Ticketing + promotion for independent promoters

Active promoters

5

Events on the calendar

2

Tickets sold

$2,699.61

Why us

Built different. Built free.

Everything you need to sell out a show. Zero cost to start. Eventbrite charges 3.5% + $1.79 per ticket — we charge a fraction of that, and there is no monthly fee.

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Free, forever.

$0/month to create an account. No setup fees, no contracts, no surprises. Pay only the per-ticket platform fee on what you actually sell. Buyers see one clean total at checkout.

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Stripe pays you direct.

Sales deposit straight into your bank account on Stripe's standard payout schedule. We never hold your money. No "we'll release funds after the show" games — pay your DJs on time.

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Door tools that work.

Mobile QR scanner that works in basements, warehouses, and back rooms with bad cell signal. Manual check-in fallback when the network is gone. Built for the venues we actually play in.

How it works

Up and selling in 15 min.

1

Connect Stripe

Sign up, link your bank via Stripe Connect Express. We never touch your money — Stripe pays you directly.

2

Drop your event

Title, date, venue, ticket types, capacity. Get a public sales page at a clean URL you can share anywhere.

3

Get paid, scan at door

Payouts hit your bank in ~2 days. On show night, scan QR codes from buyers' phones with our mobile scanner.

Vs the big platforms

You keep more — and you keep your tools.

Most platforms hit you twice: a per-ticket cut AND a monthly fee or a paid tier to unlock the tools you actually need. We don't. Same $25 face value across every row below — here's the real cost of doing business.

How fees compare on a $25.00 ticket

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Every tool, every promoter

Most platforms charge a monthly fee or tier-lock the tools you need. We don't.

Per-ticket fees are only half the story. Custom event pages, full buyer list, webhooks, door scanner, team accounts — all included on the free account here. Compare what you'd actually spend each month below.

Platform

Per ticket

Extra you pay

Stripe

You receive

BuzzHive Free account

$1.49

—

$1.03

$22.48

Ticket Tailor

$0.65

—

$1.03

$23.32

Posh

$0.99

—

$1.03

$22.98

Universe

$1.49

—

$1.03

$22.48

The Ticket Fairy

$1.74

—

$1.03

$22.23

Cooler Tickets

$0.75

—

$1.03

$23.22

TicketWeb

$1.75

—

$1.03

$22.22

Brown Paper Tickets

$1.87

—

$1.03

$22.10

Eventbrite Essentials

$2.72

tools tier-locked

$1.03

$21.25

See Tickets

$2.50

—

$1.03

$21.47

AXS

$3.25

—

$1.03

$20.72

Eventbrite Pro

$3.47

$79/mo

$1.03

$20.50

Resident Advisor

$1.75

—

$1.03

$22.22

DICE

$2.13

tools tier-locked

$1.03

$21.84

Ticketmaster

$6.25

tools tier-locked

$1.03

$17.72

What's included on the BuzzHive free account

No tier upgrade unlocks anything — because there isn't one. You get the whole platform.

Custom event pages (logo, colors, hero)
Full buyer list + CSV export, anytime
Webhooks for Discord / Slack / Zapier
Mobile QR door scanner (works offline)
Multi-user team accounts (owner / admin / scanner)
Discount codes + capacity caps + sales windows
Print-a-QR door pass for walk-up sales
No monthly fee, ever

On most other platforms the items above sit behind a paid tier or a per-event upcharge.

Every tool, every promoter

The whole platform. No tiers.

Every tool below comes with the free account. Custom event pages, full buyer-list export, webhooks, the door scanner, multi-user teams — not gated, not "upgrade to unlock," not held hostage. You pay the per-ticket platform fee only on tickets you actually sell, and that's it.

Selling & checkout

✓ Unlimited events
✓ Unlimited ticket types per event (GA, VIP, early bird, etc.)
✓ Capacity caps, min/max per order, sales-window scheduling
✓ Buyer pays one clean total — no hidden service fees
✓ Fully customizable public event page (logo, colors, copy, hero image)
✓ Clean shareable URLs (/e/your-event-name)
✓ Refunds and partial refunds with one click

Money & payouts

✓ Stripe Connect — sales deposit straight to your bank
✓ ~2 business-day payouts, never held until after the show
✓ Lower fees than Eventbrite, DICE, or TicketLeap
✓ $0/month, no setup cost, no contracts, cancel anytime
✓ Pass fees to buyers or absorb them — your call
✓ Real-time payout + fee dashboard

Door & show night

✓ Mobile QR scanner that works in bad-signal venues
✓ Manual check-in fallback when the network is gone
✓ Duplicate-scan detection so nobody sneaks back in
✓ Multi-user accounts so your door crew has their own logins
✓ Per-ticket-type scan counts at the door

Buyers, data & tools

✓ Direct buyer email + name + phone on every order
✓ CSV export — your list is yours, no upsell
✓ Webhooks for plugging into Discord, Slack, Mailchimp, Zapier
✓ Automatic ticket-delivery emails the moment payment clears
✓ Full help guide and step-by-step onboarding

Start free

Stripe processing (2.9% + $0.30) is separate and capped by Stripe — same on every platform. · Read the help guide

Built by promoters, in Seattle

We built this because we needed it.

This is BuzzHive — a Seattle event production crew that's been running underground shows across the Pacific Northwest since 2009. We spent years giving up 10%+ of every show to the big ticketing platforms, watching them keep our buyer list hostage, and waiting weeks for payouts.

So we built our own. Stripe handles the money so it lands in your bank in days, not weeks. Every feature we use ourselves — webhooks, custom event pages, the mobile door scanner, the whole buyer list — comes free. Not free as in "until we sell you something later" — free as in that's the product.

We're not a venture-backed startup chasing a billion-dollar exit. We're promoters who'd rather see your show sell out and your buyers come to your next one. Built locally, kept honest.

More than tickets

Promo services in the same ecosystem.

Ticketing is the engine. But when an event, a release, or a print drop needs to reach the heads who'd actually care, we run the campaign too. AI does the haystack work. Real humans (us, in the scene) handle every conversation.

Run Up

For Events.

Bring real heads to your night. Targeted outreach across your city + scene.

Learn more →

The Drop

For Music Releases.

Find the DJs, blogs, and listeners who'd actually play your track.

Learn more →

The Print

For Visual Art & Drops.

Collectors, curators, and press for your print run, gallery, or merch drop.

Learn more →

The Door

Pay-It-Forward.

A piece of every paid campaign funds a free one for an emerging artist.

Apply →

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we are the underground. we are expanding. 🐝

FAQ

The questions every promoter asks first.

Is it really free?

Yes — $0/month, no setup cost, no contracts. You pay only the per-ticket platform fee on tickets you actually sell (Stripe processing is separate, same as everywhere). Every feature on this page is included on the free account. A paid tier exists for high-volume promoters where the per-ticket fee drops further; it lives inside your dashboard as an optional upsell and is never required.

Do I have to switch payment processors?

You'll connect a Stripe account (free, 5 minutes). Stripe charges your buyers and pays you out directly — we sit in the middle to take a small platform fee per ticket. If you already use Stripe, connect that same account.

When do I get paid?

Stripe's standard payout schedule — typically 2 business days after the sale, straight to your bank account. Not "after the event" like some platforms hold funds.

Can I export my buyer list?

Yes. Buyer name + email + which event they bought is yours, exportable as CSV from your dashboard. Never gated behind a paid tier.

Can I see the full feature set before signing up?

Yes — the entire help guide is publicly readable. It walks through every promoter-facing feature from connecting Stripe to scanning at the door, plus webhooks, event customization, refund flows, and more. No login needed to browse it.

Who else uses this?

BuzzHive uses it for every show we run. We built it because we got tired of paying Eventbrite for features we didn't need — and never seeing our buyers' contact info. Now we're opening it up to other independent promoters at no monthly cost.

Sell tickets.
Keep more.
No monthly fee.

Built different. Built free.

Free, forever.

Stripe pays you direct.

Door tools that work.

Up and selling in 15 min.

Connect Stripe

Drop your event

Get paid, scan at door

You keep more — and you keep your tools.

The whole platform. No tiers.

We built this because we needed it.

Promo services in the same ecosystem.

Run Up

The Drop

The Print

The Door

The questions every promoter asks first.

Is it really free?

Do I have to switch payment processors?

When do I get paid?

Can I export my buyer list?

Can I see the full feature set before signing up?

Who else uses this?

Sell your next show
on this.

Sell tickets. Keep more. No monthly fee.

Built different. Built free.

Free, forever.

Stripe pays you direct.

Door tools that work.

Up and selling in 15 min.

Connect Stripe

Drop your event

Get paid, scan at door

You keep more — and you keep your tools.

The whole platform. No tiers.

We built this because we needed it.

Promo services in the same ecosystem.

Run Up

The Drop

The Print

The Door

The questions every promoter asks first.

Is it really free?

Do I have to switch payment processors?

When do I get paid?

Can I export my buyer list?

Can I see the full feature set before signing up?

Who else uses this?

Sell your next showon this.

Sell tickets.
Keep more.
No monthly fee.

Sell your next show
on this.