Sell tickets from your own page, paid into your own account
For small events, venues and recurring shows, a ticket marketplace sends your buyers to another company's site. Waitlist App sells tickets from your own storefront and event page, the money goes to your own Stripe account, and your door staff scan QR tickets with the phones they already carry.
What it does
- Create an event in a few minutes. Set the date, an in-person address or a virtual join link, the capacity, and when check-in opens. A short checklist shows what is left before you publish.
- Ticket tiers. Give each tier its own price, quantity, per-order limit and sales window, such as early bird and general admission.
- Assigned seating. Build a seating chart with seat classes such as standard, standing and accessible. Buyers pick their seats on a live seat map, and a seat can never be sold twice.
- Paid to your own Stripe account. Buyers pay through your connected Stripe account and see your business on their card statement.
- QR tickets by email. Each ticket arrives by email with its own QR code and ticket number, plus a ticket page that shows whether it is still valid.
- Scan at the door with a phone. Open the scanner, point the camera, and the guest is checked in. Duplicates, tickets for another event and arrivals before check-in opens are refused.
Where people buy
Your storefront
Tickets are in the same cart as everything else you sell, on your own branded page. Share a link that opens one event directly.
A standalone event page
Each event can have its own page for general-admission sales. Seated events send buyers to your storefront to choose their seats.
At the venue
A tablet at the entrance takes a name and a phone number or email and sends the buyer a link to buy on their own phone. A TV display board can invite people to scan to buy.
Check guests in at the door, then review the event
Door staff scan from any phone, with manual code entry when a phone battery is empty or a screen is broken, and you decide who on your team can check guests in. One scanner can admit several events at the same location. A live count shows sold, checked in and remaining, and the attendee list filters by event and exports to CSV.
The morning after the event, you get a summary: tickets sold and gross per tier, how many came, no-shows, and an estimate of your net after fees.
Guest lists and comps
Issue complimentary tickets yourself, or import a guest list from a CSV or Excel file, including exports from other ticketing tools. Review the import, create the tickets, then send everyone their passes when you are ready. You can also revoke a ticket and reinstate it from your attendee list.
Showtimes and repeat events
Duplicate an event into as many showtimes as you need. Each copy keeps its own tickets and seat bookings, so a Friday and a Saturday show never share seats.
Add a waiver to the purchase
If your event needs a signed release, attach it to the cart and buyers sign it before they pay. See waivers and consent forms.
Why waivers belong inside the checkout, not after it
The traditional approach — handing guests a clipboard at the door or emailing a PDF days before the event — creates two problems. First, it creates a bottleneck at the entrance when dozens of people arrive at once and need to sign before they can enter. Second, it produces an incomplete paper trail: some guests forget, some forms get lost, and you have no easy way to prove who signed what and when.
Embedding the waiver directly into the ticket purchase solves both problems at once. The buyer cannot complete the transaction without reading and signing the release. By the time they arrive at your venue, the signed document is already stored against their order, and your check-in staff can confirm it in seconds rather than hunting through a folder of papers.
Events that commonly need a waiver
Any event that involves physical activity, inherent risk, or the use of personal data beyond a standard purchase is a candidate for an attached waiver. Common examples include:
- Fitness and wellness events — boot camps, yoga retreats, martial arts workshops, and obstacle races where participants may sustain injury
- Adventure and outdoor experiences — axe throwing, rock climbing sessions, escape rooms with physical elements, and guided hiking tours
- Alcohol-involved events — craft beer tastings or wine tours where guests may need to confirm they are of legal drinking age and accept responsibility for their own decisions
- Photography and filming — concerts, classes, or workshops where you plan to photograph or film attendees and need a media release
- Children's activities — camps, classes, or supervised play events where a parent or guardian must acknowledge supervision and emergency-contact terms
What the signed record includes
When a buyer signs during checkout, the system timestamps the signature and ties it to their name, email address, and order number. That linkage matters. If a question ever arises about whether a specific attendee agreed to your terms, you have a verifiable record — not just a stack of paper forms with handwriting that may be illegible or undated.
You can export the full set of signed waivers for any event in one go, which makes it straightforward to share with your insurer or legal counsel if they ever ask for documentation.
Keeping the checkout flow smooth
A waiver does not have to feel like a legal obstacle. Keep the language plain and readable. Break long releases into short paragraphs with clear headings so buyers can actually understand what they are agreeing to, rather than scrolling past a wall of text. Buyers who understand a waiver are less likely to dispute it later, and a clear, honest release reflects better on your event brand than dense legalese.
If you run several events with different risk profiles — say, a low-key trivia night and a high-intensity fitness class — you can attach different waivers to each event rather than using one generic release for everything. That specificity makes your documentation more defensible and signals to buyers that you have thought carefully about their experience.
Free vs paid
Start with a free account. Selling tickets is included with Pro, or you can sell tickets for a single event with a one-time Event Pass. A per-sale platform fee applies to ticket sales, with Stripe card processing included in it, and buyers pay the ticket price with nothing added on top. Current plans and prices are on the pricing page.
Event ticketing FAQ
Where does the money go?
To your own Stripe account. Ticket sales are charged through your connected Stripe account, and your business appears on the buyer's card statement.
Do buyers need an app?
No. They buy in their phone's browser and get their QR tickets by email. Their ticket page shows the QR code and whether the ticket is still valid.
Can I sell reserved seats?
Yes. Build a seating chart for your venue, price each seat class, and buyers choose their seats on a live map.
Can I bring over a guest list from another ticketing tool?
Yes. Import a CSV or Excel export, review it, create the tickets, and send everyone their passes in one step.
Can I sell tickets for more than one date?
Yes. Duplicate the event into showtimes. Each date has its own tickets and seats.
Do buyers get a receipt?
Yes. Every paid sale sends the buyer a receipt by email and text, with the itemised lines and the total.
Which countries and currencies?
Selling tickets needs online payments, which are available in supported countries. Ticket prices are in US dollars today.
What setup looks like
- Create a free account and connect Stripe so you can take payments.
- On Pro, or with an Event Pass, create the event, add ticket tiers or a seating chart, and publish.
- Share your storefront or event link, or print the QR code on your posters.
- On the day, scan tickets at the door from any phone.
