Wallet tickets, no app
Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes, plus a web ticket. Nobody downloads anything to get in.
STRAPPED IN
FRI 6 NOV · DOORS 9PM
GA · 1 OF 2
GA · 1 OF 2
Ticketing for queer nightlife & independent promoters
59¢.
That's the fee.
Sell on your own domain. Get paid through your own Square or Stripe, usually the next business day. Fans pay with Apple Pay — no app, no account, no surprise at checkout.
59¢ per paid ticket, down to 33¢ as you sell more · nothing to prepay · free events are free · we never hold your money
59¢ → 33¢
per paid ticket, by your volume. Never a percentage, never prepaid.
2,400+
tickets a month at Eagle Cathedral City, our first venue
<2s
target load for event pages on a phone
0
apps fans have to download
How the money moves
Your money never touches us.
Every sale is charged on your own processor account. We take our fee at the moment of sale and that's the only thing we ever touch.
01 · Fan
$26.66
Pays one all-in price with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card. On a $25 ticket that's $25 + our 59¢ + $1.07 card processing.
02 · Your Square or Stripe
$25.00 → you
The ticket money lands in your own account. Square deposits the next business day by default. Refunds and payouts stay yours.
03 · cutthroat
$0.59
Split off automatically by Square or Stripe at capture. No invoices, no reserves, no "payout schedule".
Built for the door at 1 a.m.
Everything a ticketing platform should do. Faster, and on your brand.
Your domain, your look
tickets.yourparty.com with automatic HTTPS. Your logo, colours and fonts. "Powered by cutthroat" stays small.
Waves, codes, comps
Early bird → GA → last call, with sold-out waves shown honestly. Access codes, promo codes and guest lists.
- Early bird$20
- General admission$26.66
- Last call$31.81
A door app that works offline
Scan on any phone. Keeps scanning when the bar's wifi dies and syncs when it's back. Sell at the door with Square or Stripe card readers for 39¢ a ticket; cash is free.
Promoter links that pay
Give every promoter and DJ a tracking link. See clicks, tickets and revenue per link, and pay kickbacks from your dashboard.
An open API. Your AI can run the door list.
Every event, order and check-in is in a documented REST API with webhooks. The MCP server lets Claude and other agents pull guest lists, issue comps and send reports.
GET https://api.cutthroat.tickets/v2/orders/{event_id} Authorization: Bearer •••••••• # orders, tickets, check-ins and webhooks, documented at docs.cutthroat.tickets
Pages that load
Event pages are plain, server-rendered HTML. Mobile load time for the main image, lab test, Oct 2026:
cutthroat<2s
DICE15.4s
Eventbrite20.1s
Posh26.5s
Side by side · what fans actually pay, measured at checkout 2026-10-12
The math, with nothing hidden.
| Platform | Total fees on $25 | Total fees on $60 | Who holds the money | Fan needs an account | Your domain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cutthroat | $1.66 · 7% | $2.71 · 5% | You (your Square/Stripe) | No | Yes |
| Ticket Tailor (pay-as-you-go, if passed) | $1.93 · 8% | $2.98 · 5% | You (your Stripe/Square/PayPal) | No | Embeds only |
| Humanitix | $2.54 · 10% | $4.29 · 7% | Humanitix | No | No |
| Ticket Fairy | $2.50 · 10% | $6.00 · 10% | Ticket Fairy's gateways | No | Yes |
| DICE | ≈$2.50 · ≈10% | ≈$6 · ≈10% | DICE | Yes (app) | No |
| Eventbrite | $3.52 · 14% | $5.87 · 10% | Eventbrite | No | No |
| Posh | $4.74 · 19% | $9.99 · 17% | Posh, as agent | Yes (phone) | No |
Total fees = service fee plus card processing: everything a fan pays on top of the ticket, one ticket per order, before sales tax. Competitor figures come from real checkouts, not advertised rates. All-in-one platforms bundle processing into their fee. cutthroat is shown at Square/Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢; your own processor rate may be lower. DICE doesn't publish US rates (estimate). Ticket Tailor at its pay-as-you-go rate (third-party US figure). Sources and the full calculator →
Made by people who run a leather bar
Built for our nights, not "events".
Dress code, age, accessibility and pay-what-you-can are real fields, not paragraphs. Fans find your night the way they'd describe it.
Case study · Eagle Cathedral City
“[Quote from the Eagle's manager — to be collected after launch.]”
cutthroat is a separate company founded by people behind Eagle Cathedral City. The Eagle pays our standard fees.
33¢
per ticket at the Eagle's volume, nothing prepaid
2,400+
paid tickets a month
1,534
tickets on Pride weekend
Next day
Square deposits, every sale
Questions
Ask us anything about money.
What's the fee, exactly?
59¢ per paid online ticket for your first 1,000 tickets in a year, then 49¢, 45¢, 42¢, 38¢, 36¢ and 33¢ as your volume grows, applied automatically with nothing to prepay. Card at the door is 39¢ or your tier, whichever is lower. Free tickets, comps and cash are $0, with no cap. Card processing is your Square or Stripe rate, charged on your account.
Who pays the fee — me or my fans?
Your choice, per event. By default it's included in the all-in price fans see. California and FTC rules require that total up front, and we always show it.
When do I get paid?
On your processor's schedule, because the money goes straight to your account. Square deposits the next business day by default; Stripe on your payout schedule.
I'm on another platform. Do I have to redo my website?
No. Point your tickets domain at us and your old links keep working. We import your events, ticket types and opted-in buyer list from a CSV export.
What happens if I cancel an event?
You refund buyers from your account and we refund our fee too. On ordinary refunds the fee is kept, like every other platform.