Event Ticketing Solution for Charities
Trusted by thousands of fundraisers and charities
See why charities choose TryBooking
Create Online Giving Pages
It's a matter of minutes before you can accept donations or raise funds for a single or multiple causes. The fundraising pages are fully integrated into your TryBooking account.
You can also set whether you wish to accept regular donations or one-time donations for your fundraiser.
Affordable pricing
TryBooking offers simple, low pricing with no hidden fees or tiered features. Enjoy unlimited tickets and focus on your community event.
All free events are free. Meaning you won’t have to pay a cent to use our platform for your free events. Just another way we support you and your community.
DID WE MENTION FREE FOR FREE EVENTS?
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A local support team you can reach
All our customers have access to ongoing support via email, phone, and live chat. TryBooking is designed for easy use, but our success specialists are always available to assist.
We’re here to help you sell more tickets and have a successful event.
Powerful features perfect for your charity events
Multiple users access
TryBooking offers 6 types of user roles, each providing a different level of access to your account/events. These user roles allow you to provide access to those within your organisation access to your event data without compromising the security of your funds and your patrons' privacy.
Take payments easier than ever
Take payments in person simply using your own phone. Whether you're selling last minute tickets or sausages during a fundraiser, use the TryBooking Box Office App to easily take payment anywhere without the excess hardware. Available now on Android and iOS.
Collect important information
You can ask your customers for additional information during the online booking process. Use pre-built commonly asked questions or create your own, then select which to make mandatory or to be kept optional. Ask for anything from dietary requirements to their member number. You can even follow up with a sub-question to gather more details about your customer.
Frequently Asked Questions
What makes Trybooking charities and non-for-profit ticketing different from other platforms?
TryBooking is community orientated ticketing platform that does more than just ticketing. You can use our system to do multiple functions, from registrations, merchandise, taking donations to box office ticketing.
Whether you are looking to create a tabled seated dinners or normal seated conferences we have you covered.
Additionally we offer great local customer support for free to take care of any issues you may have when creating and running your event.
TryBooking's focus on community and people is what makes us standout from other platforms. We care about you and your event, no matter how big or small. We are here for you!
What ticketing service fees does TryBooking charge?
Should you be taking payment through your TryBooking event, the transaction will be subjected to a processing fee and a ticket fee. These fees vary per region associated with your TryBooking account. Below details these fees per region.
Australia:
For bookings or donations made on events:
- 50c ticket fee (charged to the ticket buyer) or a 15c ticket fee if the ticket price is $5.00 or less.
- 2.5% processing fee (charged to the event organiser by default or passed on to the ticket buyer by selection)
For donations made on fundraising pages:
- 2.5% donation fee (charged to the fundraiser by default)
How can you sell tickets to a charity event?
On TryBooking we make it easy for you to start selling tickets to your charity event. We provide a quick and easy ticketing process for your customers looking to purchase tickets to your event.
Utilise features that allow you to sell more tickets to your event by using our box office for in-person sales, take donations directly for your event, collect data from your ticket buyer before the event.
Measure your sales effectively with our reporting and referral tracking to measure your promotion through your event.
Can you donate your event profits to charity?
Yes, you can donate your event profits to charity once you take the payout. We also host donation pages and fundraisers for hundreds of local community campaigns that you are more than welcome to donate towards.
Can I customise my own event page?
Yes, you can have full customisation of your own event page. We also provide a widget to allow you to place your event page onto your site.
Can I add this event to my own website?
Yes, TryBooking provides you the ability to place your event page on to your website. Through the use of our widget you can embed your page.
We also offer multiple other customisable options for your buttons, tickets, event page, session display and everything during the booking process.
Is TryBooking safe?
TryBooking is very respectful of the privacy of all users on its site and PCI compliant. View our certificate of compliance. All pages are HTTPS secure, ensuring an encrypted website connection when navigating across the site. Any personal information that may be used by the TryBooking Site in order to carry out its necessary functions is stored on a secured server protected by firewalls and is hosted in Australia. The data itself is also encrypted to further reduce any risk that your information will be obtained and used by unauthorised access. We do not store your full credit card number, only the last four digits are kept and this is to show you which card you have used to make the booking. Given the increasing sophistication of computer hackers, there are no absolute guarantees that our systems will never be accessed without our consent, or that our systems are impenetrable. However, you can rest assured that we take all reasonable measures to ensure the security of your personal information and the bookings you have made.
Can I use TryBooking to sell tickets to private events?
Absolutely! You can make your event private and turn off all social media sharing via the Event Publication. It is at your discretion to share your unique booking URL publicly or privately.