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Event ticketing software features

Chobble Tickets covers sales, event operations, reporting, public booking pages and integrations. Every hosted and self-hosted site includes the same product features.

One place to run your events

Create listings, manage bookings, check people in, send updates and review your money from one administration area. Every feature is included on hosted and self-hosted sites.

Chobble Tickets administration dashboard showing listings and booking totals
Keep event setup, bookings and day-to-day work together.

Selling tickets

  • Stripe, Square & SumUp

    Accept payments via Stripe, Square, or SumUp with fixed pricing or pay-what-you-want, and automatic refunds.

  • Purchasable events

    Collect donations, sell raffle tickets, and take payments for anything that doesn't require physical attendance.

  • Sign-up forms

    Create volunteer sign-up sheets, potluck coordinators, and other form-based collections by setting an event as free.

  • Refunds

    Process full refunds for one booking or an event directly from the admin panel with automatic payment provider sync.

  • Promo codes & add-ons

    Offer promo codes, discount codes, surcharges, and opt-in add-ons at checkout with stock limits and a live running total.

  • Parent/child listings

    Require buyers to choose child listings, like required extras or options, when booking a parent event.

  • Packages

    Bundle several listings into one package with a single price, booked together in one checkout.

  • Deposits & balances

    Take a deposit at booking and send customers a link to pay the outstanding balance later.

  • Multi-day hire

    Let customers choose how many days to book, with a separate total price for each offered duration.

  • Postcode lookup

    Customers type their postcode and pick their address from a list, with results cached encrypted.

Managing events

  • QR code check-ins

    Each booking gets a unique QR code that authorised staff can scan in a connected browser with a phone camera.

  • Daily events

    Per-date capacity with a calendar picker and configurable holiday and blackout dates, which is perfect for classes and recurring bookings.

  • Groups

    Organise events into groups for multi-event bookings and single checkout.

  • Multi-user

    Invite team members as owners, managers, editors, or logistics agents, each with their own login and session.

  • Editors

    A content-only login that can write your listings and site copy but cannot decrypt attendee data.

  • Manual attendees

    Add walk-ins and comp tickets directly from the admin panel, and edit attendee details or reassign events as needed.

  • Merge duplicate attendees

    Compare two attendee records and choose which contact details, answers and bookings to retain, with payment conflicts handled explicitly.

  • Logistics

    Manage deliveries, equipment hire, and collections at customer locations with a deliveries run sheet for agents.

  • Servicing events

    Block out capacity for servicing, maintenance, or staff holds without creating a customer booking.

  • Duplicate events

    Copy one listing, or duplicate a whole group with name replacement and date shifting.

  • Bulk event management

    Set inherited listing defaults, duplicate whole groups, and activate or deactivate related listings together.

  • Catalogue import and export

    Move listings and groups between sites as validated JSON, including prices, memberships, packages and parent references.

  • Custom questions

    Add multiple-choice or free-text questions to events and collect structured answers from attendees at checkout, with answers visible across the admin interface.

  • CSV export

    Export listings, attendees and staff calendars with revenue, capacity, payment, answer, check-in and location fields.

  • Activity logs

    Track all admin actions and booking activity with a built-in audit trail and calendar views.

  • Accounting ledger

    Every income figure, refund, and balance comes from a single double-entry ledger. Record cash and offline payments too.

  • Built-in admin guide

    Integrated documentation at /admin/guide covers the main admin areas, so new team members can get up to speed fast.

  • Bulk email

    Send targeted email campaigns to attendee segments, with previews, drafts, and a public unsubscribe link.

Customising your site

  • Custom domain

    Get a host-provided subdomain instantly, then add your own custom domain whenever you're ready.

  • Light & dark themes

    Built-in public site with light and dark theme options, so your booking pages match your brand.

  • Markdown descriptions

    Write event descriptions in Markdown with header image uploads, so your events look great without a page builder.

  • Email templates

    Customise confirmation emails with Liquid syntax, including built-in currency and pluralise filters.

  • Embeddable widget

    Drop an iframe snippet into your website to show events inline, with configurable CSP.

  • Custom redirects

    Send attendees to a custom URL after booking, perfect for thank-you pages or post-purchase instructions.

  • Images

    Upload images to listings and groups, with thumbnails, alt text, and automatic WebP conversion on upload.

  • Your public website

    Each site can provide a homepage, listings, news, content pages, an optional contact page and custom CSS.

  • Order widget

    One JavaScript file turns links on your existing website into add-to-cart buttons with a floating cart.

Platform and integrations

  • Open source

    Published under AGPL-3.0-only with every product feature included and no proprietary feature tier.

  • No attendee marketing

    Managed hosting processes encrypted attendee records but does not use them for audience profiles, advertising or other event marketing.

  • Honest advertising

    How ticketing platforms are promoted online, and the rules Chobble follows on ads, reviews and comparison pages.

  • Encrypted

    All personal data encrypted at rest with hybrid RSA-OAEP + AES-256-GCM.

  • Privacy controls

    Set retention for orphaned records, erase contact history and export the attendee records held by the organiser.

  • Hosting and data

    UK company using Bunny managed infrastructure. Database replicas may run across Bunny regions, and optional providers have their own data terms.

  • Apple & Google Wallet

    Attendees can add tickets to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet for easy access at the door.

  • Email providers

    Choose from Resend, Postmark, SendGrid, or Mailgun (US and EU) for notifications.

  • Public & Admin API

    Public JSON endpoints for listings and booking, plus authenticated administration of listings, groups and holidays.

  • Webhooks

    Get POST notifications on every booking to integrate with your tools.

  • RSS & calendar feeds

    ICS calendar and RSS feeds for your events, so attendees can subscribe in their calendar app or feed reader.

  • SMS messages

    Send and receive SMS messages from your own Android phone and number, with replies recorded per contact.

  • Backups & restore

    Full database backups to a single zip file, with point-in-time restore. Updates refuse to run without a recent backup.