Event tickets
Sell event tickets with tiers, a cap, and no fees for your buyers.
Make one Flint link per event with your ticket types, a hard cap on seats, and a time sales close. Share it by text, social media, or a QR code on a flyer. Buyers pay the price you set by card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, every ticket gets a number, and the link closes itself when you sell out.
The receipt lists every ticket number, so the buyer always has a copy.
Buyers pay your price
A $25 ticket costs the buyer $25. Flint adds no service fee at checkout.
A cap that holds
One limit across every ticket type, checked when payment starts, so you never sell a seat you don't have.
No monthly fee
3.79% + 35¢ per card payment: $225.00 on 200 tickets at $25, sold in pairs.
01Who it's for
Built for events with a room, a kitchen, or a field size.
If your event has a fixed number of seats and a date it happens, an event link fits it. Volunteer fire companies have their own page for breakfasts, BBQs, fund drives, and raffles.
School and PTA fundraisers
Adult and student tickets on one link, a cap at the gym's capacity, and sales that close the night before so the volunteers can print a door list.
Galas
General and VIP tickets at their own prices, sharing one seat count, with every ticket numbered for the check-in table.
Workshops and classes
A cap of 12 seats and a limit of two per order. Next month, duplicate the link, change the date, and share the new one.
Concerts at small venues
Advance and student tickets, a cap at the room's capacity, and online sales that stop when the doors open.
Church and community dinners
Adult and child plates, a cap at what the kitchen can cook, and a final count a day ahead. Fire companies run theirs the same way.
Races and fun runs
The 5K and the 1-mile walk as two ticket types under one field size, with registration closing two days out so bibs can follow ticket numbers.
Pop-up and supper club dinners
A seat count matched to the menu and a cutoff 48 hours ahead, so you buy for the people who are coming.
Private bookings
Selling a buyout or a catered night rather than seats? Take a deposit instead, with the balance later. See deposits by trade.
Anything else on the table
Merch, donations, and sponsorships go on their own payment links, with their own sales. A shirt link can let buyers pick their size, with a stock count for each.
02Ticket tiers
Every price on one link, sharing one seat count.
Add a ticket type for each price. The buyer picks how many of each they want, and every type draws from the same cap, so the gym never holds more people than you planned for.
Each tier has its own price and limit. Adult, student, VIP, member, or child: give each type a name, a price, and a short description if it needs one, like “Includes dinner and two drink tickets.” Set how many one buyer can pick (10 per order unless you change it) and an optional minimum.
Buyers choose the mix. A parent can buy two adult tickets and one student ticket in one payment. They must pick at least one ticket, and they see the date, time, and venue before they pay.
One cap covers every tier. Ticket types on a link share the event’s cap. When one tier needs its own count, like 20 VIP seats with the dinner, sell it on its own event link with a cap of 20. Each link keeps its own sales and ticket numbers.
Early bird pricing. Open with your ticket types at the early bird price. When early bird ends, open the link’s Edit dialog and type the new prices. The address you shared, the sales so far, and the tickets already sold stay exactly as they are. Flint changes the price when you do, so put the date on your calendar.
Gala
General $25, Student $10, both under a cap of 200. VIP dinner seats on a second link capped at 20.
Workshop
One ticket type at $45, a cap of 12, and a limit of two per order so one buyer can't fill the class.
Concert
General at the $18 early bird price until the 1st, then edited to $22. Students $12 throughout. Cap of 150.
03Cap and cutoff
Sales stop at your number and at your time.
The two things that go wrong with a spreadsheet and a payment app are overselling and selling after the count went to the caterer. An event link handles both.
The cap is checked when payment starts. Tickets in payments already in progress count against it, so two buyers can’t both get the last seat. If a payment fails, its tickets go back on sale.
Buyers see the end coming. Once 20 or fewer tickets are left, the link says how many. When they are gone, the link shows a sold out page instead of taking more money.
Sales close at the doors, or earlier. Online sales stop when the event starts. Set a sales end to stop sooner, like noon the day before, so the kitchen, the caterer, or the bib table has a final count.
Add seats later. Got the bigger room? Raise the cap from the same link. Flint won’t let you set it below the tickets already sold.
04Fees, worked out
200 tickets at $25: what each option costs.
Flint charges you 3.79% + 35¢ per card payment and adds nothing to the buyer's total. Eventbrite's US fees are a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee on every paid ticket plus 2.9% processing on the whole order, service fee included, and your buyers pay them by default. Here is the same event both ways, as of October 2026.
| 200 tickets, 100 orders of two | Buyer pays for two tickets | Fees on 200 tickets | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint, $25 ticketsNothing added to the buyer's total. | Buyer pays for two tickets: $50.00 | Fees on 200 tickets: $225.00 | You keep: $4,775.00 |
| Flint, $26.50 ticketsPrice includes the card fee. Buyers still pay less than Eventbrite's default. | Buyer pays for two tickets: $53.00 | Fees on 200 tickets: $236.00 | You keep: $5,064.00 |
| Eventbrite, $25 tickets, fees passed onEventbrite's default. Fees are added at checkout. | Buyer pays for two tickets: $57.04 | Fees on 200 tickets: about $704, paid by buyers | You keep: $5,000.00 |
| Eventbrite, $25 tickets, fees absorbedFees come out of your payout. | Buyer pays for two tickets: $50.00 | Fees on 200 tickets: about $688 | You keep: about $4,312 |
Your buyers save
With Eventbrite's default, a pair of $25 tickets costs the buyer $57.04. On Flint, it costs $50.00, or $53.00 if you price the fee in.
You keep more
Price tickets at $26.50 on Flint and you keep $5,064.00, more than the $5,000.00 Eventbrite's default leaves you, while every buyer pays less.
Refunds stay whole
Eventbrite keeps its ticketing fees when you refund an order, unless the event is canceled or postponed. A Flint buyer paid no fee, so a full refund returns everything they paid.
How these are worked out: 200 tickets sold as 100 card orders of two. Flint’s fee is $2.25 per $50.00 order; if every buyer bought one ticket instead, Flint’s total would be $260.00. Eventbrite’s figures use its published US rates and are rounded to the dollar, since Eventbrite doesn’t publish its rounding; its processing fee is a percentage of the order, so its total is the same whether buyers buy one ticket or two. Neither column includes sales tax. For the full comparison, see Flint as an Eventbrite alternative and Flint pricing.
05At the door
A numbered ticket for every buyer, and a list that keeps itself.
Every ticket gets a number from your prefix, like HPTA087. Each sale lands on the link's own Sales panel with the buyer's name and their numbers.
Buyers always have their tickets. Numbers appear on the confirmation page right after paying, on every receipt, and in the ticket email Flint sends. Checkout always asks event buyers for an email, so you can reach every one of them.
The door list is the Sales panel. Pull up the link on a phone at the check-in table and find the name or the number. View in Orders opens every order from the link; select them and export a CSV file to print a list or bring it into your spreadsheet.
A refund frees the seat. Refund an order in full from the dashboard and its seats go back on sale while its ticket numbers are marked void. Numbers are never reused, so a refunded ticket can’t be mistaken for a new one at the door.
The money, by event. The Sales panel shows what the link collected, what was refunded, and how many tickets sold, which is the report most treasurers and organizers need after the night.
06Setting it up
From sign-up to a shareable ticket link in five steps.
Everything here happens in the Flint dashboard. You don't need a website or a developer.
Create an event link
Sign up for Flint, open Payment links in the dashboard, create a link, and choose Event. Name the event and add a description and an image if you like.
Set the date, time, and venue
Pick the date, the start time, and the time zone, and type the venue. Buyers see all three before they pay, and again on their tickets.
Add your ticket tiers
Add a ticket type for each price, such as Adult and Student, or General and VIP. Each type has a name, a price, and how many one buyer can pick, up to 10 per order unless you change it.
Set the cap, the ticket numbers, and the cutoff
Type the most tickets you can sell across every type. Choose a prefix of up to 5 characters for the ticket numbers, keep ticket emails on, and set a sales end if sales should stop before the event starts.
Share the link and watch sales
Copy the link or download its QR code, then share it by text, on social media, on a flyer, or on your website. Each sale shows up on the link's Sales panel with the buyer and their ticket numbers.
Share it anywhere
Text it to the parent group, post it in your bio or a story, or send it in DMs. See selling from Instagram.
On paper
Download the link's QR code for the flyer, the poster at the coffee shop, or the newsletter.
Next year
Duplicate last year's link, change the date and prices, and share the new one. Its sales start from zero.
07Start
Put your next event on a link.
Sign up, make an event link with your ticket types and your cap, and buy a ticket in the free sandbox with a test card to see exactly what your buyers will see.
3.79% + 35¢ on cards · no monthly fee · free sandbox · no credit card
Then read these
- 01Payment linksEverything a link can sell, and how it works.
- 02Eventbrite alternativeFlint and Eventbrite for small events, side by side.
- 03Fire department fundraisingBreakfasts, BBQs, fund drives, and raffles.
- 04Payment links guideFor the volunteer who sets up event links.
Sources
Where the fee numbers come from.
Eventbrite's US service fee of 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket, 2.9% payment processing per order, and buyers paying fees by default: Eventbrite pricing
www.eventbrite.comService fees calculated on the ticket price, processing on the total order including service fees and tax, and the Absorb fees option: Eventbrite's Ticketing Fees
www.eventbrite.comTicketing fees kept when an order is refunded, unless the event is canceled or postponed: Is the Ticketing Fee refundable?
www.eventbrite.comFlint's 3.79% + 35¢ per card payment and no monthly fee: Flint pricing
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last reviewed 2026-10-27 · corrections: Flint Help
FAQ
Questions organizers ask first.
How do I sell tickets online for a small event?
Sign up for Flint, create a payment link, and choose Event. Add the date, time, and venue, one or more ticket types with their prices, and how many tickets you have in total. Flint gives you a link and a QR code to share. Buyers pay by card, Apple Pay, or Google Pay, every ticket gets a number, and sales stop when you sell out or the event starts.
Do my buyers pay ticket fees on Flint?
No. Flint adds nothing to the buyer's total: a $25 ticket costs the buyer $25. You pay 3.79% + 35¢ per card payment, with no monthly fee. On a $50.00 order of two tickets, that is $2.25.
Can I sell early bird tickets?
Yes. Sell your ticket types at the early bird price, then open the link's Edit dialog and change the prices when early bird ends. The link, its address, its sales, and tickets already sold stay as they are. Flint changes the price when you do, so put the date on your calendar.
Can each ticket tier have its own limit?
Ticket types on one link share the event's cap, and each type can limit how many one buyer picks. If a tier needs its own count, such as 20 VIP seats, sell it on its own event link with a cap of 20. Each link keeps its own sales and ticket numbers.
What happens when the event sells out?
Once 20 or fewer tickets are left, the link says how many. When the last one sells, the link shows a sold out page instead of taking more money. Tickets in payments already in progress count against the cap, so two buyers can't both get the last seat. You can raise the cap later from the same link.
Can I refund a ticket, and does the seat go back on sale?
Yes. Refund the order from the dashboard. When an order is refunded in full, its seats go back on sale and its ticket numbers are marked void, so a refunded ticket can't be used at the door. The buyer gets back everything they paid, because Flint added no fee to their total.
How do I check people in at the door?
Every ticket has a number, like HPTA087. Buyers see their numbers on the confirmation page, on every receipt, and in the ticket email. At the door, check names or numbers against the link's Sales panel on a phone, or export the orders as a CSV file and print a door list. Refunded tickets show as void.
What does Flint cost for a 200-ticket, $25 event?
Sold as 100 orders of two, $225.00 in total, and your buyers pay nothing on top. If every buyer bought one ticket, it would be $260.00. Eventbrite's US fees on the same event come to about $704, added to your buyers' totals by default, as of October 2026.
Do I need a website to sell tickets?
No. A Flint link is its own page. Text it, post it on Instagram or Facebook, print its QR code on a flyer, or put it behind a button on the website you already have.