Purchasable events
Collect donations, sell raffle tickets, take membership dues, or run any kind of payment collection - not just event ticketing.
Beyond ticketing
Most ticketing platforms are built around a single assumption: someone buys a ticket and shows up. But plenty of payment collection doesn't work that way.
With purchasable events, you can take payments for things that don't involve physical attendance:
- Fundraising collections - accept contributions for a cause with a named amount or pay-what-you-want pricing
- Raffle ticket sales - sell numbered entries online with quantity selection so supporters can buy multiple tickets at once
- Club dues and membership fees - collect annual or seasonal payments from members without an event to attend
- School and PTA collections - book fees, trip contributions, uniform deposits, and other group payments
- Community group fundraisers - sports clubs, Scout troops, neighbourhood associations, and similar groups collecting money online
- Merchandise and goods - sell items alongside or independently from events
How it works
When you mark an event as purchase-only, the public listing shows a Buy now button instead of the usual Book now - a small but important signal that no attendance is involved.
Everything else works exactly as normal: Stripe or Square processes the payment, the buyer gets an email confirmation, and all purchases appear in your admin panel with full CSV export. You can still set capacity limits (for example, limiting a raffle to 200 tickets), use custom questions to collect information, and process refunds if needed.
Buying multiple at once
Purchasable events support quantity selection, so a supporter can buy 5 raffle tickets or contribute multiple units in a single checkout. Set a maximum quantity per purchase to keep things fair.
Pay what you want
For donation-style collections, enable pay-what-you-want pricing so supporters can contribute any amount above a minimum. This works for fundraisers where people want to give more than the suggested amount.
Still encrypted, still yours
Purchaser data - names, emails, any custom question answers - is encrypted at rest the same as regular attendee data. No marketing to your supporters, no cross-promotion, no platform taking a percentage cut beyond the flat annual fee.