Ticketing for summer collegiate and minor league baseball teams
What a ballpark needs from its ticketing, and what each option costs on the orders you sell every night. venuery wrote this guide and is one of the options, so every price links to its source.
Eight things a ballpark needs.
| Season tickets that stay put | Holders keep the same seats at every game and renew them next year without losing them to the public on-sale. |
|---|---|
| Walk-ups at the window | A box office that sells cash, card and comps on the same seat map as online, so nothing is sold twice. |
| Volunteers at the gate | Scanning on volunteers' own phones, without accounts to set up for each one. |
| A plan for rain-outs | Fans swap tickets for another game, or resell them, without the front office answering every email. |
| Groups and birthdays | Group rates, an invoice, and a way for the organizer to pay for everyone. |
| Theme nights and sponsors | Fireworks, giveaways and sponsored nights that show up where fans buy. |
| Fees fans can live with | Per-ticket fees add up fast on a family of four. Check what a typical order costs, all in. |
| Your money, your fans | Ticket money in your own account as it sells, and fan lists you can export. |
Fees on a night's orders.
Each platform's fee plus card processing, at list prices. Fans usually pay these on top of the ticket price.
| Order | venuery | Eventbrite | Ticketleap | HomeTown Ticketing | Flicket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One $8 ticket | $1.04 | $2.38 | $1.43 | Not published | Not published |
| A family of four at $12 | $3.23 | $10.57 | $6.55 | Not published | Not published |
| A birthday group: 15 at $10 | $6.18 | $37.69 | $23.04 | Not published | Not published |
| Two season tickets at $250 | $16.33 | $37.22 | $27.36 | Not published | Not published |
venuery: $1.49 per order ($0.49 under $15) plus Stripe’s 2.9% + 30¢. Eventbrite: 3.7% + $1.79 service fee per paid ticket, and 2.9% payment processing per order, taken here on the whole charge. Ticketleap: $1 + 2% per ticket over $5 ($0.49 for $5 and under, capped at $20), and a 3% transaction fee per order, taken here on the whole charge. HomeTown Ticketing and Flicket don’t publish their fees.
Who each one suits.
| Platform | Built for | Pick it when |
|---|---|---|
| venuery | Teams and venues that sell a season | You want season tickets, walk-ups, volunteers at the gate and sponsors in one place, for one flat fee per order and no contract. |
| Eventbrite | Events of every kind, with its own marketplace for discovery | You want people who've never heard of you to find your event on Eventbrite's marketplace. You run one-off general admission events and already know Eventbrite's tools. |
| Ticketleap | Community events, theaters and venues | Most of your orders are a single ticket of $5 or less. There, Ticketleap's $0.49 plus 3% comes to less than venuery's fee plus Stripe's 30¢. You'd rather trace seats over a picture of your venue than draw the chart. |
| HomeTown Ticketing | Schools: athletics, activities and the arts | You're a school or district: HomeTown is built around school athletics and activities, at no cost to the school. |
| Flicket | Sports clubs and promoters, with a delivery team | You want a delivery team running your matchday staff and sales campaigns, and you're happy to sign a longer exclusive agreement for it. |
Everything above, in every account.
All of it is included in the $1.49 per order.
| Season tickets | The same seats at every game, renewals that hold last year's seats, and holders imported from your old system. |
|---|---|
| Flex packs and theme nights | Credit to spend on any game, and nights with their own look, giveaways and sponsors. |
| Groups and birthdays | Group rates, invoices and a link for the organizer to pay. |
| Box office and walk-ups | Cash, card and comps at the window, on the same seat map. |
| Volunteers at the gate | A code volunteers scan with their own phones: no account, no app. |
| Rain-outs | Fans exchange tickets for another game, or resell them at face value. |
| Sponsors | Levels, agreements signed online, and logos on the games they sponsor. |
| Know before you go | Parking, bags and rain policy on your shop and every game, where search engines and AI assistants can read them. |
Baseball ticketing questions
What's the cheapest ticketing for a minor league or summer collegiate team?
Of the platforms that publish their fees, a flat per-order fee costs least on the orders a ballpark sells most: families, groups and season tickets. On a family of four at $12, venuery comes to $3.23 with card processing, Eventbrite $10.57 and Ticketleap $6.55. For single tickets of $5 or less, Ticketleap costs less.
Who pays the ticketing fees, the team or the fan?
Either, on most platforms. If fans pay, US rules say the fee has to be part of the first price they see, so a $10 ticket with a fee shows as the total, not $10.
Can volunteers scan tickets on their own phones?
On venuery, yes: show a scanner code at the gate, each volunteer points their phone's camera at it and types their name, and they can scan. No accounts or app to install.
What happens to tickets when a game is rained out?
On venuery, when the team turns them on, fans can exchange their tickets for another game or resell them at face value, up to a cutoff the team sets.
Can we move our season ticket holders from another system?
Yes. Import them with their seats from a CSV export, then renew them into the next season like any other holder.
Sources, checked 2 November 2026: Eventbrite pricing · Eventbrite reserved seating · Ticketleap fees (help center) · Ticketleap · Ticketleap reserved seating · HomeTown Ticketing · HomeTown Box Office · HomeTown FAQ · Flicket · Flicket general terms (United States) · Flicket memberships and season tickets. Names are trademarks of their owners. Prices change; check each platform before you decide.
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