fully compliant with PCI security protocols for the storage of payment data. We never store full credit card information - only storing the last 4 digits to show you which card has been used to make the booking.

We take all reasonable measures to ensure your data is secure. All our data is hosted securely in the United Kingdom. We have several layers of security to prevent against attack, including multi-factor authentication, the use of secure website connections on all pages and firewalls protecting against unauthorised traffic.

We're proud to offer full telephone and email customer support to all our clients, at no extra cost. You can get in touch with one of our friendly team if you have any questions, or even if you just want us to look over your event before going live!

We also have a Learning Centre which is full of step by step tutorials on how to create and make the most of your event.

Unlike other Ticketsource alternatives, we don't require you to use a third party payment processor such as Stripe or PayPal.

Instead, all your funds are automatically added to your TryBooking account balance. Once you've verified your banking details, you can then request to withdraw funds.

Absolutely. We support thousands of event organisers every week with all sorts of events, both big and small - and our system is designed to deal with large volumes of bookings.

Yes! We integrate with a wide variety to make running your event easy. Integrations include analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel and accounting software Xero.

Plus, our open API and webhooks (Notify URL) make it easy for you to build a custom integration to suit your needs.