Eventbrite keep 2026 — what you take home if you absorb fees
Planning math for an Eventbrite organizer who absorbs fees (the take-home question). Official: 3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket plus 2.9% of the total order including service fees and tax. Default first paint: $100 ticket, 1 paid ticket, tax-in-fee-base $0 → service $5.49, order base $105.49 × 2.9% = $3.06, KEEP $91.45. Eventbrite’s own default is buyer-pays (KEEP then equals the listed $100) — that is a preset, not first paint. Pro $15/mo is a typed line, default $0, not inside KEEP. Not affiliated. Planning only.
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Keep if the organizer absorbs Eventbrite fees
$91.45
Official 3.7%+$1.79 + 2.9% of orderYou type pass-to-buyer, tax, Pro
$100 ticket − 3.7% − $1.79 − 2.9% of $105.49. Absorb, not buyer-pays. Planning only.
Service
$5.49
Processing
$3.06
Keep
$91.45
2 more plannersBuyer-pays vs absorb. Pro $15/mo is typed $0.
Buyer-pays vs absorb
Same $100 listed ticket. Eventbrite default is buyer-pays — a preset here.
Absorb (first paint)
$91.45
Buyer pays (preset)
$100.00
Pro $15/mo
Typed monthly, default $0. Not baked into per-ticket KEEP.
$0.00
Pro line on first paint is $0. Sales-to-cover is extra planning.
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Default $100 absorb → $91.45 keep
First paint is absorb, not Eventbrite’s buyer-pays default. No invented $0.30.
Ticket T = $100.00 · paid tickets n = 1 · tax-in-fee-base = $0
Service = 100 × 3.7% + $1.79 × 1 = $5.49
Order base = 100 + 5.49 + 0 = $105.49
Processing = 105.49 × 2.9% = $3.06
Pro $0 · tax buffer $0
KEEP = 100 − 5.49 − 3.06 = $91.45
If absorb meant the card charged only $100, processing might be 2.9% of $100 → $91.61. That lives in the FAQ, not first paint.
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The formula
KEEP = T − (T × 0.037 + 1.79 × n) − ((T + T × 0.037 + 1.79 × n + tax_in_fee_base) × 0.029) − tax_buffer
Pass-to-buyer KEEP = T − tax_buffer
Pro monthly is a separate typed line, default $0, never inside KEEP.
Official rows (fetched 2 Sep 2026)
3.7% + $1.79 per paid ticket + 2.9% of total order including service fees and tax.
Do not invent a $0.30 processing line.
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Not a tax engine. Currency labels only, not live FX.
How much does an organizer keep on a $100 ticket when absorbing fees?
Default first paint: KEEP $91.45 on $100 / 1 paid ticket / tax-in-fee-base $0. Service 3.7% + $1.79 = $5.49. Order base $105.49 × 2.9% = $3.06. KEEP = 100 − 5.49 − 3.06 = $91.45. There is no $0.30 line. Eventbrite Pro $15/mo is a typed line, default $0, not inside KEEP. Planning only. Not affiliated with Eventbrite.
Is Eventbrite default buyer-pays?
Yes on Eventbrite itself: the buyer usually pays the fees, so the listed $100 is what you keep (minus a tax buffer you type). That is a preset here, not first paint. First paint is the take-home question if you absorb fees → $91.45.
Why not $91.61?
Uncertainty only: if absorb means the card is charged $100, processing might be 2.9% of $100 → KEEP $91.61. Official help says 2.9% of the total order including service fees and tax, so first paint uses $105.49 × 2.9% = $3.06 → $91.45. Do not first-paint $91.61.
Is this affiliated or a tax engine?
Not affiliated with Eventbrite. Tax buffer is a dollar you type, default $0. Not a 50-state tax engine. Currency labels only. Educational planning only.