Pricing & comparison

Three ways to sell tickets

Eventbrite, a custom build from a development shop, or the dedicated NJISA platform. All three priced against one realistic tournament season.

Scenario: 25 games · 300 fans average · $10 ticket · ~7,500 tickets/season, ~$75,000 in gross sales.

Eventbrite

Generic ticket marketplace

~$20,625

in fees per tournament season $2.75 per $10 ticket · all-in

Hosted ticket pages
Card payments included
No NJISA branding — Eventbrite logos everywhere
No offline gate scanner — needs paid 3rd-party app
No team or roster management
No sponsor placement
Per-staff scanner accounts cost extra
Fees scale with ticket price — raise to $15 and they take more

$2.75 per ticket

Custom build

Hire an agency or freelancer

$50K – $150K

one-time, then $2K – $10K/mo maintenance 300–500 dev hours · 3–6 month build

Fully custom, your branding
You own the code
Long timeline (3–6 months before first ticket sold)
Big upfront capital outlay
Ongoing maintenance contract required
Bugs and outages on you to fix
Infrastructure bill on top ($500–$2K/mo)
You handle payment processor setup + KYC yourself — dev won't do it
Hard to find a dev who knows ticketing + soccer ops

Big upfront + maintenance

Recommended

NJISA Plan

Branded platform · pay per ticket sold

$350

one-time setup + $0.50/ticket (fan pays at checkout) Setup includes merchant account + KYC · no annual fee

White-glove payment setup — merchant account opened, bank linked, identity verification (KYC) walked end-to-end. Normally a week of paperwork — we do it with you in one sitting.
100% NJISA branded — your logo, your colors
Signed QR tickets · offline-capable gate scanner
Per-staff scanner logins with audit trail
Team rosters, schedule, standings (phased rollout)
Sponsor banners across every ticket page
Branded checkout — fans never leave your site
NJISA keeps the full $10 face value of every ticket
Bookkeeping-ready CSV export · on-call support

Flat $0.50 per ticket

What NJISA keeps vs the alternatives

At the scenario above (7,500 tickets, $10 each), Eventbrite pulls $2.75 per ticket. The NJISA Plan charges $0.50 per ticket — fans pay the difference, NJISA keeps the full face value. No yearly subscription, no off-season cost.

Saved per tournament season ~$12,450