Convention
Conventions, festivals, and shows with badges and a vendor floor.
3% + $0.50 per order
$1 per staff badge · vendor badges included per table
- Registration and badges
- Public Event page
- Vendors and booths
- Programming
- Volunteers and staff
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Community Event · Paid
Community-run Events that sell badges for entry.
3% + $1.00 per order
$1 per staff, volunteer, and vendor badge
- Registration and badges
- Public Event page
- Vendors
- Volunteers and staff
Community Event · Free
Community-run Events where entry is free.
No fee on registrations
$5 per participating vendor · $1 per staff badge
- Free registration
- Public Event page
- Vendors
- Volunteers and staff
Venue Admission
Venues selling admission without a vendor floor or staff structure.
3% + $1.00 per order
No staff, volunteer, or vendor badge charges
- Admission sales
- Public Event page
- Checkout and attendance reporting
Estimate your Event
Pricing calculator
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YOUR ESTIMATED PLAN
Convention
500 attendees · $22,500.00 in badge sales
YOUR EVENT PAYS
$923.16
AE charges + est. processing
ATTENDEES PAY
$925.00
AE fee at checkout
VENDORS PAY
$0.00
No AE charges to vendors
AE sale fee
$925.003% of $22,500.00 + $0.50 per order · Attendees
Staff and volunteer badges
$40.0040 × $1 · Your Event
Vendor badges
$0.0020 vendors · included per table · No charge
Card processing estimate
$883.16Stripe 2.9% + $0.30 per order · not an AE charge · Your Event
ONE CHECKOUT EXAMPLE
Badge$45.00
Estimated tax · 8.25%$3.71
AE fee$1.85
Total$50.56
Estimates are illustrative. Your executed Agreement governs. Card processing comes from the Event’s payout and is not an AE charge.
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Set up badges, vendors, and your team in Preview. Signing your Agreement does not charge anything; AE’s fees begin when sales open.