Eventbrite vs Posh vs Selling Tickets on Your Own Website
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On fees alone, Eventbrite vs Posh comes down to your ticket price: by our arithmetic from each company's published rates, Posh's fee is lower on tickets under about $26 and Eventbrite's is lower above that. The bigger difference is what each one is built for. Eventbrite is general-purpose ticketing with a discovery marketplace for every kind of event, Posh is built for nightlife promoters, and the third path, selling on your own website, trades marketplace reach for owning the page and the buyer list.
CloserAccess wrote this comparison and offers that third option. Eventbrite's figures come from its own pricing and help pages, and Posh's fee from Posh's own published article (we found no Posh fee-schedule page), all checked November 8, 2026.
| Eventbrite | Posh | Your own website (CloserAccess) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fee per paid ticket (US) | 3.7% + $1.79, plus 2.9% processing on the order | 10% + $0.99, processing included | Platform fee (rate not published), plus Square's processing |
| Who pays it | Buyer by default; you can absorb | Buyer sees your price plus Posh's fee | Comes out of your sale |
| Monthly cost | None required; Pro email from $15/mo | $0, per Posh's blog | Free to start, or a fixed quote for a done-for-you build |
| Standard payout | 3 business days after the event ends | Free, 3-5 business days by ACH | Settles to your Square account |
| Where the event lives | Eventbrite page and marketplace | posh.vip, your profile, Explore feed | Your domain or yourname.closeraccess.com |
What each one charges per ticket
Eventbrite's US fee has two parts. The service fee is 3.7% of the ticket price plus $1.79. Payment processing is 2.9%, and Eventbrite's help page says it's calculated on the total order, including the service fee and any tax. Some comparisons apply that 2.9% to the ticket price alone, which makes Eventbrite look slightly cheaper than its own rule gives. We used Eventbrite's rule.
Posh's fee is one number. In Posh's own article on fees, it is 10% + $0.99 per paid ticket, with processing included. Because Posh publishes it in an article rather than a pricing table, treat it as Posh's own figure and confirm it when you sign up.
Here is what the buyer pays in fees at three prices, one ticket per order and no sales tax. On both platforms you keep the full ticket price when the buyer pays the fees.
| Ticket price | Eventbrite fees | Posh fee |
|---|---|---|
| $10 | $2.51 (buyer pays $12.51) | $1.99 (buyer pays $11.99) |
| $30 | $3.85 (buyer pays $33.85) | $3.99 (buyer pays $33.99) |
| $100 | $8.55 (buyer pays $108.55) | $10.99 (buyer pays $110.99) |
The pattern is easy to read. Eventbrite's fixed $1.79 weighs more on a cheap ticket, and Posh's 10% weighs more on an expensive one. For a $10 or $20 party ticket, Posh costs your buyer less. For a $30 ticket and up, Eventbrite does. The full step-by-step arithmetic for Eventbrite is in Eventbrite fees explained.
There's no CloserAccess column in that table, on purpose. CloserAccess's platform fee is set in each business's quote, so there is no public percentage to put there. What we can say is how it works: the fee comes out of the sale, and so does Square's processing, charged at Square's own rate. Get a quote and run your own ticket prices through it.
Free tickets cost nothing on Eventbrite. Posh supports $0 ticket tiers, and its blog says free events cost $0 in fees. On CloserAccess, a platform fee only applies when a customer pays you.
What the buyer sees at checkout
On Eventbrite, the buyer pays the fees on top of your price unless you tick "Absorb fees" on the ticket type. If you absorb them, the price you set includes the fees and Eventbrite deducts them from your sales at payout. You can change the setting any time, but the change only applies to future orders.
Posh calls its checkout All-In Pricing. The price the buyer sees is your ticket price plus any custom fees plus Posh's fee, and your take-home is the ticket price plus your custom fees. You can add custom fees called a "venue fee", "facility fee" or "convenience fee", but not a "service fee" or "processing fee". Posh's help center also says that since October 28, 2026, Posh collects sales tax automatically for events in some US states, adds it to the buyer's price rather than taking it from yours, and plans to cover more states.
On your own CloserAccess site, the platform fee and Square's processing both come out of the sale. There's no setting to pass the platform fee on to the buyer, so build it into your ticket price.
What's built in
Eventbrite is a full self-serve ticketing system. Its pricing page lists a discovery marketplace, a built-in marketing suite and Eventbrite Ads, which sells sponsored placements across the site (in select markets, with ad spend extra). You can sell at the door through the Organizer app for $1 per paid ticket plus 2.9% in the US, and you can embed Eventbrite's checkout on your own website if you have access to its HTML and an HTTPS certificate. Eventbrite Pro adds more email sending from $15 a month.
Posh is built around promoters. Its help center covers kickback affiliates for promoter teams, SMS campaigns, guest lists and table-service seating maps, and its blog lists free unlimited SMS to past and present attendees among the help it offers first-time organizers. For high-value payments, Posh Paylinks carry a 10% platform fee.
Your own website on CloserAccess puts the tickets inside a full business site. A weekly night can run as an event series with one page of upcoming dates. Tickets carry QR codes that door staff scan on a phone, and a door screen shows the night's bookings. Tables and birthday packages are booked as services, starting as a request that gets a quote or taking a deposit. Memberships with tiers, email campaigns, automatic event reminders and a CSV export of event bookings sit in the same admin. An Eventbrite integration lets you keep listing on Eventbrite too.
Getting paid
Eventbrite sends your payout three business days after the event ends, and a US bank may take another 2-3 business days. Qualifying organizers can get paid weekly or twice a month before the event, with 20% of net sales held in reserve until it ends.
Posh's standard payout is free and takes 3-5 business days by ACH, on a manual schedule by default or daily if you choose. Instant payouts cost a flat 5% and need at least $2,000 in total sales volume on Posh. If you refund a paid order, Posh's refund page says the standard processing fees aren't refunded.
On CloserAccess, money settles to your own Square account, and CloserAccess's fee comes off as a visible line. Payouts run on Square's schedule, and the earnings page links straight to Square's payout screen.
Where your event lives, and who else is there
An Eventbrite event sits on Eventbrite, in a marketplace that connects local buyers to events, including other organizers' events and sponsored placements. A Posh event sits on posh.vip, and with "Show on Explore" on, on your organizer profile and in an Explore feed that Posh personalizes for each attendee.
That reach is the main reason to use either one. Both put your night in front of people who have never heard of you. The trade is that the buyer is shopping on Eventbrite's or Posh's site, with more events a tap away.
On your own website, the event sits on your own domain, next to your other nights, your table bookings and your blog. Nobody else's party is listed on the page. The buyer goes into your customer list, and you can email them about next week without going through anyone's feed.
Who builds and runs your own website
Eventbrite and Posh give you event pages, not a website. If you go the third way, someone has to build and run the site. With CloserAccess there are two ways in.
You can build it yourself for free, with no monthly fee, no setup cost and no card to start. The site lives at yourname.closeraccess.com, and a platform fee applies only when a customer pays you, at a rate CloserAccess doesn't publish (ask before you start) and shown as its own line on each transaction. Or the CloserAccess team builds it as a Starter Website, Premium Website or Digital Master, at a fixed price quoted before any work starts, with your own domain. The CloserAccess fees page has the details.
Two honest limits. There's no drag-and-drop page builder: you edit pages, prices and posts through form fields with a live preview, and bigger design changes go to the team. And payments run through Square in practice, in US dollars only.
Two promoters' sites to look at
Klub Kingz is a New York party crew that hosts at partner venues. Its two weekly nights, Secret Garden Saturdays in Queens and Soul Session Sundays at Essence LIC, each have their own page of upcoming dates on the Klub Kingz events calendar. The Soul Session Sundays listing says admission is free and bottle service carries a $150 minimum deposit. The site also has a VIP table booking page and a birthday package.
Starlets is a 21+ club in Woodside, Queens, with five named weekly nights, each on its own page with upcoming dates. Its tables, birthday nights and buyouts start as requests on Starlets' booking requests page, and the club answers each one with a quote.
For both, the nights, the tables and the next date all live on the business's own site.
When Eventbrite is the better choice
Eventbrite is the better pick if you run one-off or occasional events of any kind and want its marketplace to find buyers for you. It's also the simplest choice for free events, which cost nothing there, and for tickets priced around $30 and up, where its fee comes in under Posh's. And it lets you pass its online ticket fees to the buyer, so you keep your full ticket price.
When Posh is the better choice
Posh is the better pick if you're a nightlife promoter whose sales run through promoter teams, kickbacks and texts to past guests. Its toolkit is built around that work, and on a $10 or $20 party ticket its fee is lower than Eventbrite's. If you want your events in an Explore feed that Posh personalizes for each attendee, that is part of what Posh offers.
When your own website makes more sense
Your own website is the better pick when you run the same nights every week, take table and birthday requests, and want every buyer in a list you own. You can also do both: keep a listing on Eventbrite through the integration and send regulars to your own page. If that sounds like your setup, start with a free site or ask for a quote.
Frequently asked questions
Is Posh cheaper than Eventbrite?
It depends on the ticket price. Using each company's published rates, Posh's fee is lower below about $26 a ticket and Eventbrite's is lower above it. On a $30 ticket the buyer pays $3.85 in Eventbrite fees and $3.99 on Posh.
Where does the Posh fee figure come from?
From Posh's own published article on fees, which gives 10% + $0.99 per paid ticket with processing included. We found no separate fee-schedule page on Posh's site, so confirm the figure with Posh before you sign up.
What does a buyer see at checkout on each?
On Eventbrite, by default, your price with the fees added on top. On Posh, one all-in price made of your ticket price, any custom fees and Posh's fee. On your own CloserAccess site, the fees come out of your sale.
Which one pays out faster?
Eventbrite's default payout goes out three business days after the event ends, with earlier payouts for qualifying organizers. Posh's standard payout takes 3-5 business days by ACH, and instant payouts cost 5%. On CloserAccess, money settles to your Square account on Square's schedule.
Which is better for a weekly party night?
For finding new crowds, Posh's Explore feed and Eventbrite's marketplace both help. For running the same night every week with tables and regulars, your own site keeps every date, booking and buyer in one place, and you can still list on Eventbrite for reach.
Prices checked November 8, 2026, on each company's own pages: Eventbrite's pricing and help pages, Posh's help center, and Posh's own published article for its ticket fee. Plans and fees change, so check the linked pages before you decide.