Pricing
You choose who pays.
Pass the booking fee to your guests and it covers Covered's fee and standard card processing, so you keep the full ticket price. Or absorb it and keep slightly less of each ticket. Free events cost nothing either way.
- 5% + Stripe card processing
- 30p minimum
- No monthly fee to sell tickets
On a £20 ticket
Where the money goes.
Guest pays
£21.52
You keep
£20.00
Covered's fee
£1.00
Your guest sees a £1.52 booking fee before they pay. It covers Covered's £1.00 and Stripe's card processing on standard UK cards, so the full £20.00 reaches you.
Included on every event
One fee. Everything in.
No tiers and no ticketing add-ons. Every event gets the full toolkit from your first ticket.
Paid every Monday
Into your own Stripe account, while you're still selling.
Apple Wallet passes
Your artwork on every ticket.
Door scanning app
One scan checks in the whole party.
Apple Pay & Google Pay
On every checkout.
Table plans
Seated events with real tables.
Group bookings
At seated events, friends each pay their own share.
Discount codes & secret links
For your regulars and your crew.
Waitlist
Fills every cancellation.
Calculator
Your event, your numbers.
You keep
£2,000.00
£20.00 per ticket × 100
How we compare
What guests see, per ticket.
- Ticket Tailor£0.72
- Covered£1.52
- Eventbrite£1.98
- Fatsoma£2.00
- Skiddle£2.27
- Fixr£2.58
Estimates from each platform's publicly published booking or service fee as of August 2026 unless stated, per ticket with one ticket per order, rounded to the nearest penny; actual fees depend on event type and each platform's current terms. Covered's figure is the booking fee guests see at checkout when it's passed on, which includes card processing at Stripe's standard UK rate (1.5% + 20p). Eventbrite's and Fixr's fees include card processing; Skiddle's, Fatsoma's and Ticket Tailor's are their published booking fees, and card processing may sit on top. Fixr and Ticket Tailor publish their fees before VAT, so theirs are shown with 20% VAT added; the others are shown as published. Fixr's figure includes its separate per-order transaction fee, so it may be lower for guests buying several tickets at once. 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.
Who pays Stripe's card processing fee?+–
Stripe bills it to your own Stripe account. When your guests pay the booking fee, it includes Stripe's standard UK card rate (1.5% + 20p), so it covers it. Amex and international cards cost a little more, and that difference comes out of your payout. If you absorb the booking fee, Stripe's processing comes out of your payout.
Is there a monthly fee?+–
Not for ticketing: nothing to start and no monthly fee. Sending email marketing campaigns is an optional paid monthly plan.
What happens to the booking fee if I refund a booking?+–
Your guest gets the ticket price back. The booking fee isn't refunded, and neither Covered's fee nor Stripe's processing fee is returned on a refund.
Is there a minimum fee?+–
Covered's fee is 5% of the ticket price paid, after any discount, with a minimum of 30p per ticket. The minimum only makes a difference on tickets under £6.00.
Are free events really free?+–
Yes. Free tickets have no booking fee and no card payment, so nothing is charged to you or your guests.
Free to start. Ready when you are.
Set up your first event in minutes. No monthly fee to sell tickets.