--- title: "WordPress.com vs Ticket Fairy: fees and features (2026)" description: "See WordPress.com and Ticket Fairy side by side: fees, features and what switching takes. Checked October 2026." canonical: "https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders/ticket-fairy-vs-wordpress-com" --- 1. [Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/) 2. [Compare](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare) 3. [Website builders](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders) 4. WordPress.com vs Ticket Fairy # WordPress.com vs Ticket Fairy With WordPress.com, you get hosting on every plan, the Site Editor and over 60,000 plugins, and you sell tickets through a store extension or payment buttons. With Ticket Fairy, you sell on the Free plan with seat maps and door scanning, and the free Ticket Fairy Events plugin puts your tickets on your WordPress.com site. [Get started free](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-website-builders-ticket-fairy-vs-wordpress-com) [Book a demo](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-ticketing/book-a-demo) Ticket Fairy publishes this comparison and also sells event ticketing and event management software. Ticket Fairy works with these website builders: you can keep your site and put Ticket Fairy's checkout on it. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) - **10 of 10** of the things you need, included on Ticket Fairy - **6 of 10** of the things you need, confirmed on the published pages of WordPress.com - **$4** Ticket Fairy fee on a $40 ticket ## Which should you choose? ### Where Ticket Fairy is stronger - Ticket Fairy works with WordPress.com: on a plan that lets you install plugins, the free Ticket Fairy Events plugin adds your tickets with a block or a shortcode.[1](#source-1) - Your door team can scan tickets on their own phones, and your buyers can keep their tickets in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.[2](#source-2) - Your buyers can pick their own seat on your venue's map.[3](#source-3) ### Where WordPress.com is stronger - Hosting is included in every plan, the free plan too, with a global CDN and SSL.[4](#source-4) - Every paid plan, from Personal, can install plugins from a marketplace of over 60,000.[5](#source-5) Ticket Fairy is the better fit when you sell tickets to events: your seat maps, door scanning, promo codes and payouts come with it, and the free plugin shows them on your WordPress.com pages. WordPress.com suits you if your site is a blog, a newsletter or a store first and your events are a small part of it. ## What does each cost when you sell 200 tickets at $40, one ticket per order? WordPress.com does not publish a fee for each ticket, so you see Ticket Fairy's fees worked out and how WordPress.com prices. You can enter your ticket price and the number of tickets you expect to sell. | For 200 tickets at $40 | Ticket Fairy | WordPress.com | | --- | --- | --- | | Who pays the fee | The buyer, unless you choose to absorb it | Not published | | Fees per ticket | $4 | Not published; quote required | | Buyers pay in total | $8,800 | Not published | | You receive for the tickets | $8,000 | Not published | | Your Pro plan ($20 a month), once the Ticket Fairy fees on these sales come off it | $0 to pay that month | Premium plan, US$8 a month billed yearly, for payment buttons, as shown in US dollars to UK visitors on 18 October 2026. | 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. WordPress.com's pricing is from [its own pricing page](https://wordpress.com/pricing/), read on 18 October 2026. [See Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing). *### When does each platform pay you your ticket money?* - After the event **Ticket Fairy** When Ticket Fairy collects your card payments, your money usually arrives 10 to 15 business days after the event, and where there are chargebacks or cancellations it can be held for the chargeback window [6](#source-6) - On your own payment account's schedule **WordPress.com** Payments go to your own Stripe account, and you move the money on from Stripe [7](#source-7) On Ticket Fairy: When Ticket Fairy collects your card payments, your money usually arrives 10 to 15 business days after the event, and where there are chargebacks or cancellations it can be held for the chargeback window. Sources[6](#source-6) [7](#source-7) ## What can WordPress.com and Ticket Fairy each do for selling your tickets? *### Where does each platform win on what you need?* - Included Selling tickets from your website *Ticket Fairy wins* Extra cost - Included The plan you need to take payments On a paid plan - Included Buyers choose their seats Not found - Included Scanning tickets at the door Not found - Included Promo codes and discounts On a paid plan - Included Contracts, crew and suppliers for the event Not found **4 things you need are the same on both:** What each ticket sale costs, When you get your ticket money, Emailing your ticket buyers, Designing your own website Ticket Fairy gives you 1 of these that WordPress.com does not offer. | What you need | Ticket Fairy | WordPress.com | | --- | --- | --- | | Selling tickets | | | | Selling tickets from your website | Included[1](#source-1) You can sell tickets from your event page, from your own website with the checkout snippet or WordPress plugin, and at your box office | Extra cost[8](#source-8) Tickets sell from a WooCommerce store with an events extension sold separately; the Eventbrite block embeds an Eventbrite checkout | | What each ticket sale costs | Included[9](#source-9) Every plan has one standard ticketing fee with card processing included, and your buyers pay it or you absorb it | Included[10](#source-10) Payment buttons: 4% fee on Premium (2% Business, 0% Commerce) plus Stripe 2.9% + US$0.30 per payment, as published in US dollars on 18 October 2026 | | The plan you need to take payments | Included[11](#source-11) The Free plan sells tickets for unlimited events, so you need no paid plan to start selling | On a paid plan[12](#source-12) Personal, from US$2.75 a month billed every 3 years, includes full plugin access, so it installs plugins such as WooCommerce; payment buttons start on Premium; as shown in US dollars to UK visitors on 18 October 2026 Plans: Personal | | Buyers choose their seats | Included[3](#source-3) Your buyers can pick their own seat on your venue's map | Not found in WordPress.com's public documentation[13](#source-13) No seat selection documented by WordPress.com | | On the day and after | | | | Scanning tickets at the door | Included[2](#source-2) Your door team can scan tickets on their own phones, and your buyers can keep their tickets in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet | Not found in WordPress.com's public documentation[14](#source-14) No ticket scanning or door check-in documented by WordPress.com | | When you get your ticket money | Included[6](#source-6) When Ticket Fairy collects your card payments, your money usually arrives 10 to 15 business days after the event, and where there are chargebacks or cancellations it can be held for the chargeback window | Included[7](#source-7) Payments go to your own Stripe account, and you move the money on from Stripe | | Selling more and running the event | | | | Promo codes and discounts | Included[15](#source-15) You can give a partner, a mailing list or your earliest buyers a better price with promo codes on the ticket types you choose | On a paid plan[16](#source-16) Coupon codes and sales on the Commerce plan store Plans: Commerce | | Emailing your ticket buyers | Included[17](#source-17) You can email or text your ticket holders and fans from one Messaging page and see how many people a message reaches before you send it | Included[18](#source-18) Newsletter on every site emails new posts to unlimited subscribers | | Contracts, crew and suppliers for the event | Included[19](#source-19) You can send artist contracts, build your crew rota, manage suppliers and share day sheets beside your ticket sales | Not found in WordPress.com's public documentation[20](#source-20) No artist, crew, supplier or day-sheet tools documented by WordPress.com | | Designing your own website | Included[21](#source-21) You get a website for your events on a Ticket Fairy address on the Free plan, and on your own web address on a paid plan, built from your event details | Included[22](#source-22) Themes plus the Site Editor to change text, images, colors, fonts, layout and position of every element | ## What else should you know about WordPress.com and Ticket Fairy? **Can I sell Ticket Fairy tickets on my WordPress.com site?** Yes. On a plan that lets you install plugins, the free Ticket Fairy Events plugin adds your tickets with a block or a shortcode, and buyers pay without leaving your pages. [1](#source-1) **Which WordPress.com plan do I need to sell tickets?** WordPress.com's own pages say the Personal plan, from US$2.75 a month billed every 3 years, includes full plugin access, so it installs plugins such as WooCommerce, and payment buttons start on Premium, as shown in US dollars on 18 October 2026. [23](#source-23) [24](#source-24) **What does WordPress.com charge on each sale?** WordPress.com's own pages say payment buttons charge a 4% fee on Premium, 2% on Business and 0% on Commerce, plus Stripe's 2.9% + US$0.30 per payment. With Ticket Fairy, one ticketing fee includes card processing, and your buyers pay it or you absorb it. [25](#source-25) [9](#source-9) **Can WordPress.com scan tickets at the door?** We did not find door check-in or ticket scanning in WordPress.com's own pages. With Ticket Fairy, your door team scans tickets on their own phones, and buyers can keep their tickets in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet. [26](#source-26) [2](#source-2) **When do I get paid on WordPress.com?** WordPress.com's own pages say payments go to your own Stripe account, and you move the money on from Stripe. With Ticket Fairy, when Ticket Fairy collects your card payments, your money usually arrives 10 to 15 business days after the event. [27](#source-27) [6](#source-6) **Can I email the people who bought from my WordPress.com site?** WordPress.com's own pages say every site includes a newsletter that emails new posts to unlimited subscribers. With Ticket Fairy, you can email or text your ticket holders from one Messaging page and see how many people a message reaches before you send it. [28](#source-28) [17](#source-17) ## How do I sell Ticket Fairy tickets on my WordPress.com site? You can keep your WordPress.com site and add the free Ticket Fairy Events plugin, so your tickets show on your own pages. On a WordPress.com plan that installs plugins, add the free **Ticket Fairy Events** plugin from the plugin directory. Add the **Ticket Fairy Tickets** block to a page and enter your event or brand page link. Publish the page and open it to check your tickets. [Follow the guide to selling tickets on your own website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/sell-tickets-on-your-own-website), or [see how the plugin works](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/event-pages-and-website/website-builders). Site content exports as an XML file of posts, pages and comments; payment customers are listed under Jetpack, Monetize.[29](#source-29) ## What else are you comparing? - [Wix vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders/ticket-fairy-vs-wix) - [Squarespace vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders/ticket-fairy-vs-squarespace) - [Webflow vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders/ticket-fairy-vs-webflow) - [Square Online vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders/ticket-fairy-vs-square-online) - [Event Tickets vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/wordpress-ticketing/ticket-fairy-vs-event-tickets) - [WooCommerce vs Ticket Fairy](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/wordpress-ticketing/ticket-fairy-vs-woocommerce) - [Website builders compared](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/website-builders) ## Where does each fact come from? Every fact about another company comes from its own published pages, quoted word for word. Where we did not find something in those pages, we say exactly that. [How we compare platforms](https://www.ticketfairy.com/compare/methodology) 1. Ticket Fairy [Your WordPress, Wix or Squarespace site can sell your tickets](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/event-pages-and-website/website-builders) 2. 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) 3. Ticket Fairy [Buyers pick their own seat on your venue's map](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/seating-and-timed-entry/reserved-seating) 4. WordPress.com Hosting is included in every plan, the free plan too, with a global CDN and SSL. "Every WordPress.com plan, including the free plan, comes with hosting included." [wordpress.com/pricing/](https://wordpress.com/pricing/), read on 18 October 2026. 5. WordPress.com Every paid plan, from Personal, can install plugins from a marketplace of over 60,000. "Plugin installation is available on every paid WordPress.com plan" [wordpress.com/pricing/](https://wordpress.com/pricing/), read on 18 October 2026. 6. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Check the payout for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/check-your-payout) Show all 29 sources 7. WordPress.com When you get your ticket money "From your Stripe account, you can move your earnings to the personal bank account of your choice." [wordpress.com/support/connect-a-stripe-account/](https://wordpress.com/support/connect-a-stripe-account/), read on 18 October 2026. 8. WordPress.com Selling tickets from your website "Sell tickets for events, workshops," [wordpress.com/ecommerce/](https://wordpress.com/ecommerce/), read on 18 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. WordPress.com What each ticket sale costs "Stripe collects 2.9% + US$0.30 for each payment made to your Stripe account" [wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/payments/](https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/payments/), read on 18 October 2026. 11. Ticket Fairy [Ticket Fairy pricing](https://www.ticketfairy.com/pricing) 12. WordPress.com The plan you need to take payments "The Personal plan, starting at $2.75/month (billed every 3 years), includes full plugin access." [wordpress.com/pricing/](https://wordpress.com/pricing/), read on 18 October 2026. 13. WordPress.com Buyers choose their seats "Sell tickets for events, workshops," Where we looked: wordpress.com/support/sitemap-1.xml (all 931 guide addresses searched for ticket, event, seat, scan, check-in); /pricing/ feature table; /ecommerce/; /features/; /website-builder/; Payments block, Eventbrite block, WooCommerce and Commerce plan guides. [wordpress.com/ecommerce/](https://wordpress.com/ecommerce/), read on 18 October 2026. 14. WordPress.com Scanning tickets at the door "Sell tickets for events, workshops," Where we looked: wordpress.com/support/sitemap-1.xml (all 931 guide addresses searched for ticket, event, seat, scan, check-in); /pricing/ feature table; /ecommerce/; /features/; /website-builder/; Payments block, Eventbrite block, WooCommerce and Commerce plan guides. [wordpress.com/ecommerce/](https://wordpress.com/ecommerce/), read on 18 October 2026. 15. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Create promo codes for your event](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/create-promo-codes) 16. WordPress.com Promo codes and discounts "coupon codes" [wordpress.com/support/plan-features/ecommerce-plan/](https://wordpress.com/support/plan-features/ecommerce-plan/), read on 18 October 2026. 17. Ticket Fairy [Guide: Email or text your fans and ticket holders from your brand](https://www.ticketfairy.com/guides/email-or-text-your-fans-and-ticket-holders) 18. WordPress.com Emailing your ticket buyers "the ability to send new posts via email to subscribers" [wordpress.com/support/newsletter/](https://wordpress.com/support/newsletter/), read on 18 October 2026. 19. Ticket Fairy [Deals close sooner and everyone gets paid on time](https://www.ticketfairy.com/event-operating-system/contracts-and-payments) 20. WordPress.com Contracts, crew and suppliers for the event "Sell tickets for events, workshops," Where we looked: wordpress.com/support/sitemap-1.xml (all 931 guide addresses searched for ticket, event, seat, scan, check-in); /pricing/ feature table; /ecommerce/; /features/; /website-builder/; Payments block, Eventbrite block, WooCommerce and Commerce plan guides. [wordpress.com/ecommerce/](https://wordpress.com/ecommerce/), read on 18 October 2026. 21. Ticket Fairy [You can sell tickets right on your event website](https://www.ticketfairy.com/features/website-builder) 22. WordPress.com Designing your own website "to change the text, images, colors, fonts, layout, and position of all the elements on your site" [wordpress.com/support/themes/](https://wordpress.com/support/themes/), read on 18 October 2026. 23. WordPress.com Personal, from US$2.75 a month billed every 3 years, includes full plugin access, so it installs plugins such as WooCommerce; payment buttons start on Premium; as shown in US dollars to UK visitors on 18 October 2026 "The Personal plan, starting at $2.75/month (billed every 3 years), includes full plugin access." [wordpress.com/pricing/](https://wordpress.com/pricing/), read on 18 October 2026. 24. WordPress.com The Payments block, for payment buttons, donations and paid content, works on the Premium, Business and Commerce plans. "Premium, Business, and Commerce plans" [wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/payments/](https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/payments/), read on 18 October 2026. 25. WordPress.com Payment buttons: 4% fee on Premium (2% Business, 0% Commerce) plus Stripe 2.9% + US$0.30 per payment, as published in US dollars on 18 October 2026 "Stripe collects 2.9% + US$0.30 for each payment made to your Stripe account" [wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/payments/](https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/payments/), read on 18 October 2026. 26. WordPress.com No ticket scanning or door check-in documented by WordPress.com "Sell tickets for events, workshops," [wordpress.com/ecommerce/](https://wordpress.com/ecommerce/), read on 18 October 2026. 27. WordPress.com Payments go to your own Stripe account, and you move the money on from Stripe "From your Stripe account, you can move your earnings to the personal bank account of your choice." [wordpress.com/support/connect-a-stripe-account/](https://wordpress.com/support/connect-a-stripe-account/), read on 18 October 2026. 28. WordPress.com Every site includes a newsletter with an unlimited number of email subscribers. "Have an unlimited number of" [wordpress.com/support/newsletter/](https://wordpress.com/support/newsletter/), read on 18 October 2026. 29. WordPress.com Site content exports as an XML file of posts, pages and comments; payment customers are listed under Jetpack, Monetize. "creating an XML file of your posts, pages, and comments" [wordpress.com/support/export/](https://wordpress.com/support/export/), read on 18 October 2026. Updated 18 October 2026: First published. WordPress.com is a trademark of its owner. Ticket Fairy is not affiliated with it. **You choose the tools to start with** You can start with event management or marketing alongside your current ticketing provider. If you decide to move ticketing, our team helps with setup, customer-data imports and training. ## Start free on Ticket Fairy You can create a free account and try it on your next event, alongside the tools your team uses today. No credit card needed to start Works alongside the tools your team uses today Our team helps with setup and training [Get Started](https://manage.ticketfairy.com/welcome?utm_source=compare&utm_campaign=compare-website-builders-ticket-fairy-vs-wordpress-com) No credit card required --- This page is on Ticket Fairy, a ticketing, marketing and operations platform for live events and the venues that host them: festivals, club nights, concerts, conferences and tours, and night clubs, beach clubs and concert venues. It grows revenue with fan rewards that turn an audience into a sales channel, and runs the money side with payments and payouts, Vault business banking, and working capital advanced against ticket sales. 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