Charity galas, sponsored runs, fundraising auctions, raffle ticketing — all on one free platform with a flat 2.7% fee and no monthly plan. Apple Wallet tickets, sponsor packages, donor records, and Gift Aid acknowledgment built in.
Charity events have a particularly painful ratio: every pound spent on platform fees is a pound less for the cause. Eventbrite charges roughly 6%+ on ticket sales — on a £20,000 fundraiser, that's £1,200+ to the platform. Smaller platforms can be even more.
Who's In charges 2.7% flat, plus Stripe's card processing. Same Apple Wallet tickets. Same Stripe checkout, with one price per event (run VIP or table-of-10 seats as their own event). A £20,000 fundraiser pays roughly £540 in Who's In fees vs Eventbrite's £1,200+.
For donor record-keeping and corporate sponsor packages, the CSV export does the heavy lifting; a Yes/No RSVP question flags who wants Gift Aid (UK), and the declarations themselves go in your own form. Free for free events. 2.7% flat on paid events. No monthly fee.
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400 tickets at £50 each = £20,000 raised. Eventbrite takes ~6% = £1,200 in fees. That's an entire programme grant your charity won't be able to fund this year.
Standard £50, VIP £150 with chef interaction, sponsor table of 10 £1,200, student £25. Each tier has its own capacity and benefits. Most platforms make this clunky or charge per tier.
UK Gift Aid lets you reclaim 25% on eligible donations. You need a tick-box at signup AND an audit-friendly record of who declared what. Most ticketing platforms ignore this entirely.
Bronze sponsor £500 = logo on website. Silver £1,500 = logo + table of 4. Gold £5,000 = logo + table of 10 + speaking slot. Tracking who's at what tier and what they get is a separate spreadsheet.
A flat 2.7% on community-scale charity events. £20,000 fundraiser: £540 platform fee vs Eventbrite's £1,200. The £600+ difference goes to your cause.
One ticket price per event, with a capacity cap and an automatic waitlist. Run VIP or table-of-10 seats as their own event. Apple Wallet pass for every guest.
Add a Yes/No RSVP question to flag who wants Gift Aid, and link your declaration form in the event description. Match declarations to the CSV export of donors (names, emails, payment status and each answer) for your HMRC claim.
Bronze £500 / Silver £1,500 / Gold £5,000 packages, each sold as its own paid event with its benefits described at booking. Apple Wallet pass for every sponsor.
Each guest can add their ticket to Apple or Google Wallet, with the event, date, time and venue address. Reduces "where is it again?" questions on the night.
Total raised, donor list with contact details, and a CSV export for the charity's CRM.
Free Events tier with paid bookings. £25,000 raised, with general (£100), VIP (£200) and table-of-10 (£1,500) seats sold as separate events. 2.7% = £675 vs Eventbrite's £1,500+, with Stripe's card processing on top.
Free Events tier with paid bookings. $12,000 raised. 2.7% = $324 vs Eventbrite's $720+. Apple Wallet bib pass with bib number, start time, fundraising target. Optional Gift Aid / matched giving on each entry.
Studio plan ($15.83/mo annual). Silent auction format with capped seats. 6 corporate sponsor packages (Bronze / Silver / Gold). Apple Wallet pass with the venue address. CSV export of donors + sponsors for the year-end report.
~6% on every ticket. £20,000 gala = £1,200 in fees. Multi-tier ticketing is clunky past 3 tiers. No Gift Aid acknowledgment. No sponsor package workflow.
Donorbox handles donations well but isn't an event ticketing system. You'd still need Eventbrite for the gala — paying both platforms.
Built for peer-to-peer fundraising, not event ticketing. The gala / sponsored run / silent auction format doesn't fit.
“Managing events and waitlist was a breeze, will use regularly. Payments were easy to set up too.”
Real questions from charity fundraiser organizers.
2.7% flat. Apple Wallet tickets. Gift Aid acknowledgment. Sponsor packages. £600+ saved on a £20k event vs Eventbrite.