You’ve spent months planning. You’ve booked the bands, wrangled the food trucks, and handled the local permits. Now comes the moment of truth: SELLING TICKETS.
When it comes to community festivals, you have two choices. You can follow the crowd and use a massive corporate platform like Eventbrite. Or, you can choose a partner that actually wants you to KEEP your hard-earned revenue.
At MainGate Tickets, we believe you shouldn’t be penalized for your own success. Why should a ticketing company take a bigger cut just because you’re working harder?
Let’s get real. Let’s look at the numbers. Let’s talk about why MainGate is the SMART CHOICE for your festival.
Eventbrite loves your success. Why? Because they pile on high service fees for every single ticket you sell. The higher your ticket price, the more painful that fee becomes.
It’s a "Success Tax." And it’s OUTRAGEOUS.
Credit card processing? That’s just a normal cost of doing business. Like buying t-shirts for the volunteers or tacos for the band. It exists either way. So let’s talk about the part you can actually control: the ticketing fee.
Look at the math for a standard $50 festival ticket:
Imagine that! On a festival with 2,000 attendees, choosing MainGate saves you about $5,280 in ticketing fees alone. That’s money for better entertainment, more marketing, or a bigger donation to your cause.
Why get crushed by bloated service fees when you can MAXIMIZE your own revenue?
Nothing kills a festival vibe faster than a two-hour wait at the entrance. You’ve seen it. People are hot, they’re cranky, and they’re looking at their watches instead of buying corn dogs.
Eventbrite is a generic platform built for everything from yoga classes to knitting circles. It’s NOT optimized for the high-volume chaos of a community festival.
MainGate was built for SPEED. Our platform gets guests through the gates 4-5 TIMES FASTER than the competition.
Our scanning tools are ROBUST. Whether your staff is using smartphones, tablets, or laptops, our event management tools are designed for one thing: rapid-fire validation.
Strike while the iron is hot! Keep the lines moving and get those people inside where the fun (and the spending) is happening!
You’re an event organizer, not a software engineer. You don’t have time to navigate a labyrinth of settings and "upsell" pop-ups.
Eventbrite’s backend is cluttered. It’s heavy. It’s confusing.
MainGate is REFRESHINGLY SIMPLE. We use a one-page event creation form.
NOT built on WordPress. Our platform is custom-coded for high performance and total reliability. It’s clean, it’s modern, and it just WORKS.
How simple? You can go from "Idea" to "Tickets on Sale" in the time it takes to grab a cup of coffee. AMAZING.
We pride ourselves on TRANSPARENCY. There are NO HIDDEN FEES here.
With MainGate, you have total control over how that $1 fee is handled.
That’s it. MainGate’s only ticketing fee is that flat $1. No bloated service fees. No goofy percentage-based grab. Just honest, low-cost ticketing that builds trust with your community.
Planning a festival requires cash flow. You’ve got deposits to pay and supplies to buy. Why should your money sit in a ticketing company’s bank account for weeks after the event?
We offer FAST PAYOUTS. We get your revenue to you quickly so you can keep the momentum going. No jumping through hoops. No "merchant account" hidden fees. Just your money, delivered fast.
Is your festival a fundraiser? We love that! MainGate features Built-in Fundraisers. A portion of our already low fee goes back to your school, ministry, or non-profit.
We aren’t just a vendor; we’re a partner in your mission. While the big corporate guys are focused on their stock price, we’re focused on helping you reach your goals.
Eventbrite is fine if you like overpaying for features you don’t use and losing a massive chunk of your revenue to "percentage fees."
But if you want:
Then the choice is clear. It’s time to disrupt the status quo. It’s time to take control of your festival’s finances and guest experience.
Ready to see the difference? Create your event on MainGate Tickets today and keep your money where it belongs: in your community!
Let’s get those gates open!
