Eventbrite fees in Australia (2026): what organisers and buyers pay

2 October 2026 · 6 min read · By eventflo

Prices checked 2 October 2026. Every Eventbrite figure below comes from Eventbrite's own Australian pages, linked in the Sources list at the bottom. If they don't publish it, we've left it out.

Eventbrite fees are the first thing most promoters look up when they're weighing up where to sell tickets, and fair enough: the fee decides what your punter sees at checkout. Here's what Eventbrite publishes for Australia, who pays it by default, and what it does to real ticket prices.

Eventbrite fees at a glance

Eventbrite's Australian pricing page lists one fee for paid tickets:

5.35% + $1.19 AUD service fee per ticket. It "applies to paid tickets only."

Its help centre agrees. In the Australia row of its fees table, the Service fee is "5.35% + A$1.19 per sold ticket" and the Payment processing fee column says "Not applicable". Free events have no fees at all.

Three more details from the help centre:

• It applies to add-ons too. "Eventbrite charges a Ticketing Fee for every paid ticket and add-on you sell."
• Donation tickets have a "Service fee: 2%".
• The fee is worked out on the ticket price. "Service fees are calculated using the ticket price."

One thing neither page tells us: whether the Australian rate includes GST. We've left GST out of every number below and we haven't guessed.

The Eventbrite service fee: who pays it?

Eventbrite says "By default, Ticketing Fees are paid by your ticket-buyers." When you create a paid ticket type you can tick "Absorb fees", and then the fee is included in the ticket price you set and deducted from your sales at payout. Leave it unticked and the fee goes on top of your price and is collected from your ticket sales at payout.

You can change the setting any time, but it only applies to future orders. So if you absorb the fee on an early-bird and then flip it, the early-bird buyers keep what they bought.

Eventbrite fees on real ticket prices

This table is our arithmetic on Eventbrite's published rate: fee = (ticket price × 5.35%) + $1.19, rounded to the cent. It ignores GST, because Eventbrite's pages don't say whether the rate includes it.

What jumps out:

• The fixed $1.19 hurts cheap tickets most. On a $20 ticket the fee is over 11% of the price. On a $150 ticket it's about 6%.
• Absorbing is a real cost at scale. Sell 600 tickets at $35 and absorb the fee, and $3.06 × 600 = $1,836 never reaches your account. Pass it on and your punter sees $38.06 instead of $35.
• It's per ticket, not per order. Someone buying four tickets pays the fee four times.

Check the "How fees work" breakdown on your own paid ticket type before you go live. Eventbrite's help centre says that's where the exact Ticketing Fee for your event shows up.

Eventbrite Premium: the paid plan

Eventbrite also sells an optional subscription called Premium. Its Australian help centre lists it at A$99 per month or A$1,068 per year (it says that saves A$120). Eventbrite says Premium eligibility "is being expanded gradually, starting with organizers in the United States", so check your own account.

Per the help centre, Premium includes your events in Eventbrite's own paid social campaigns, a Premium badge, "$20/month in EB Ads credits", "Up to 2,000 marketing emails per day" and "50% off instant payout fees".

The line that matters: Premium sits on top of the ticketing fee. The help centre says that when you sell tickets, "your attendees pay Eventbrite's Ticketing Fees at checkout", and that Premium "adds new capabilities" while none of the features organizers already use are removed or locked.

Where the fee goes

On Eventbrite, the service fee is Eventbrite's charge. Nothing on the pages we checked describes a share of it coming back to the organiser, so if you've been quoted one, it'll be in your own agreement.

That's a fair trade for plenty of events: big marketplace, nothing to build. But it's worth asking what you'd do with that money if it were yours. We've set the other platforms next to it in Ticketing fees in Australia compared, and if you're weighing Eventbrite against a specific rival, start with Humanitix vs Eventbrite or TryBooking vs Eventbrite.

What to check before you pick any platform

• Per ticket or per order? Group buys make this a big deal.
• Who pays by default, and can you change it per ticket type?
• Does the fee apply to add-ons and donations? On Eventbrite it does.
• Can you add your own booking or transaction fee on top, and who keeps it?
• When do you get paid? Get the Australian answer in writing.
• Can you export your buyers and email them next time?
• Is your crowd actually on the marketplace? Discovery only counts if your punters browse it.

Where eventflo sits

eventflo is built for independent promoters in Australia: club nights, festivals, doofs, touring shows. eventflo's fee is 2% of the ticket price on each paid ticket, minimum $1, maximum $5, GST inclusive. You pay it out of the ticket price, buyers never see it, and free tickets carry no eventflo fee. On top of that, you can add your own booking fee (per ticket) and/or transaction fee (per order) on top, each from A$0.10 to A$10.00. Buyers pay those and you keep 100% of both. Your booking fee applies on tickets resold through FloMarket, our official fan-to-fan resale, and you keep it there too. Or leave both off.

Our arithmetic on a $50 ticket: Eventbrite's $3.87 (5.35% of $50 plus $1.19, GST not stated) against eventflo's $1.00 (2% of $50, GST inclusive). Our arithmetic, 2% of the price clamped to $1 to $5: a $20 ticket is 2% = $0.40, so the $1 minimum applies and the fee is $1.00; a $50 ticket is 2% = $1.00; a $150 ticket is 2% = $3.00; a $300 ticket is 2% = $6.00, capped at $5.00.

Got a show coming up? Have a chat with us and we'll set up your event so you can see the checkout your punters would. No slides.

Sources

Checked 2 October 2026.

• Eventbrite Australia pricing: service fee, free events, who pays.
• Eventbrite's Ticketing Fees (AU help centre): Australia fee row, add-ons, absorb or pass on.
• Eventbrite's pricing and plans (AU help centre): Premium price, inclusions and the gradual eligibility rollout.