{
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "sampleCount": null,
  "period": {
    "from": null,
    "to": null,
    "note": "v1 baseline uses Stripe + Eventbrite + Who's In published rates only — no Firestore aggregation yet. Run backend/functions/scripts/stats/stripe-fees-aggregate.js (with admin credentials) to overwrite this file with real per-bucket distribution counts."
  },
  "methodology": {
    "source": "Stripe US standard rate (2.9% + 30¢) + Eventbrite Essentials rate (3.7% + $1.79) + Who's In published platform rate (2.7%, see /pricing)",
    "computation": "take_home = ticket_price - platform_fee - stripe_processing_fee",
    "version": "v1-public-rates",
    "verifiable": "Anyone can verify by visiting stripe.com/pricing, eventbrite.com/help/en-us/articles/3593/eventbrite-fees, and whos-in.app/pricing. The math is reproducible; no proprietary data is required."
  },
  "rates": {
    "stripeUsPct": 0.029,
    "stripeUsFixedCents": 30,
    "whosInPlatformPct": 0.027,
    "whosInPlatformFixedCents": 0,
    "eventbritePct": 0.037,
    "eventbriteFixedCents": 179
  },
  "comparisons": [
    {
      "bucket": "$5",
      "avgGrossCents": 500,
      "whosIn": { "platformFeeCents": 14, "stripeFeeCents": 45, "takeHomeCents": 441 },
      "eventbrite": { "platformFeeCents": 198, "stripeFeeCents": 45, "takeHomeCents": 257 },
      "organiserSavingsCents": 184,
      "note": "On a $5 ticket, Who's In organisers take home $4.41 vs $2.57 on Eventbrite — they keep 71% more of every micro-ticket sold."
    },
    {
      "bucket": "$10",
      "avgGrossCents": 1000,
      "whosIn": { "platformFeeCents": 27, "stripeFeeCents": 59, "takeHomeCents": 914 },
      "eventbrite": { "platformFeeCents": 216, "stripeFeeCents": 59, "takeHomeCents": 725 },
      "organiserSavingsCents": 189
    },
    {
      "bucket": "$20",
      "avgGrossCents": 2000,
      "whosIn": { "platformFeeCents": 54, "stripeFeeCents": 88, "takeHomeCents": 1858 },
      "eventbrite": { "platformFeeCents": 253, "stripeFeeCents": 88, "takeHomeCents": 1659 },
      "organiserSavingsCents": 199,
      "note": "On a $20 ticket, Who's In organisers take home $18.58 vs $16.59 on Eventbrite — a $1.99 saving per ticket. Across 100 tickets that's $199."
    },
    {
      "bucket": "$50",
      "avgGrossCents": 5000,
      "whosIn": { "platformFeeCents": 135, "stripeFeeCents": 175, "takeHomeCents": 4690 },
      "eventbrite": { "platformFeeCents": 364, "stripeFeeCents": 175, "takeHomeCents": 4461 },
      "organiserSavingsCents": 229
    },
    {
      "bucket": "$100",
      "avgGrossCents": 10000,
      "whosIn": { "platformFeeCents": 270, "stripeFeeCents": 320, "takeHomeCents": 9410 },
      "eventbrite": { "platformFeeCents": 549, "stripeFeeCents": 320, "takeHomeCents": 9131 },
      "organiserSavingsCents": 279,
      "note": "On a $100 ticket, Who's In organisers take home $94.10 vs $91.31 on Eventbrite — $2.79 per ticket sold."
    },
    {
      "bucket": "$500",
      "avgGrossCents": 50000,
      "whosIn": { "platformFeeCents": 1350, "stripeFeeCents": 1480, "takeHomeCents": 47170 },
      "eventbrite": { "platformFeeCents": 2029, "stripeFeeCents": 1480, "takeHomeCents": 46491 },
      "organiserSavingsCents": 679
    }
  ]
}