The Ticket Tailor alternative
Sell the ticket.Fill the room.
Everything you get with Ticket Tailor, plus an app where guests find and follow you. Announce your next night and every follower gets a notification on their phone.
Fees
What you’d keep, every event.
Set your ticket price and how many you sell. Booking fees only: on Covered, card processing is billed separately by Stripe.
You’d keep
£36 more
per event, or £0.12 a ticket
Covered
£0.60
per ticket
Ticket Tailor
£0.72
per ticket, £0.60 per ticket (+VAT), card processing separate
One ticket per order. Ticket Tailor: £0.60 per ticket (+VAT), card processing separate, from its published pricing, October 2026. Ticket Tailor's figure is its published UK pay-as-you-go rate (captured October 2026); prepaid credits (from £0.22 plus VAT) lower the rate for high-volume sellers. Covered: 5% (minimum 30p).
More than tickets
Built to fill the room, not just sell it.
Midnight Sessions
Just announced: Deep House Late, Fri 6 Nov. Tickets on sale now.
Discover
Your regulars hear first. Every time.
Guests find your events in the Covered Discover app and follow your venue or brand. Announce your next night and every follower gets a notification on their phone, no ad spend needed.
- Listed in the Covered Discover app and on coveredplatform.com
- Guests follow you with one tap
- Push notifications the moment you publish
Birthdays this month
142 guests match
Campaign · Scheduled Fri 9am
Your birthday’s on us: a free bottle of prosecco this month
Email marketing
Email your regulars, without Mailchimp.
Every booking adds the guest to your own contact list. Build segments by birthday, age and last visit, then schedule a campaign from your own email address, all inside Covered.
- Your guests, your list: we never market to them
- Birthday, age and lapsed-guest segments
- Plans from £9 a month
Table 6 · Jess’s birthday
4 of 6 in
£45 each · card held
Seated events
Tables, not just tickets. Split between friends.
Set up your room once and every party gets a real table. For groups, one person claims the table and each friend pays their own share. Cards are held until the table fills, so nobody's chasing anyone for money.
- Reusable table plans for your room
- Arrival time slots for dinners and brunches
- Friends each pay their own share
Apple Wallet · built in
Tickets worth keeping.
Every guest gets an Apple Wallet pass that looks like your night, not ours. It updates itself, so a cancelled or refunded booking stops working at the door.
83%
At the door
Booked in a minute. In the door in seconds.
Guests pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay and get a QR code straight away, plus an Apple Wallet pass with your artwork. Your door team scans them in with Covered Entry, free, and one scan checks in the whole party.
- Apple Wallet passes with your branding
- Covered Entry door app, free for your team
- Live check-in counts on the night
Built for every
kind of night.
Clubs
Where “one more song” lasts until sunrise.
Supper clubs
Dinner, but make it a night out.
Live music
For everyone singing louder than the band.
Cocktail bars
Shaken, stirred, sold out.
Bottomless brunch
Starts at noon. Ends… eventually.
Rooftops
Golden hour, best seats in the house.
Festivals
Wellies optional. Wristbands essential.
Things to do
Fireworks, bowling, the lot. Booked ahead.
Side by side
Everything you'd expect, and then some.
| Covered | Ticket Tailor | |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited events and ticket types | ||
| Apple Pay and Google Pay | ||
| Apple Wallet tickets | ||
| Free door-scanning app | ||
| Branded event pages | ||
| Booking on your own website | ||
| Discount codes | ||
| Hidden tickets with unlock codes | ||
| Waitlist for sold-out events | ||
| Add-ons and upsells | ||
| Seating plans | ||
| Time slots | ||
| Scheduled on-sale dates | ||
| Meta Pixel tracking | ||
| Sales reports | ||
| Team access with roles | ||
| Money goes straight into your own account | ||
| Only on Covered | ||
| Guest app for finding eventsCovered Discover, on the App Store | ||
| Push notifications for new eventsTo everyone who follows you | ||
| Email marketing built inSegments by age, birthday and last visit | ||
| Friends each pay their share of a tableCards held until the table fills | ||
| Meta Conversions APIAd tracking that ad blockers can't stop | ||
Ticket Tailor details from its own published pages, October 2026; features we couldn’t confirm there aren’t listed. Ticket Tailor emails each event's ticket buyers and connects to Mailchimp, HubSpot and other email tools for marketing. Covered’s email marketing is a separate plan, from £9 a month.
The money
Covered and Ticket Tailor, in the details.
| Covered | Ticket Tailor | |
|---|---|---|
| When you're paid | ||
| When you're paid | Every Monday, from your first sale | When your payment provider pays out |
| Where the money goes | ||
| Where the money goes | Straight into your own Stripe account | Straight into your own Stripe, PayPal or Square account |
| Fee per ticket | ||
| Fee per ticket | 5% + card processing (minimum 30p) | £0.60 per ticket (+VAT), card processing separate |
| Card processing | ||
| Card processing | Billed separately by Stripe, from 1.5% + 20p | Charged separately by your own payment provider |
Ticket Tailor details from its own help centre and pricing pages, October 2026. Ticket Tailor's figure is its published UK pay-as-you-go rate (captured October 2026); prepaid credits (from £0.22 plus VAT) lower the rate for high-volume sellers.
Questions
Switching, answered.
Is Covered cheaper than Ticket Tailor?+–
For tickets under £14, yes. Above that, Ticket Tailor's fee works out a little lower. What you get for it on Covered is the Covered Discover app, where guests find and follow you, and a push notification to every follower when you announce your next event.
How is Covered different from Ticket Tailor?+–
Both sell tickets with the money going straight into your own account. Covered also puts your events in front of guests: they find you in the Covered Discover app, follow your venue or brand, and get a push notification when you announce your next event. Email marketing with birthday and last-visit segments is built in, and at seated events friends can each pay their own share of a table.
Can I move from Ticket Tailor to Covered?+–
Yes, and there's nothing to migrate. Create your next event on Covered, connect Stripe and share the new link. Tickets you've already sold on Ticket Tailor stay valid there, so most organisers switch from their next event.
How much does Covered cost?+–
Nothing to start and no monthly fee to sell tickets. Covered's fee is 5% + card processing (minimum 30p per ticket), which you can pass on to guests as a booking fee or cover yourself. Card processing is billed by Stripe to your own Stripe account.
Can I take bookings on my own website?+–
Yes. Paste two lines of code and the full booking flow appears on your site, as well as on Covered and in the Covered Discover app.
Your next event, paid as you sell.
Set up an event in minutes. It's free until you sell a ticket.