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.
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.
Work it out for your event
All amounts include VAT. You see the outcome instantly; nothing is stored or sent.
Your outcome
Set this amount (or more) as the service fee per ticket type and on balance you sell at zero cost.
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.
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.