# Calculate your ticket service fees and savings — MijnEvent Calculator # Calculate your service fee per ticket — and your savings Enter your ticket volume and instantly see three things: what selling via MijnEvent costs, which service fee per ticket is break-even, and what you save compared to a platform that charges a percentage. [Go to the calculator](#calc-title) [See all pricing](https://mijnevent.nl/en/pricing) Short answer ## How do you calculate a service fee per ticket? Divide your total platform costs by the number of paid tickets and round up: that is the service fee per ticket at which your sales pay for themselves. With MijnEvent that sum is simple, because the fee is a flat amount per paid ticket: €0.50 on Pay as you go, or €0.25 plus €14.95 per event on the Organiser plan, including VAT. Example: 200 tickets on the Organiser plan cost 200 × €0.25 + €14.95 = €64.95 — that is €0.33 per ticket. Set the service fee per ticket type to €0.35 and the visitor pays it transparently in the checkout, the amount goes entirely to you and on balance you sell at zero cost. The calculator below works it out for your numbers, including the comparison with a percentage-based platform. Service fee calculator ## Work it out for your event All amounts include VAT. You see the outcome instantly; nothing is stored or sent. Paid tickets per event Events per year Pricing model Pay as you go (€0.50 per ticket, no fixed costs) Organiser (€14.95 per event + €0.25 per ticket) Average ticket price (€) Only needed for the comparison with a percentage-based platform. Percentage at your current platform 3% service fees 5% service fees 7,5% service fees 10% service fees ## Your outcome Tickets per year 400 Platform costs per year €129,90 Break-even service fee per ticket €0,35 Set this amount (or more) as the service fee per ticket type and on balance you sell at zero cost. At 5% service fees elsewhere €300,00 Your savings per year €170,10 Mollie's transaction costs are separate from this sum; you settle those directly with Mollie at your own contract rates. Free tickets are always fee-free and are not counted here. Examples ## Three worked scenarios The same sum as the calculator, written out — including the service fee per ticket at which you sell break-even. Scenario Platform costs per year Break-even per ticket At 5% of €15 elsewhere 200 tickets, 2 events (Organiser) 400 × €0.25 + 2 × €14.95 = €129.90 €0.35 €300.00 — savings €170.10 100 tickets, 1 event (Pay as you go) 100 × €0.50 = €50.00 €0.50 €75.00 — savings €25.00 1,000 tickets, 4 events (Organiser) 4,000 × €0.25 + 4 × €14.95 = €1,059.80 €0.30 €3,000.00 — savings €1,940.20 All amounts include VAT. "Break-even per ticket" is rounded up to 5 cents; you keep whatever exceeds it. # What are service fees anyway? ### A separate line in the checkout Service fees are an amount on top of the ticket price, with their own label — for instance "booking fee". The visitor sees them as a separate, transparent line from the first price overview. ### You set them, you receive them With MijnEvent you set service fees per ticket type yourself, and the amount goes entirely to you — not to the platform. Set them to the break-even value from the calculator and every sale pays its own fee. ### Transparency is mandatory Hidden costs in the final step of a checkout violate consumer law. MijnEvent therefore always shows service fees from the first price overview — fair to your visitor, safe for you. # Being smart about service fees In the Netherlands a service charge of €0.50 to €2.00 per ticket is common; large platforms sometimes charge a percentage that climbs steeply on more expensive tickets. For you as an organiser, service fees are mostly a pricing-psychology choice: keep the ticket price low and show the fee as a separate line, or fold everything into one all-in price? Both are allowed — as long as the visitor sees the total from the first price overview, as consumer law requires and MijnEvent does by default. The calculator above gives you the benchmark: the break-even value. Below it you pay part of the platform fee yourself, above it you build margin that goes entirely to you. Common strategies: set it exactly break-even so you net your full ticket price, a round €1.00 charge that also covers your Mollie transaction costs and a bit of organisation, or service fees only on the pricier ticket types and none on children's or member tickets. You set it per ticket type, with its own label. If you are switching from a platform that charges a percentage, the comparison is quickly made: on a €30 ticket with 5% service fees your visitor pays €1.50 on top, while the flat MijnEvent fee from €0.25 never grows with your ticket price. You can hand the difference back to your visitors through lower ticket prices, or keep it as extra margin — the calculator shows both sides of that sum. # Who is this calculator for? For organisers considering a switch from a percentage-based platform who want to know what it concretely saves, for starters building their first ticket price who want to pass costs on neatly, and for treasurers who need to show the board what ticket sales will cost next season. Enter your own numbers — nothing is stored or sent. Frequently asked questions ## Frequently asked questions about service fees ## What service fee per ticket is reasonable? Common in the Netherlands is €0.50 to €2.00 per ticket. With MijnEvent you break even from €0.25 to €0.50 — everything above that is margin. The calculator on this page works out the break-even value for your numbers. ## May I pass service fees on to visitors? Yes, provided you show them honestly and early: hidden costs in the final step violate consumer law. MijnEvent therefore always shows service fees as a separate line from the first price overview in the checkout. ## Who receives the service fees? You, the organiser, in full. The service fees are part of the total that arrives via your own Mollie account. MijnEvent only collects its flat platform fee per paid ticket — from €0.25 including VAT. ## Can I charge different service fees per ticket type? Yes. You set service fees per ticket type, with their own amount and their own label. That way you can charge a booking fee on a VIP ticket, for instance, and none on a children's ticket. ## Do free tickets count in the calculation? No. Free tickets are always fee-free with MijnEvent, so they cause no platform costs and need no service fee either. The calculator therefore only counts paid tickets. ## Are Mollie's transaction costs included? No, those are separate from this sum. Payments run through your own Mollie account and you settle the transaction costs directly with Mollie, at your own contract rates. If you like, you can factor those into your service fee as well. # Put your outcome live today Create a free account, set your service fees per ticket type and on balance sell at zero cost. No subscription, no hidden fees. [Create a free account](https://mijnevent.nl/registreer) [See all pricing](https://mijnevent.nl/en/pricing)