Want to run events in Canberra? Become an organiser
Free events stay free. For paid tickets, you only pay when you sell. No setup fees, no monthly subscriptions, no surprises.
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List as many free events as you like. No fees, no limits.
3% + 30c
Per online booking, the same for every card.
All amounts are in AUD. The fee is calculated on the booking subtotal and includes one 30c fixed component. There are no setup or monthly fees.
Your call, set per event. Here's what each option looks like for a $50 booking.
The booking fee is shown to the attendee at checkout. You keep 100% of your listed ticket price.
The total on the ticket page is what the attendee pays, whichever card they use.
No paywalled features, no upsells. Every organiser gets the same toolkit.
Polished pages, hero images, maps and accessibility info.
Free, paid, donation, multi-tier and section-based tickets.
Money lands in your bank, not a holding wallet.
Live revenue, attendee counts and breakdowns per event.
Percentage or fixed, with usage caps and expiry dates.
Scan tickets on a phone, no extra hardware.
Sales, attendees, payouts. Take your data anywhere.
Answer questions from attendees right on the event page.
Transfers, refunds, resends and audit history.
Tell attendees what your venue supports up front.
PCI-compliant payments, CSRF protection, audit logs.
Built for Canberra, by people who go to your events.
Honest, side-by-side. We're cheapest on the kind of community tickets Canberra actually runs ($10 workshops, gigs and meetups), and we hold our own at higher prices too.
| Platform | Paid ticket fee | Fee on a $10 ticket | Notable features |
|---|---|---|---|
| canberra.eventsYou're here | 3% + 30c | $0.60 | Canberra-focused discovery, comments and Q&A, accessibility filters, section bookings |
| Humanitix | 4% + 99c | $1.39 | National reach, 2.5% + 50c rate for charities and schools, donates profits |
| Eventbrite | 3.7% + $1.79 + 2.9% processing | $2.45 | Global brand, large search audience, marketing automation |
| TryBooking | 50c + 2.5% processing | $0.75 | National, simple ticketing, no tiers or contracts |
Fees verified from each provider's public pricing page in May 2026: Humanitix (opens in a new tab), Eventbrite (opens in a new tab), TryBooking (opens in a new tab). Eventbrite's figure includes their 3.7% + $1.79 service fee plus a separate 2.9% payment processing fee per order. TryBooking's figure combines their 50c ticket fee with a 2.5% processing fee. Always check current pricing before deciding.
Yes. If you don't charge for tickets, we don't charge you. List unlimited free events with unlimited attendees, no setup fee and no monthly fee.
The fee is 3% + 30c per online booking, the same for every card. It covers taking bookings online, ticket delivery, the sales dashboard, refunds, the door check-in scanner, attendee support and ongoing platform development. There are no additional setup or monthly fees.
No. Card surcharges are banned in Australia from 1 October 2026, and every card pays the same booking fee. The total on the ticket page is what the attendee pays, whichever card they use.
Your choice, set per event. You can absorb the fee (your ticket price is what the attendee pays) or pass it on (the attendee sees a small booking fee added at checkout). Most organisers pass it on, the same way Humanitix and Eventbrite work by default.
Funds settle into your Stripe account on Stripe's standard payout schedule, typically two business days. From there, Stripe pays your bank account automatically. You don't have to wait until after your event.
The tickets are your sale. Add your ABN and GST status under Payouts and your sales figures show the GST in your ticket sales. Buyers get a receipt that shows no GST for tickets and points them to you for a tax invoice. Our booking fee always includes GST. It is our own sale, so for that fee the buyer's document is our tax invoice.
Refunds are available from your dashboard. The customer refund and organiser deduction are shown before you confirm. Organisers cover the original Stripe processing cost for the refunded portion, up to the booking fee available to retain; canberra.events returns the remaining booking fee. We do not add a separate refund fee. Chargebacks follow Stripe's dispute process.
Yes. Sales, attendees, payouts and order history all export to CSV. Your data is yours.
No. Tell us a little about you and the events you plan to run, then organiser access is enabled straight away.
Free events go live in minutes. Paid events take a few extra minutes to connect Stripe, and you're done.