Short answer: with MijnEvent you sell tickets for your benefit or charity event and raise extra money at the same time. Free entry tickets are always completely fee-free, paid tickets cost a flat €0.50 per sold ticket — regardless of the price — and the built-in donation field at checkout carries no fee at all: every donated euro goes to the cause in full. The proceeds land directly in your foundation's or club's own bank account through your own Mollie account.
An evening for the village hall, a charity run for research, a benefit concert after a disaster: charity events run on volunteers and on trust. That's exactly when you don't want an opaque platform that takes a percentage bite out of every euro and parks the money on an intermediary account for weeks. Below you'll read how MijnEvent handles both the entry side and the fundraising side — with features that already exist.
Free entry? Then you pay nothing
Many benefits work with free entry and a collection, or with tickets for members, volunteers and invitees. At MijnEvent, free tickets (price €0) are always completely fee-free. So you use them at no cost to:
- guard the capacity of your venue or grounds;
- know how many people are coming (fewer no-shows, better catering estimates);
- give everyone a proper e-ticket with a QR code that you scan at the door.
That way you stay in control of the numbers without the organisation spending a cent. Read more about why ticketing pays off even with free entry in Free events with ticketing.
The donation field: every euro goes to the cause
This is the feature for charities: switch on the donation field per event, and visitors can add a voluntary amount at checkout — on top of a free ticket, but just as easily on top of a paid one. You set the label ("Support the research", "Contribute to the village hall"), the visitor sets the amount.
Best of all: MijnEvent charges no fee on donations. The €0.50 ticket fee only applies to paid tickets; a donation through the donation field goes to your account in full. If someone donates €25 with a €15 ticket, you only pay the €0.50 on the ticket — the entire €25 is for the cause. On platforms with a percentage fee, €1 to €2 of such a gift would simply evaporate.
It also works for events with a fixed entry price: admission €15, and anyone who wants to gives a little extra in the same checkout. No separate collection box, no second payment request — one payment via iDEAL | Wero and done.
Prefer fixed support tiers? Use a support ticket type
If you want fixed levels alongside (or instead of) the free-amount donation field — for instance for friend-of-the-foundation tiers or sponsor packages — create a paid "support" ticket type:
- "Friend of the foundation — €10"
- "Major supporter — €50"
Note the difference: a support ticket type is a regular paid ticket, so the flat €0.50 fee per ticket applies — still a fraction of what percentage-based platforms charge, but for pure gifts the donation field is the fee-free route.
Gift cards: money that arrives up front
Around the holidays or during a fundraising campaign, gift cards are a powerful way to raise money before the event even takes place. Someone buys a credit, adds a personal message, and the recipient redeems it later at checkout. For a charity that means: the proceeds are already in the account before the first visitor walks in. Read how to set them up in Sell gift cards for your event.
The proceeds go directly to your own account
For a foundation or club this may well be the most important point. MijnEvent works with Mollie Connect: you connect your organisation's Mollie account, and all ticket revenue lands directly in your own bank account — no intermediary balance, no waiting period. No platform sitting on your revenue for weeks. For the treasurer that means peace of mind and books that balance themselves.
No Mollie account yet? How to connect Mollie to your event in 5 minutes walks you through it step by step.
Service fees: let the visitor chip in a little
You can configure service fees per ticket type, shown as a separate line at checkout. Some charities use this deliberately: a small, transparently displayed contribution of, say, €0.50 per ticket covers the platform costs, so the full ticket price goes to the cause. The visitor sees exactly what that amount is for. Read how to set it up properly in Setting up service fees per ticket type.
Privacy and trust belong with a good cause
People who give to charity expect their data to be handled with care. MijnEvent is privacy by design: only the necessary data is requested, and visitor data is never sold on or used for advertising. Visitors log in without a password via a magic link, and the entire ticket shop is WCAG AA accessible, so people with a disability can arrange a ticket or contribution without any hurdles.
VAT and donations
Mind one tax detail: a genuine donation (a gift without anything in return) generally falls outside the scope of VAT, while an entry ticket usually does not. The donation field keeps the two separate automatically: the donation appears as its own line in the order and on the invoice, apart from the ticket price. Visitors who need an invoice can create one themselves. Unsure about the VAT treatment of your specific campaign? Run it past your accountant or the Dutch tax authority.
In short
For a benefit or charity event, MijnEvent gives you everything you need, with no surprises: free tickets fee-free, a donation field with zero fees, paid tickets at a flat low fee, gift cards for income up front, and direct payouts to your own account. Exactly what you want when every euro counts.
Want to know what MijnEvent means for your type of organisation? Check the page for charities or the transparent pricing. Ready to start? Register your organisation for free and create your first event in ten minutes.
