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What every ticket costs to sell, on our platform and on the ones you’re comparing us with, including where they cost less. Nothing is ever added at checkout: the price you see is the price you pay.
Venue partners
Host one Meek Earth Studio concert. Sell your own tickets with no ticket fee for 12 months.
Give us your venue, free of charge, for one concert day. In return, your own Community Space events carry no ticket fee, your buyers pay exactly your listed price, and the studio pays back every Stripe card fee each month. The 4% artist booking fee is a separate charge and still applies when a partner books an artist. On a $20.00 ticket, you keep $20.00.
- Ticket fee
- $0
- Stripe card fees
- Repaid monthly
- Tip asked of your buyers
- None
The fine print, up front: what you give is the venue for a full concert day. Stripe still takes its fee from each sale, and the studio repays it at the end of the month, up to the value of the venue you provided. Each hosted concert covers 12 months. Fully refunded, disputed and under-review orders aren’t repaid, and neither are Stripe’s dispute fees. Full details
Apply, and tell us about your venueBooking artists
Community Space bookings are charged on the artist’s own Stripe account at the artist’s own rate (floor $200 an hour per musician). The platform’s artist booking fee is added for the buyer and printed on every quote; it never reduces the artist’s number. It is a different fee from the ticket fee above: tickets carry the ticket fee, bookings carry the booking fee, and venue-partner status waives the ticket fee only.
| Booking | Artist booking fee | On a $800.00 booking | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| A consumer books an artist (Get Artists) | 4% of the artist's price, at least $5.00 | $32.00 | Half the price plus the fee at booking, the rest after the performance. |
| An organizer books an artist (dashboard) | 4% of the artist's price, at least $5.00 | $32.00 | Same rate as a consumer. Standard or Insured coverage is the organizer's choice and adds no platform fee. |
| A replacement after the artist cancels | $0 | $0 | The fee was paid on the original booking. The buyer's total never goes up. |
| Holding a date | $0 | $0 | $20.00 to the artist, kept whether or not you book. |
| Guarantee Plus (organizer's listing out-earns its expenses) | 4% of each artist's even share of the 85% of the excess | Varies | Charged to the organizer a day after the event, on top of the artist's share. |
Full terms: How bookings work.
How we compare
Everything taken from one ticket before the organizer is paid, when the organizer absorbs the fees and the buyer uses a US card. Rates are from each platform’s own US pricing page, checked October 24, 2026. Where processing is billed separately, we used Stripe’s standard 2.9% + 30¢. Every platform here also lets you pass fees to buyers instead.
| Platform | Rate | $20.00 ticket | $35.00 ticket | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meek Earth · venue partnerOrganizations that host a studio concert in their venue, free | No platform fee; the studio repays Stripe's fee monthly | $0.00 | $0.00 | Stripe takes its fee from each sale and the studio pays it back monthly, up to the venue's agreed value, for 12 months per hosted concert. Refunded and disputed orders aren't repaid. |
| Meek Earth · nonprofitConfirmed nonprofits | 1.9% + $0.75, plus Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ | $2.01 | $2.74 | |
| Meek Earth · for-profitEveryone else | 2.0% + $0.75, plus Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ | $2.03 | $2.77 | |
| EventbriteEveryone (no nonprofit rate listed) | 3.7% + $1.79 per ticket, plus 2.9% processing per order | $3.11–$3.18 | $4.11–$4.19 | Eventbrite doesn't say whether the 2.9% is on the ticket price or the ticket plus its fee, so both are shown.Source: eventbrite.com/organizer/pricing |
| Humanitix · charities & schoolsCharities and schools | 1% + $0.99, plus processing 2.9% + 30¢ | $2.07 | $2.66 | Source: humanitix.com/us/pricing |
| Humanitix · standardEveryone else | 2.1% + $0.99, plus processing 2.9% + 30¢ | $2.29 | $3.05 | Source: humanitix.com/us/pricing |
| Ticket Tailor · charityRegistered charities (50% off) | $0.425 per ticket, plus Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ | $1.31 | $1.75 | Prepaid credits cost less, from $0.30 a ticket before the charity discount.Source: tickettailor.com/en-us/pricing |
| Ticket Tailor · pay as you goEveryone | $0.85 per ticket, plus Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ | $1.73 | $2.17 | Source: tickettailor.com/en-us/pricing |
| Givebutter · tips offEveryone | 3%, plus Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ | $1.48 | $2.37 | Givebutter's pricing page says its rates apply across all campaign types; it doesn't name ticketed events.Source: givebutter.com/pricing |
| Givebutter · tips onNonprofits | $0, paid for by optional tips from buyers | $0.00 | $0.00 | Free to the nonprofit because buyers are asked to tip the platform at checkout.Source: givebutter.com/pricing |
| ZeffyNonprofits | $0, paid for by optional tips from buyers | $0.00 | $0.00 | Free to the nonprofit because buyers are asked to tip the platform at checkout.Source: zeffy.com/pricing |
Competitors set and change their own prices; check their pages before you decide. If you see a number here that’s out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Where others cost less
Our rates are below Eventbrite’s on every ticket here, and below Humanitix’s standard rate. They aren’t the lowest you can find:
- Humanitix for charitiesIts charity and school rate costs less than our nonprofit rate on tickets of $28.00 and up. Below that, ours costs less.
- Flat-fee toolsTicket Tailor charges a flat fee per ticket, so it costs less than us on every paid ticket: its charity rate beats our nonprofit rate, and its standard rate beats our for-profit rate.
- Percentage-only toolsGivebutter with tips off costs less than our nonprofit rate on tickets under $68.00, because of our $0.75 per-ticket fee.
- Tip-funded toolsZeffy, and Givebutter with tips on, charge nonprofits nothing. They’re paid by asking your buyers for a tip at checkout.
The venue-partner program is our answer: it’s the only $0 option here that doesn’t ask your buyers for a tip. Without it, you’re paying for a platform that lists every event in a public directory, shows the all-in price up front, and never adds anything at checkout.
Studio World
Buyers pay the ticket price. Each ticket is split 20% to each of the two artists and 60% to Meek Earth Studio, and the studio absorbs Stripe’s card fee out of its 60%. The artists’ shares never shrink.
Community Space
Organizers sell on their own Stripe accounts. The studio charges a small Community Space ticket fee, and each organizer picks who covers the fees: the organizer, out of the price, or the buyer, itemized under every ticket.
Every fee, and who pays it
| Fee | Studio World concert | Community Space · organizer pays | Community Space · buyer pays | Community Space · venue partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticket price | Set by Meek Earth Studio | Set by the organizer | Set by the organizer | Set by the organizer |
| Community Space ticket fee: 1.9% + $0.75 per paid ticket for nonprofits, 2.0% + $0.75 for for-profits, capped at $18.95 a ticket, $0 on free tickets | None | Organizer, out of the ticket price | Buyer, added to the price and itemized under each ticket | None |
| Stripe card processing: 2.9% + 30¢ per charge on US cards | Studio, out of its 60% share | Organizer, out of the ticket price | Buyer, added to the price and itemized under each ticket | Studio, paid back to the organizer every month, up to the value of the venue provided |
| International cards (Stripe adds a fee) | Studio | Not accepted: US-issued cards only | Not accepted: US-issued cards only | Not accepted: US-issued cards only |
| Full refund | Stripe keeps its processing fee; the studio absorbs it | Community Space ticket fee returned to the organizer; Stripe keeps its processing fee | Community Space ticket fee returned to the organizer; Stripe keeps its processing fee | Stripe keeps its processing fee, and the organizer absorbs it: refunded orders aren't repaid |
| Partial refund | Stripe keeps its processing fee; the studio absorbs it | Community Space ticket fee is kept | Community Space ticket fee is kept | No Community Space ticket fee to keep; the studio still repays the Stripe fee on the sale |
| Chargeback (dispute) | Stripe's dispute fee: the studio | Stripe's dispute fee: the organizer. If the dispute is lost, the Community Space ticket fee is returned | Stripe's dispute fee: the organizer. If the dispute is lost, the Community Space ticket fee is returned | Stripe's dispute fee: the organizer |
| Optional tip | Buyer's choice, goes to the studio | None offered | None offered | None offered |
| Anything added at checkout | Nothing | Nothing | Nothing: the price shown already includes every fee | Nothing |
Stripe sets its own fees, including its international card and dispute fees, and can change them; see stripe.com/pricing. Payouts and any other Stripe services an organizer uses are between the organizer and Stripe. Meek Earth Studio adds nothing beyond the Community Space ticket fee above.
One $20.00 ticket, every way
Worked out with the same code checkout uses. Stripe’s fee is an estimate for a US card; Stripe sets the exact amount.
| Case | Buyer pays | Community Space ticket fee | Stripe fee | Stripe fee paid by | Seller keeps | Studio keeps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio World concert | $20.00 | $0.00 | $0.88 | Studio | $8.00Artists (20% each) | $11.12 |
| Community Space · nonprofit · organizer pays | $20.00 | $1.13 | $0.88 | Organizer | $17.99Organizer | $1.13 |
| Community Space · for-profit · organizer pays | $20.00 | $1.15 | $0.88 | Organizer | $17.97Organizer | $1.15 |
| Community Space · nonprofit · buyer pays | $22.08 | $1.13 | $0.94 | Buyer | $20.01Organizer | $1.13 |
| Community Space · for-profit · buyer pays | $22.10 | $1.15 | $0.94 | Buyer | $20.01Organizer | $1.15 |
| Community Space · venue partner | $20.00 | $0.00 | $0.88 | Studio (reimbursed) | $20.00Organizer | −$0.88 |
When the buyer pays, the price is rounded up to the cent, so the organizer can end up a cent over the listed price, never under. The Community Space ticket fee is capped at $18.95 a ticket.
Have the studio cover your Stripe fees
Organizations that host a Meek Earth Studio concert and provide the venue free of charge become venue partners. It’s the only way to skip the ticket fee on Community Space; the artist booking fee is separate and still applies. Each concert you host earns 12 months of the benefit, starting on the concert date; host again before it ends and it runs 12 months from the newest concert.
- No Community Space ticket feeon your own Community Space events.
- Your buyers pay your listed pricewith nothing added, whatever fee setting you chose.
- Stripe fees paid back monthlyStripe takes its card fee from each sale as usual; the studio records every one from Stripe and pays the month’s total back to you, up to the value of the venue you provided (agreed when you sign up).
What “free of charge” includes
- The room for the full concert day, from load-in through strike
- Custodial service and cleanup
- Electrical power, house lighting and restrooms
- An accessible entrance and seating area
- A certificate of the venue’s liability insurance
- No rental, custodial, security or insurance charges to the studio
What isn’t covered
- Stripe’s fee on orders that are fully refunded, lost in a dispute, or still under review
- Stripe’s dispute fees, and any Stripe services you add yourself
- Stripe fees beyond the venue’s agreed value, or on sales outside your 12-month window
Full terms: Community Space ticket fees and venue-partner terms.
Apply, and tell us about your venue