Chobble Tickets vs Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster dominates large venue ticketing, but here's when Chobble Tickets is the better choice.
Completely Different Scale
Let's be upfront: Ticketmaster and Chobble Tickets serve very different markets. Ticketmaster is built for stadiums, arenas, and massive tours, whereas Chobble Tickets is built for community events, independent venues, and organisations that want control over their ticketing.
If you're booking a 50,000-seat stadium, Ticketmaster is probably unavoidable, but if you're running a 200-capacity gig, a charity quiz night, or a community workshop, you don't need (or want) Ticketmaster.
Fees and Control
Ticketmaster's fees are notoriously high and opaque, and as an organiser you often have little control over the fees charged to your attendees.
Chobble Tickets charges a flat £50/year, and payment processing fees from Stripe or Square are the only other cost (which go directly to the payment processor, not to us).
Independence
Using Chobble Tickets means you own your ticketing infrastructure - your data, your domain, your rules - with no exclusive contracts, no platform lock-in, and no corporate middleman between you and your audience.