Ticketing with no contract,no cap, no cost to you.
An alternative to the big platforms, including See Tickets and Ticketmaster, for independent promoters who want out of fixed-term contracts and annual ticket caps. No contract to sign, no ceiling on your sales, no penalty for walking away.
No contract. No annual cap. No setup fee. Fans pay a flat booking fee, you keep the full face value.
What lock-in actually costs you
Some platforms tie you into fixed terms and cap your annual volume. They sell it as partnership. For an independent promoter it looks more like a leash. Here is what you actually give up.
You lose the ability to move
Sign a fixed term and you are there for the duration, even when the fees change or the service slips. Your shows are tied to a platform you cannot leave without breaking something.
You get penalised for growth
Hit an annual ticket cap and the platform that sold you on scale starts throttling your sales or pushing you onto a bigger tier. Growing your night ends up costing you money.
Your ceiling is set by someone else
A cap on annual volume is a cap on how big your night is allowed to get. The platform decides when you have sold enough, not you and not your crowd.
You are stuck when the fees change
Mid-term fee hikes are not a negotiation, they are a notice period. You either swallow them or wait out the contract. Neither option is running your show your way.
Where Scope stands
Plainly: you list shows, sell tickets, and get paid. Nothing to sign, nothing to escape. You keep control of your own business the whole way.
- No contract
- No minimum term
- No annual ticket cap
- No exit penalty
- No setup fee
- No subscription
- No commission on your face value
Where the money goes
Being straight about this, because the word free gets thrown around. Scope is free for you. The fan pays a booking fee at checkout. You never pay a penny.
Fan pays at checkout
£10.00 ticket plus 50p booking fee
£10.50
Promoter receives
The full face value. Every penny of it.
£10.00
Scope keeps
The booking fee. That is all.
£0.50
Scope charges a booking fee to the fan at checkout. It is made up of a global admin fee plus a per-event fee, shown to the fan as a single Booking Fee. You receive the full ticket face value. The fan pays the fee, not you. No ticket sold, no fee.
Your phone is the scanner
No card reader to pair, no scanner unit to hire, no app to install. Scope runs on the phones you and your team already carry, so the door is one less thing to rent.
Use your own phone
The scanner runs on a phone you already own. A few of you on the door each use your own device. No dedicated scanner units to buy or hire.
Works with no signal
The ticket list caches on the phone before doors, so you keep scanning when the venue wifi drops. Results sync back the moment you reconnect.
Each ticket scanned, not a name ticked
Every ticket has its own QR code. Point the phone at it and Scope checks that ticket against the sale: valid, already used, or refunded. The same ticket never gets in twice.
Want the full breakdown of how the door works? Read the free ticket scanner guide.
Scope versus a typical large platform
The things you usually have to sign up for. Scope does not ask for any of them.
| Scope | Typical large platform | |
|---|---|---|
| Contract required | No | Often a fixed-term agreement |
| Annual ticket cap | No cap | Common, tied to your tier |
| Setup fee | None | Often charged |
| Subscription | None | Often monthly or annual |
| Commission on face value | None, you keep the full face value | Often a percentage of face value |
| Hardware required | Your phone, no rental | Often a rented reader or paid hardware |
| Payout timing | Within 5 working days of the show | Varies, often tied to contract terms |
Generic practices, not attributed to any named company. Your terms on any platform are set by your contract with them, so check those before you sign.
Get out of your contract and onto Scope
Get promoter access, list your show, and run the door on your phone. It is free and quick - we just take a look to keep fake and scam listings off. No contract, no annual cap, no setup fee. Fans pay a flat booking fee, you keep the full face value.
Getting promoter access is free. We just take a quick look to keep fake and scam listings off, so fans know a Scope show is real.
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