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title: "Guest Manager vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)"
description: "Guest Manager vs Ticket Fairy: ticket fees, payouts and the way your buyers book. More for event organizers, promoters and venues with Ticket Fairy."
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1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/)
2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare)
3. [Ticketing platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/ticketing)
4. Guest Manager vs Ticket Fairy

# Guest Manager vs Ticket Fairy

Guest Manager and Ticket Fairy both sell tickets, run guest lists and check guests in. Guest Manager is a check-in and registration app that charges a flat fee per ticket sold plus card fees and pays out through your own Stripe account, and Ticket Fairy publishes one ticketing fee with card processing included, adds face-value resale, installments and checkout on your own website.

Also on Ticket Fairy

- [Promoters & sales teams](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams)
- [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells)
- [Guest lists & comps](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps)

 [See all 17 tools](#whole-platform)   [Create a free account](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-ticketing-ticket-fairy-vs-guest-manager) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo)

Fai, your AI teammate, can check sales, update your event or change a ticket when you ask.

Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology)

- **11 of 11** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy
- **5 of 11** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of Guest Manager
- **6** things you need that Ticket Fairy includes and we did not find on Guest Manager's pages

## The short answer

Which should you choose?

### Why choose Ticket Fairy over Guest Manager?

- The ticketing fee includes card processing and customer service for your buyers.[1](#source-1)
- Your fans can resell and transfer tickets at face value, and each returned ticket is offered to the next fan on your waiting list.[2](#source-2)
- Buyers can pay for bigger tickets with a deposit now and installments later.[3](#source-3)
- Your buyers can choose tickets, pay by card and get their confirmation without leaving your own website.[4](#source-4)

### Guest Manager's strongest features

- The check-in app works offline on unlimited devices.[5](#source-5)
- Name badges can be printed on demand as guests arrive.[6](#source-6)
- Selling tickets online carries a service fee of $1.00 per ticket on On Demand and Planner, $0.75 on Professional and $0.50 on Concierge, which you absorb or pass on, plus card fees set by your payment processor.[7](#source-7)

Choose Ticket Fairy when you want one ticketing fee with card processing included, buyers who can pay in installments or resell at face value, and checkout on your own website. Choose Guest Manager if your main job is checking in an imported guest list on iPads that work offline, printing name badges as guests arrive and paying a flat fee for each ticket you sell.

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## What each platform costs for your event

What would 300 tickets at US$25 cost on Guest Manager and on Ticket Fairy?

You see each platform's published fee on a US$25 ticket in the US: Guest Manager's $1.00 per ticket with the card fees its pricing page names, and Ticket Fairy's standard ticketing fee with card processing included.

### What does one order of 300 tickets at $25 cost on each platform?

    Every platform's order, in words

- **Ticket Fairy** Fee on each ticket $2.50; buyers pay $8,250; you receive $7,500. Card processing included
- **Guest Manager** Fee on each ticket $2.05; buyers pay $8,115; you receive $7,500. Fee $1 + payment processing $1.05

On this order, your buyers pay $135 more on Ticket Fairy than on Guest Manager, with card processing included.

Sources[1](#source-1) [8](#source-8)

  Calculate fees for your event

| For 300 tickets at $25 | Ticket Fairy | Guest Manager |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Who pays the fee | The buyer, unless you choose to absorb it | The buyer |
| Fees per ticket | $2.50 | $2.05 |
| Buyers pay in total | $8,250 | $8,115 |
| You receive for the tickets | $7,500 | $7,500 |
| Your Pro plan ($20 a month), once the Ticket Fairy fees on these sales come off it | $0 to pay that month | Pay-as-you-go credits or monthly plans from $39 a month billed annually; online ticket sales carry a per-ticket service fee instead of credits. |

Ticket Fairy's standard ticketing fee is the same on every plan. Each month, Ticket Fairy's fees on your paid tickets, after payment processing, come off your next plan bill, up to the plan price. On a $25 ticket in the United States, Guest Manager's published fees are Fee $1 + payment processing $1.05. Guest Manager's fixed card charge of $0.30 is counted on each ticket, as if each ticket is bought on its own. On an order of several tickets, Guest Manager charges it once. Guest Manager's fee is from [its published pricing](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026. [See Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing).

### When does each platform pay you your ticket money?

   When each platform pays, in words

- **Ticket Fairy** On your own connected Stripe or Xendit account, where your country supports it: daily as tickets sell.[9](#source-9)
- **Ticket Fairy** When Ticket Fairy processes your sales: usually 10 to 15 business days after the event, held until the chargeback window closes if there are chargebacks or cancellations.[9](#source-9)
- **Guest Manager** On your own payment processing account's schedule: Payments go to your own Stripe account, and Stripe deposits sales into your bank account daily or weekly[10](#source-10)

On Ticket Fairy you can be paid daily as tickets sell on your own connected Stripe or Xendit account, where your country supports it. When Ticket Fairy processes your sales, your money usually arrives 10 to 15 business days after the event, and if there are chargebacks or cancellations it can be held until the chargeback window closes.

Sources[9](#source-9) [10](#source-10)

## What both platforms include

Ticket Fairy and Guest Manager both include these, so they do not decide between them.

- Fees
- When you are paid
- Door scanning
- Marketing tools
- Your buyer data

## What each platform does for your event

What do you get from Guest Manager and Ticket Fairy when you sell tickets and run your guest list?

### Where does each platform win on what you need?

   Every difference, in words

- **Fees** Ticket Fairy: $2.50 a ticket. Guest Manager: $2.05 a ticket. Guest Manager wins
- **Reserved seating** Ticket Fairy: Included. Guest Manager: Not found.
- **Payment plans** Ticket Fairy: Included. Guest Manager: Not found.
- **Resale and transfers** Ticket Fairy: Included. Guest Manager: Not found.
- **Event website or checkout on your site** Ticket Fairy: Included. Guest Manager: Not found.
- **Sells through AI assistants** Ticket Fairy: Included. Guest Manager: Not found.
- **AI assistant** Ticket Fairy: Included. Guest Manager: Not found.
- **4 things you need are the same on both:** When you are paid, Door scanning, Marketing tools, Your buyer data

Guest Manager comes out ahead on 1 of these, and Ticket Fairy includes all 11 things you need.

| What you need | Ticket Fairy | Guest Manager |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Money |  |  |
| Fees | Every plan has one standard ticketing fee that buyers pay or you absorb, and on a paid plan you can add your own ticketing fee on top, which you keep [9](#source-9) | A service fee of $1.00 per ticket sold, or $0.75 and $0.50 on the Professional and Concierge plans, absorbed or passed on, plus card fees from your payment processor [11](#source-11) |
| When you are paid | With your own Stripe or Xendit account, where your country supports it, payouts arrive daily. When Ticket Fairy processes your sales, your payout usually arrives 10 to 15 business days after the event, and if there are chargebacks or cancellations it can be held until the chargeback window closes [9](#source-9) | Payments go to your own Stripe account, and Stripe deposits sales into your bank account daily or weekly [10](#source-10) |
| Selling |  |  |
| Reserved seating | Included[12](#source-12) Your buyers can pick their own seat on your venue's map | Not found in Guest Manager's public documentation[13](#source-13) We did not find reserved seating on a seat map in Guest Manager's public pages |
| Payment plans | Included[3](#source-3) Your buyers can pay for bigger tickets with a deposit now and installments later | Not found in Guest Manager's public documentation[14](#source-14) We did not find payment plans or installments for ticket buyers in Guest Manager's public pages |
| Resale and transfers | Included[2](#source-2) Your fans can resell and transfer tickets at face value, with a waiting list | Not found in Guest Manager's public documentation[15](#source-15) We did not find fan-to-fan resale; you can exchange a ticket for another event or ticket type |
| Event website or checkout on your site | Included[16](#source-16) Each event gets its own website, at its own link or on your own web address on a paid plan, and you can put checkout on your own site | Not found in Guest Manager's public documentation[17](#source-17) We did not find checkout on your own website; buyers order on a Guest Manager event page you build from sections |
| Sells through AI assistants | Included[18](#source-18) Your buyers can find and buy your tickets inside the AI assistants you choose | Not found in Guest Manager's public documentation[19](#source-19) Buying tickets inside an AI assistant was not found in Guest Manager's public pages |
| Running the event |  |  |
| Door scanning | Included[20](#source-20) Your door team can scan tickets on their own phones, and your buyers can keep their tickets in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, updated whenever anything changes | Included[21](#source-21) An iPad check-in app that works offline on unlimited devices, with QR code scanning and name badge printing |
| Marketing tools | Included[22](#source-22) You can promote your events with email and text campaigns, promo codes and referral rewards | Included[23](#source-23) Reminder and thank-you emails, forms and surveys, and campaigns to ticket holders |
| Your buyer data | Included[24](#source-24) You keep your own customer list and see your repeat and lapsed buyers | Included[25](#source-25) Most lists, including attendees, orders, payments and scans, export to CSV in one click |
| AI assistant | Included[26](#source-26) Fai can answer questions and make changes once you approve | Not found in Guest Manager's public documentation[27](#source-27) We did not find an AI assistant for event teams in Guest Manager's public pages |

## Everything you need to run your club nights

The same free Ticket Fairy account helps you sell more tickets, answer fewer questions and run a smoother show day.

### Sell more tickets

You reach more buyers and earn more from each one.

- #### [Promoters & sales teams](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams)

  Each promoter gets their own link and artwork, one promoter team can sell across your events, and you see who sold what and the commission you owe.[28](#source-28)
- #### [Add-ons & upsells](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells)

  You earn more from each buyer: parking, camping, merchandise and upgrades sell with the ticket, VIP tables book with a deposit, and one pass can cover several of your events.[29](#source-29)
- #### [Social media](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media)

  You sell more tickets from your social accounts: Fai drafts posts and campaign plans, your team answers comments and messages together, and fans who ask get ticket links.[30](#source-30)
- #### [Referral rewards](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing)

  Events sell 20% more tickets on average with referral rewards: buyers earn back part or all of their ticket price as their friends buy.[22](#source-22)
- #### [Audience insights](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/audience-insights)

  You see the ages, jobs and devices of your ticket buyers, where they live across all your events and who comes back.[31](#source-31)
- #### [Website builder](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder)

  Your event, venue or brand gets its own website on your own domain: Fai drafts it, your events show live prices and visitors can send you enquiries.[16](#source-16)
- #### [Advertising & tracking](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking)

  You see which ad, post and partner sold each ticket, with Meta, TikTok, Google and your other ad networks connected once for your brand.[32](#source-32)

### Fewer questions from buyers

Buyers find their answers and sort out their own orders.

- #### [AI ticket concierge](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge)

  Fewer questions reach your inbox: your ticket concierge answers buyers on your website from your own pages, sells tickets in the chat and hands anything it can't answer to your team.[33](#source-33)

### Less work for your team

Your whole team works from one place, and Fai takes on the admin.

- #### [Many events & brands](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/multiple-events-and-brands)

  New events go on sale faster from a template or a copy of a night you already ran, and you run all your brands from one login.[34](#source-34)
- #### [Artists & line-up](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/artists-and-line-up)

  You can advance every act and speaker within their allowances, catch running-order clashes early and publish a line-up fans can add to their calendar.[35](#source-35)
- #### [Venue operations](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/venue-operations)

  You can see who holds each date in every room, price offers using past fees and settle each show across all your rooms and stages.[36](#source-36)
- #### [Fai](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai)

  You get answers about your sales in seconds, and Fai takes on your event setup, promotions and emails, with you approving every change first.[26](#source-26)

### A smooth show day

Every team on site knows what happens next, and problems get sorted fast.

- #### [Guest lists & comps](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps)

  You can send guests free tickets your door team scans, upload a whole list at once and let partners hand out their own allocation.[37](#source-37)
- #### [Front of house](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house)

  Walk-ups can buy at your box office, guests prove their age once, VIPs get a host, and fans pay cashless with their wristband.[38](#source-38)
- #### [Show day](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/show-day)

  Every team knows what's on each stage now and next, and incidents reach the right people fast.[39](#source-39)

### Know your numbers

You see what each event earns and costs, and pay everyone you owe.

- #### [Vault](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault)

  You can pay artists, suppliers and crew from your ticket money as it arrives, your team spends on cards with limits you set, and deposits and invoices land in the same balance.[40](#source-40)
- #### [Budget & costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs)

  You can see the all-in cost of each act, your whole team works from one shared budget, and you can compare costs and sales pace across your events.[41](#source-41)

[Ticket Fairy for nightclubs & club nights](https://www.ticketfairy.com/solutions/nightclubs-and-club-nights)

## Already on Guest Manager? Use Ticket Fairy alongside it

You can keep selling your tickets on Guest Manager and run everything around them on Ticket Fairy: an AI ticket concierge that answers your fans and sends them to your ticket page, your own website, ads and social that sell more of your tickets, your event operations, and Vault to pay your artists and suppliers from your ticket payouts.

[See how Ticket Fairy works alongside your ticketing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/platform/alongside-your-ticketing)

## Your questions about Guest Manager and Ticket Fairy

    How much does Guest Manager charge to sell tickets?

Guest Manager charges a service fee of $1.00 per ticket on On Demand and Planner, $0.75 on Professional and $0.50 on Concierge, which you absorb or pass on, plus the card fees your payment processor sets. Its monthly plans start at $39 a month billed annually. On Ticket Fairy, every plan has one standard ticketing fee with card processing included, and you choose whether buyers pay it on top of your price or you absorb it. On a paid plan you can also add your own ticketing fee on top of Ticket Fairy's, and you keep your own fee. [7](#source-7) [42](#source-42) [43](#source-43) [9](#source-9) [1](#source-1)

    When do I get my ticket money with Guest Manager?

Guest Manager sends ticket money to your own Stripe account, and Stripe pays it out to you daily or weekly. On Ticket Fairy, you can be paid daily as tickets sell on your own Stripe or Xendit account where your country supports it, or Ticket Fairy collects the payments and usually pays you 10 to 15 business days after the event, and funds can be held for the chargeback window where there are chargebacks or cancellations. [44](#source-44) [9](#source-9)

    Can I track which promoter brought each guest?

Yes. Guest Manager's lists group guests under a promoter, sponsor, company or staff member and count check-ins by source, and a list can give a team member their own sign-in. On Ticket Fairy, each promoter can add their own guests from their own link up to the number you set, and Sales by Promoter shows the tickets, tables and revenue each one brought in. [45](#source-45) [46](#source-46) [47](#source-47) [48](#source-48)

    Does check-in work without a signal?

Guest Manager's check-in app works offline on unlimited devices, and it can print name badges as guests arrive. On Ticket Fairy, your door team scans tickets on their own phones, and your buyers can keep their tickets in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. [5](#source-5) [6](#source-6) [20](#source-20)

    Can buyers resell or exchange their tickets?

Guest Manager lets you exchange a ticket for another event or ticket type, and we did not find fan-to-fan resale in its public pages. On Ticket Fairy, your fans can resell and transfer tickets at face value, and each returned ticket is offered to the next fan on your waiting list. [49](#source-49) [50](#source-50) [2](#source-2)

     1 more question   Can buyers check out on my own website?

We did not find checkout on your own website in Guest Manager's public pages; buyers order on a Guest Manager event page you build from sections. On Ticket Fairy, your buyers can choose tickets, pay by card and get their confirmation without leaving your own website. [51](#source-51) [4](#source-4)

- **25,000+** events powered
- **10M+** tickets issued
- **13** countries
- **20%** more tickets from referral rewards

Featured in **TechCrunch** and **Forbes**

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Every fact about another platform comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word with the date we read them. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology)

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1. Ticket Fairy [Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing)
2. Ticket Fairy [Fans get spare tickets at face value](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/orders-refunds-and-resale/resale-transfers-and-waiting-lists)
3. Ticket Fairy [Fans can buy your biggest tickets with a deposit](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/payments-and-payouts/payment-plans)
4. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Sell tickets on your own website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-tickets-on-your-own-website)
5. Guest Manager The check-in app works offline on unlimited devices. "Works offline Unlimited devices On demand name badge printing"  [www.guestmanager.com/](https://www.guestmanager.com/), read on 20 October 2026.
6. Guest Manager Name badges can be printed on demand as guests arrive. "Save time and hassle by printing your name badges onsite, as guests arrive."  [www.guestmanager.com/](https://www.guestmanager.com/), read on 20 October 2026.
7. Guest Manager Selling tickets online carries a service fee of $1.00 per ticket on On Demand and Planner, $0.75 on Professional and $0.50 on Concierge, which you absorb or pass on, plus card fees set by your payment processor. "Currency On Demand Planner Professional Concierge $ USD $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 0.75 $ 0.50"  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
8. Guest Manager Fees per ticket "\* Plus applicable credit card fees, determined by your payment processor. We recommend Stripe.com - 2.9% + 0.30 per transaction."  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
9. Ticket Fairy [Your ticket money arrives daily, or after the show](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/payments-and-payouts/payment-accounts-fees-and-payouts)
10. Guest Manager When you are paid "Stripe will deposit sales into your bank account on a daily or weekly basis."  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
11. Guest Manager Fees "Currency On Demand Planner Professional Concierge $ USD $ 1.00 $ 1.00 $ 0.75 $ 0.50"  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
12. Ticket Fairy [Buyers pick their own seat on your venue's map](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/seating-and-timed-entry/reserved-seating)
13. Guest Manager Reserved seating "Calendar — buyers browse a calendar by day, week, or month and pick a date." Where we looked: guestmanager.com pages read in full on 2026-10-20: home, Pricing, Features tour, Policies, and the help docs on service fees, connecting Stripe, refunds and exchanges, the event page, the event check-in app, exporting, email campaigns, lists, user roles and promotions; searched for "resale", "installment", "installment", "payment plan", "AI", "artificial intelligence"..  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/selling/event-page](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/selling/event-page), read on 20 October 2026.
14. Guest Manager Payment plans "Use a partial refund to return some of the money — for example, one ticket out of several." Where we looked: guestmanager.com pages read in full on 2026-10-20: home, Pricing, Features tour, Policies, and the help docs on service fees, connecting Stripe, refunds and exchanges, the event page, the event check-in app, exporting, email campaigns, lists, user roles and promotions; searched for "resale", "installment", "installment", "payment plan", "AI", "artificial intelligence"..  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges), read on 20 October 2026.
15. Guest Manager Resale and transfers "Swap a ticket for a different event or registration type." Where we looked: guestmanager.com pages read in full on 2026-10-20: home, Pricing, Features tour, Policies, and the help docs on service fees, connecting Stripe, refunds and exchanges, the event page, the event check-in app, exporting, email campaigns, lists, user roles and promotions; searched for "resale", "installment", "installment", "payment plan", "AI", "artificial intelligence"..  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges), read on 20 October 2026.
16. Ticket Fairy [You can sell tickets right on your event website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder)
17. Guest Manager Event website or checkout on your site "The event page is the public page where buyers register, RSVP, or buy tickets." Where we looked: guestmanager.com pages read in full on 2026-10-20: home, Pricing, Features tour, Policies, and the help docs on service fees, connecting Stripe, refunds and exchanges, the event page, the event check-in app, exporting, email campaigns, lists, user roles and promotions; searched for "resale", "installment", "installment", "payment plan", "AI", "artificial intelligence"..  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/selling/event-page](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/selling/event-page), read on 20 October 2026.
18. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Choose which AI assistants sell your tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/choose-which-ai-assistants-sell-your-tickets)
19. Guest Manager Sells through AI assistants "Search, filter, and sort data in seconds." Where we looked: guestmanager.com pages read in full on 2026-10-20: home, Pricing, Features tour, Policies, and the help docs on service fees, connecting Stripe, refunds and exchanges, the event page, the event check-in app, exporting, email campaigns, lists, user roles and promotions; searched for "resale", "installment", "installment", "payment plan", "AI", "artificial intelligence"..  [www.guestmanager.com/tour/](https://www.guestmanager.com/tour/), read on 20 October 2026.
20. Ticket Fairy [Tickets in your buyers' wallets, always up to date](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/check-in-and-box-office/apple-and-google-wallet-passes)
21. Guest Manager Door scanning "Works offline Unlimited devices On demand name badge printing"  [www.guestmanager.com/](https://www.guestmanager.com/), read on 20 October 2026.
22. Ticket Fairy [Your buyers sell tickets to their friends](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/referral-marketing)
23. Guest Manager Marketing tools "Engage attendees with reminder and thank you emails, forms, surveys, and collect data and insight about your audience."  [www.guestmanager.com/tour/](https://www.guestmanager.com/tour/), read on 20 October 2026.
24. Ticket Fairy [You find your regulars and win back lapsed buyers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/audience-insights/customer-list-and-repeat-buyers)
25. Guest Manager Your buyer data "Most list views in Guest Manager export to a CSV in one click."  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/platform/productivity/exporting](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/platform/productivity/exporting), read on 20 October 2026.
26. Ticket Fairy [Fai gets your ticketing jobs done when you ask](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/fai)
27. Guest Manager AI assistant "Search, filter, and sort data in seconds." Where we looked: guestmanager.com pages read in full on 2026-10-20: home, Pricing, Features tour, Policies, and the help docs on service fees, connecting Stripe, refunds and exchanges, the event page, the event check-in app, exporting, email campaigns, lists, user roles and promotions; searched for "resale", "installment", "installment", "payment plan", "AI", "artificial intelligence"..  [www.guestmanager.com/tour/](https://www.guestmanager.com/tour/), read on 20 October 2026.
28. Ticket Fairy [Promoters sell more, and you know who sold what](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/promoters-and-sales-teams)
29. Ticket Fairy [You earn more per buyer with extras they want](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/add-ons-and-upsells)
30. Ticket Fairy [Every fan who asks for tickets gets a link](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/social-media)
31. Ticket Fairy [You know where to advertise and tour next](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/audience-insights)
32. Ticket Fairy [You know which ads, posts and partners sell tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/advertising-and-tracking)
33. Ticket Fairy [Buyers get answers and buy tickets in one chat](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/ai-ticket-concierge)
34. Ticket Fairy [Your next event can be on sale in minutes](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/multiple-events-and-brands)
35. Ticket Fairy [Every artist advance comes back complete and on time](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/artists-and-line-up)
36. Ticket Fairy [Each date's holder is clear and shows settle fast](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/venue-operations)
37. Ticket Fairy [Guests get in as quickly as paying buyers](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/guest-lists-and-comps)
38. Ticket Fairy [Your door sells tickets and looks after every guest](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/front-of-house)
39. Ticket Fairy [Stages stay on time and incidents get fast responses](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/show-day)
40. Ticket Fairy [You pay artists, suppliers and crew from ticket sales](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/vault)
41. Ticket Fairy [You know what every act and event really costs](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/budget-and-costs)
42. Guest Manager You choose whether to absorb the per-ticket service fee or pass it on to buyers. "Absorb or pass on the fee to buyers."  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
43. Guest Manager Monthly plans start with Planner at $39 a month, billed annually, and credits can also be bought pay as you go. "Planner Occasional use for small companies $ 39 per month $468 billed annually"  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
44. Guest Manager Ticket money goes to your own Stripe account, and Stripe deposits it into your bank account daily or weekly. "Stripe will deposit sales into your bank account on a daily or weekly basis."  [www.guestmanager.com/pricing/](https://www.guestmanager.com/pricing/), read on 20 October 2026.
45. Guest Manager Lists group guests under a promoter, sponsor, company or staff member, so check-ins can be counted by source. "A list can stand for a promoter, sponsor, company, vendor, affiliate, or staff member — how you segment is up to you."  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/platform/events/lists](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/platform/events/lists), read on 20 October 2026.
46. Guest Manager A list can give a team member their own sign-in to it. "To give a team member sign-in access to this list, add their email and, optionally, a phone number under the list-manager details."  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/platform/events/lists](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/platform/events/lists), read on 20 October 2026.
47. Ticket Fairy [Guide: How do you run a guest list for your event without a spreadsheet?](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/run-a-guest-list-without-a-spreadsheet)
48. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Sell VIP tables and bottle service through your promoters](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-vip-tables-and-bottle-service)
49. Guest Manager A ticket can be exchanged for another event or ticket type. "Swap a ticket for a different event or registration type."  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges), read on 20 October 2026.
50. Guest Manager We did not find fan-to-fan resale; you can exchange a ticket for another event or ticket type "Swap a ticket for a different event or registration type."  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/orders/refunds-exchanges), read on 20 October 2026.
51. Guest Manager We did not find checkout on your own website; buyers order on a Guest Manager event page you build from sections "The event page is the public page where buyers register, RSVP, or buy tickets."  [www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/selling/event-page](https://www.guestmanager.com/docs/online-ticketing/selling/event-page), read on 20 October 2026.

Updated 20 October 2026: First published.

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