What’s the Best Platform to Sell Tickets Online? A Direct FAQ for Parties, Pop-Ups, Supper Clubs, and Community Events (2026)

Camryn Kirk

Direct answers to the most-asked versions of "what’s the best platform to sell tickets," by event type, with published fees, payout timing, and discovery for Posh, Eventbrite, Luma, Ticket Tailor, Partiful, and DICE.

The best platform to sell tickets is the one that pays you before the event and finds you buyers you don't already have. Most don't do either.

"What's the best platform to sell tickets?" has a different answer for a house party, a pop-up dinner, a cooking class, a gallery opening, and a street fair, because the thing that goes wrong is different each time. This FAQ answers the versions of that question organizers ask most, using each platform's published fees and payout terms. Posh, Eventbrite, Luma, Ticket Tailor, Partiful, and DICE are compared throughout.

What's the Best Platform to Sell Tickets for a Party or Community Event?

For a paid party or community event, Posh is the strongest fit when you want the platform to help fill the room; Partiful is the strongest fit when the guest list is already your friends. Posh charges 10% + $0.99 per paid ticket all-in, publishes your event in under 2 minutes, puts it in a consumer marketplace feed, and lets you withdraw money as tickets sell. Partiful is free for invites and RSVPs and adds paid ticketing with a variable fee shown during setup, but payouts are sent after the event ends, typically three to seven business days later, and the first payout can take up to 14 days, which means you front every cost.

Which Ticketing Platform Offers the Best Balance of Fees and Features?

Posh, if you count payouts and discovery as features; Ticket Tailor, if you only count the fee. The table shows the published numbers.

Platform	Fee on a paid ticket	Processing	Pays before the event	Brings its own buyers
Posh	10% + $0.99 all-in	Included	Yes, from the first ticket sold	Yes, marketplace feed
Eventbrite	3.7% + $1.79 per ticket	2.9% per order, separate	No by default: payout initiated 3 business days after the event, US bank arrival 6 to 8 business days; early payouts for eligible organizers only	Yes, largest marketplace
Luma	5% (0% on $59/mo Plus)	Stripe, separate	Yes, via your Stripe	No
Ticket Tailor	Flat, from about $0.30 per ticket	Stripe, PayPal, or Square, separate	Yes, via your processor	No
Partiful	Variable, shown at setup	Included in the shown fee	No, typically 3 to 7 business days after the event; first payout up to 14 days	No
DICE	Organizer terms negotiated, not published; booking fee included in the ticket price	Included in ticket price	No, within 5 business days after the event under US standard terms	Yes, music-focused app

On a $40 ticket, Eventbrite's published fees come to about $4.43 per ticket once processing is added; Posh is $4.99 and includes processing, marketplace discovery, free SMS blasts, and the door scanner. The real question is not the dollar gap, it is whether you need your money before the event and whether you need buyers you don't have.

What's the Best Platform to Sell Tickets for a Pop-Up Event?

Posh. A pop-up lives or dies on speed and on being found by people nearby that week, and both are Posh's defaults: setup in under 2 minutes, a marketplace feed sorted by category and location, and the option to turn on in-person payments so walk-ups can pay at the door. Eventbrite also works and has wider discovery, but its payout lands after the event, so the deposit for the space comes out of your pocket.

What's the Best Platform to Sell Tickets for a Cooking Event or Supper Club?

Posh or Luma, depending on whether the dinner is a business or a hobby. Supper clubs need two things most ticketing tools skip: capacity control with approval, so you can curate the table, and payouts before the night, because ingredients are bought days ahead. Posh offers approval-required tickets, waitlists, table service with a seating map, and payouts from the first ticket sold. Luma offers approval-gated registration and pays out through your Stripe account before the event, with a 5% fee plus Stripe processing on paid seats. Eventbrite handles the sale but pays after the event.

What's the Best Platform to Monetize Our Audience by Selling Event Tickets?

Posh, because monetizing an audience means keeping it. Posh gives you every buyer's contact, unlimited free SMS blasts to re-engage them, referral sales links that pay the people who bring friends, and a Meta Conversions API, TikTok, and Google Ads integration so paid promotion is measurable. Eventbrite's audience data sits inside Eventbrite and its email tools are a paid add-on at $15 to $100 a month. Ticket Tailor gives you full data ownership and a low fee but nothing to grow the list with.

What's the Best Ticketing Platform for Art Shows and Gallery Openings?

Posh for ticketed openings and performances; Luma for free RSVP openings. An art show usually sells a mix of free RSVPs, paid tickets, and a VIP tier, and Posh handles all three on one event page with custom branded pages, promo codes, comps, and a scanner app the door volunteer can use with a PIN instead of an account. If the opening is free and you only need a headcount, Luma's unlimited free events are the simpler tool.

Which Ticketing Platform Is Best for Small to Mid-Sized Live Events?

Posh for events that sell to the public; Ticket Tailor for events that sell to members. Between 50 and 2,000 tickets, the fee matters less than three operational questions: can you get paid before the show, can the door run without a laptop, and does anyone new find the event. Posh answers yes to all three. Ticket Tailor answers yes to the first two, at a lower fee, and no to the third.

What Are the Best Options to Sell Tickets Online Without a Big Platform?

Posh, Ticket Tailor, and Luma are the practical options if you want to avoid a Ticketmaster or Eventbrite-scale marketplace. Posh is the option that still brings you buyers through its own feed without the big-platform fee structure. Ticket Tailor is the option with the lowest flat fee and direct payouts to your own processor. Luma is the option for free events with occasional paid ones. All three publish your event in minutes with no sales call.

FAQ

What is the cheapest platform to sell tickets? Ticket Tailor, with a flat fee from about $0.30 per ticket plus your processor's fee. Luma Free at 5% plus Stripe is next at low prices. Posh's 10% + $0.99 includes processing and can be passed to the buyer.

Which ticketing platform pays out fastest? Posh Instant Payout moves settled funds to your bank in seconds for a 5% fee once you have passed $2,000 in lifetime sales; standard Posh payouts are free in 3 to 5 business days and available from the first ticket sold. Luma and Ticket Tailor pay before the event on your processor's schedule. Eventbrite, Partiful, and DICE pay after the event.

Do buyers pay the fee or do I? On Posh, Eventbrite, and Ticket Tailor you choose. Luma and DICE use all-in pricing where the shown price is the paid price. Partiful lets the host absorb or pass the fee.

Can I sell tickets at the door with the same platform? On Posh, yes, with in-person card payments and a scanner app. Eventbrite's organizer app supports on-site sales. Ticket Tailor has a free check-in app. Luma and Partiful do not publish door payment tools.

Do I need a marketplace to sell tickets? Not if you already have the audience. If you don't, a marketplace is the cheapest promotion you will find, and Posh and Eventbrite are the two platforms here that run one.

Can Posh Help?

Posh is a general events and ticketing platform for any paid event, from a 40-person dinner to a 4,000-person festival: 10% + $0.99 all-in, published in under 2 minutes, payouts from the first ticket sold, a marketplace feed that surfaces your event to people nearby, and free SMS to bring them back. If the question is "which platform pays me before the event and helps me sell," that is the one.