Tickets.ie Alternative for Irish Event Organisers

If you sold tickets through tickets.ie, you may be dealing with a difficult situation right now. With the company in receivership, many Irish organisers have been left waiting for ticket revenue that never arrived - because payouts are only released after the event.

That model puts all of the risk on you. You pay venues, suppliers, and staff up front, while the platform holds the money until later. When a provider runs into trouble, organisers are often last in line.

TicketHQ works differently. We built our service so your ticket money goes to your own Stripe account as each sale happens - not into a platform pot to be paid out weeks later.

Why after-event payouts are risky

Traditional ticketing platforms often collect card payments centrally, take their fees, and transfer the rest once the event is over. On paper that sounds simple. In practice it means:

• Your cash flow depends on a third party
• You may have already spent money running the event before you see any ticket income
• If the platform hits financial difficulty, organisers can be left without the proceeds of sales they already made

The tickets.ie situation has shown how painful that can be for festivals, charities, sports clubs, and community groups who trusted a familiar Irish brand.

How TicketHQ protects your revenue

With TicketHQ, Stripe processes each ticket purchase and routes funds directly to your connected Stripe account. TicketHQ deducts its 4.5% platform fee during the transaction. You do not wait until the event ends to get paid.

That means:

• Instant access to ticket sales as they happen
• Your Stripe account, your money - not held in a separate platform
• Clear fees - 4.5% per ticket, with Stripe processing on top
• Less exposure if a middleman platform runs into difficulty later

You can use that revenue to pay deposits, artists, security, printing, and everything else that cannot wait until after show night.

Everything you still need to sell tickets

Switching provider is the last thing you need on your plate, so we keep the managed setup straightforward:

• Event and ticket type setup
• Branded checkout on your own website (or a hosted event page if you need one)
• PDF tickets with QR codes emailed to buyers automatically
• Mobile QR scanning for fast door check-in
• Support from a team that understands Irish events

Fees are 4.5% per ticket - competitive, transparent, and without locking your money up until the event is over.

A better model for your next event

We cannot undo what happened with tickets.ie, and we know that may be cold comfort if you are still chasing money from past sales. What we can offer is a safer way forward for the events you are planning now.

If you are looking for a tickets.ie alternative that pays you as tickets sell - not months later - we would like to help.

Get started

Tell us about your next festival, fundraiser, gig, or club night and we will walk you through setup.

Start selling tickets with TicketHQ or book a demo if you would like to see how instant payouts and QR check-in work in practice.