South African event ticketing

Tickets that
cost you less.
Period.

EventU all-in is 5,9%. The rest goes to the people who built the night. No setup fees, no surprise add-ons, no near-8% service charge buried in the fine print.

Explore eventsSell tickets on EventU
  • PCI Level 1 · via Paystack
  • Card data never touches us
  • T+1 daily ZAR settlement
  • Public REST API · /v1
  • Signed webhooks · HMAC-SHA256
  • RLS on every tenant table
  • POPIA-compliant by design
  • 30-min seat reservation hold
  • CPA-aligned refund policy
  • Built in South Africa

Upcoming · South Africa

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Payout calculator · live

How much do you actually keep?

Same turnover, three platforms. Drag the sliders — the numbers update every frame. No login, no estimate request, no email-us-a-quote.

TurnoverR 150 000,00
Orders100
Guests pay / orderR 1 500,00
Competitor 110.63% all-in
You’d receiveR 134 047,50
  • Commission · 4.9% × VATR 8 452,50
  • Booking · R7,50 / ticketR 7 500,00
Competitor 27.88% all-in
You’d receiveR 138 187,50
  • Commission · 5%R 7 500,00
  • Banking · 2,5% × VATR 4 312,50
EventU5.90% all-in
You’d receiveR 141 150,00
  • EventU · 3%R 4 500,00
  • Paystack rails · 2,9%R 4 350,00
vs Competitor 1+R 7 102,50
vs Competitor 2+R 2 962,50

Pricing as published 2026-05.
Competitor 1: 2,4% + 2,5% (ex VAT) + R 7,50/ticket on R 100+ tickets. Competitor 2: up to 5% commission + 2,5% banking (+ VAT). EventU 3% + 2,9% Paystack rails, all-in.

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What’s on

Empty wood-floored hall lit warmly from above

Sokkies & socials

0 upcoming
Concert stage with overhead rig lights

Music

0 upcoming
Empty theatre interior with rows of seats

Comedy & shows

0 upcoming

Pre-launch quote

“We sold out two Vastrap nights in 36 hours. The 5.9% is real — I checked the ledger line by line. Paystack settled the next morning, the API let us drop tickets straight into our own site, and refunds for the comp list took us 90 seconds. Nothing on the local market comes close.

Marco — Vastrap Sokkieklub

Founding organiser · Pretoria + Cape Town

Safe resale

Ticket sold out?
Join the queue, not a scalper.

First listed, first sold. Capped at face value × 1.5. The seller’s bank is verified before the listing goes live. The ticket only releases when door staff scan you in — failed scan, full refund within 3 working days.

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For organisers

Sell tickets like you mean it.

  • 01Flat 5.9% all-in. 3% EventU + ~2.9% Paystack. No tiers.
  • 02Self-serve onboarding in under 10 minutes.
  • 03Public REST API + webhooks for your own stack.
Start selling
POST/v1/events
{
  "name": "Vastrap · Pretoria",
  "starts_at": "2026-03-14T19:00:00+02:00",
  "venue": "Hartfield Christian Centre",
  "capacity": 450,
  "tiers": [
    { "name": "General", "cents": 18000 },
    { "name": "VIP",     "cents": 45000 }
  ],
  "fee_pct": 3.0,
  "published": true
}
200 OK · 142ms · evu_live_…View API docs

Questions, answered

The fine print, in plain English.

Why 5.9%? What's actually in that number?

Two parts: ~2.9% Paystack rails (the cost of moving the money) plus 3% EventU (our slice for the platform, support, payouts, resale, the API, gallery, marketing tools). 5.9% is the all-in number an organiser pays per sold ticket. There are no tiers, no setup fees, no per-event minimums.

Who pays the fee — me or the buyer?

Your call. Most organisers absorb it inside the ticket price. A few pass it on as a transparent line item. The 5.9% is calculated on gross, not on net — see the Pricing page for the worked example.

How fast do I get paid?

Paystack settles to your verified bank account on a daily cycle (T+1 business day for most banks). EventU doesn't sit between you and your money — we never custody the funds.

What happens if I want to refund a ticket?

Refunds are honoured per the policy you set on your event (CPA-aligned templates included). You issue from your dashboard, Paystack reverses the charge to the buyer, and our 5.9% on that ticket comes back too. No restocking fee, no admin charge.

Can I bring my own checkout / use the API?

Yes. The public REST API exposes events, tiers, availability, transactions, tickets, and webhooks. Self-serve token + webhook signing in the dashboard. Use it to sell on your own site and have us settle the rails.

What about resale?

Built in. First listed, first sold, capped at face value × 1.5. The seller's bank account is verified before the listing goes live, and the ticket only releases when a door staff member scans the buyer in. Failed scan = full refund within 3 working days.

POPIA compliantPaystack securedCPA-aligned refundsBuilt in South Africa