Let's be honest: most UK event organisers are getting robbed in broad daylight, and they're saying "thank you" while it happens.
You're not just losing 10% of every ticket sale to some "convenient" marketplace platform. You're losing everything that matters. Your customer data? Gone. Your brand control? Handed over. Your ability to build anything sustainable? Completely kneecapped.
Every single time you run an event through someone else's platform, you make them stronger while you stay exactly where you are. They keep your audience. You keep the receipt. That's not a partnership - that's a protection racket with better branding.
This has to stop.
The Uncomfortable Truth
Here's what nobody wants to admit: you don't need them. The technology to sell your own tickets, keep your own data, and control your own checkout has existed for years. It's called Stripe. The same infrastructure powering Shopify, Airbnb, and thousands of direct-to-consumer brands is available to you right now.
You can use Stripe Checkout - a fully branded payment page on your domain that handles everything from card payments to Apple Pay. You can use Payment Links for instant, shareable checkout that works via email, text, or WhatsApp. Or you can use Stripe Connect, the platform infrastructure that lets you run a proper ticketing business with compliance, payouts, and transparency baked in.
At Presso, we built our entire system on Connect because we're not interested in owning your customers. We charge 1% - not 7-10% - because we're not trying to tax your success. We handle the boring compliance stuff so you can focus on filling rooms.
Why This Matters
Owning your payments isn't about saving a few quid per ticket. It's about building leverage. When you control checkout, you control the customer relationship. When you keep the data, you can retarget without begging for access. When you eliminate the platform tax, that margin becomes your marketing budget, your growth capital, your runway.
The big platforms want you dependent. We want you dangerous.
Your Move
If you're technical or stubborn enough, go build it yourself. Stripe gives you everything you need. If you'd rather skip the setup and just get to work, we've already done it - compliance handled, payouts automated, brand intact.
➡️ pressotickets.com
1% fee. Your brand. Your data. Your profit.
The future of event tech isn't more platforms extracting rent. It's organisers owning their own damn economy.
Stop asking permission. Start keeping what you earn.