Posh vs Ticket Tailor (2026): Flat Fees vs All-In Pricing, Payouts, and Discovery

Ticket Tailor is the cheapest way to sell tickets to people who already know you. Posh is the cheapest way to sell tickets to people who don't.

Ticket Tailor and Posh sit at opposite ends of the same decision. Ticket Tailor charges a small flat fee per ticket and sends the money straight to your own Stripe, PayPal, or Square account, and in exchange it does nothing to find you buyers. Posh charges a percentage, includes processing, and puts your event in front of a consumer marketplace, with SMS, referral links, and door tools built in. This comparison uses each platform's published pricing and help documentation so you can do the math for your own event.

What Is the Difference Between Posh and Ticket Tailor?

Ticket Tailor is a low-fee, self-service box office for organizers who drive their own demand; Posh is a general events and ticketing platform that sells tickets, pays you from the first sale, and brings its own audience. Ticket Tailor's pricing is a flat usage fee per paid ticket, starting around $0.30 in the US, with processor fees on top. Posh is 10% + $0.99 per paid ticket all-in, with processing included and the option to pass the fee to the buyer.

How Much Does Ticket Tailor Cost vs Posh?

Ticket Tailor is cheaper per ticket on paper, and the gap is real at any volume if you never need discovery, SMS, or door payments. The catch is the second line on the invoice: Ticket Tailor's fee does not include card processing, so Stripe's roughly 2.9% + $0.30 or the equivalent from PayPal or Square lands on top, and white label is a separate $49 per month.

On a $40 ticket: Ticket Tailor costs roughly $0.30 plus about $1.46 in Stripe, around $1.76. Posh costs $4.99, which you can pass to the buyer so your $40 stays $40. The $3.23 difference is what you are paying Posh for marketplace reach, free SMS, referral links, instant payouts, and door tools. Whether that is worth it depends entirely on whether you need to find new buyers.

When Do You Get Paid on Ticket Tailor vs Posh?

Both pay before the event. Ticket Tailor never holds your money: ticket revenue goes directly to your connected Stripe, PayPal, or Square account after each purchase, and that processor's payout schedule applies, which Ticket Tailor describes as about 7 days for Stripe, next day by default for Square, and variable for PayPal. On Posh, sales settle into your Available balance within 24 to 48 business hours, standard payouts are free and arrive by ACH in 3 to 5 business days on a Daily or Manual schedule, and Instant Payout moves funds to your bank in seconds for a flat 5% once your organization has passed $2,000 in lifetime sales.

If you already run a Square account that pays next day, Ticket Tailor's payout speed is excellent. If you do not, Posh's instant option is the faster path to cash for a deposit.

Does Ticket Tailor Help You Sell Tickets?

No, and it does not claim to. Ticket Tailor is for organizers who already have the audience and want to collect money with the least friction and the lowest fee. Posh runs a consumer marketplace feed that surfaces events by algorithm and by category, a "Market My Event" toggle that pushes your event into that feed and across partner distribution, unlimited free SMS blasts to past buyers, and referral sales links that pay the people who bring you buyers. For a first event in a new city, or a format that depends on strangers finding it, that is the whole difference.

Which Platform Has Better Event Tools?

Ticket Tailor covers the basics well: QR e-tickets, a free mobile check-in app, promo codes, custom booking fees, embeddable sales, and API-issued tickets. Posh covers the basics and the night itself: ticket tiers, promo codes, guest lists and comps, waitlists, approval-required tickets, ticket transfers, table service with a seating map, Affirm installments, in-person card payments at the door, a scanner app with a shareable door PIN so staff never need an account, and Meta Conversions API, TikTok, and Google Ads tracking.

Who Should Use Ticket Tailor?

Ticket Tailor fits cost-conscious organizers with a built-in audience: a membership that renews, a venue with a mailing list, a workshop series, a school or club. If every ticket you sell comes from your own channels and you want the lowest possible fee with money landing in your own processor, Ticket Tailor is hard to beat on price.

Who Should Use Posh?

Posh fits organizers who need the platform to do part of the selling and most of the operations: parties, nightlife, festivals, dinners, fitness, fashion, pop-ups, and community events where new buyers, fast payouts, and a smooth door decide the night. Posh is a general events and ticketing platform; the common thread is paid events where growth matters.

FAQ

Is Ticket Tailor cheaper than Posh? Yes, per ticket. Ticket Tailor's flat fee plus processor fees usually totals under $2 on a $40 ticket; Posh is $4.99 all-in on the same ticket and can be passed to the buyer. The difference buys discovery, SMS, referrals, instant payouts, and door tools.

Does Ticket Tailor charge the buyer a fee? Not by default. There is no mandatory buyer fee; you can add your own booking fee to cover costs. Optional buyer refund protection is 8% of the ticket price.

Which pays out faster? It depends on your processor. Square via Ticket Tailor can be next day; Stripe via Ticket Tailor is about 7 days. Posh standard payouts take 3 to 5 business days and Instant Payout takes seconds for a 5% fee.

Can I use Ticket Tailor and Posh together? Yes. Some organizers keep Ticket Tailor for member-only events and list public events on Posh for the marketplace. Posh also lets you list an event that checks out elsewhere, so a Ticket Tailor event can appear in the Posh feed.

Does either platform lock my attendee data? No. Ticket Tailor emphasizes attendee data ownership and exports; Posh exports attendees and lets you message them directly by SMS.

Can Posh Help?

If your events need to be found as much as they need to be sold, Posh is built for that: 10% + $0.99 all-in, setup in under 2 minutes, payouts from the first ticket sold with an instant option, and a marketplace of people looking for events like yours. If every buyer already knows you, Ticket Tailor's flat fee is the honest answer.

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