Sell Tickets Free on BrightStar — Event Hosting for the Conscious Community

BrightStar is event ticketing and marketing software for the conscious community — kirtan, meditation, yoga, sound healing, breathwork, ceremonies, retreats, and festivals. Sell tickets with $0 platform fees on the free tier, get instant Stripe payouts, run affiliate marketing and smart pricing, host gated video, and price in 25+ global currencies.

How is the Free tier actually free?

The Free tier includes everything you need to sell tickets online — unlimited events, unlimited tickets, mobile check-in scanner app, real-time analytics dashboard, and instant payouts. It will always be free with $0 platform fees. You only pay standard Stripe payment processing (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction). Unlike Eventbrite, Ticketmaster, or other event ticketing platforms that charge per-ticket service fees, our free event ticketing software lets you keep more of your ticket revenue. Whether you're selling tickets for a kirtan concert, a yoga retreat, a sound bath, or a community gathering, our ticketing platform helps organizers keep more of what their work earns from day one.

What are your fees compared to Eventbrite?

Here's the full breakdown of event ticketing platform fees: Eventbrite takes $1.79 + 3.7% per paid ticket, which adds up quickly for retreats, festival passes, and recurring classes and circles. BrightStar's Free tier has zero platform fees — you only pay Stripe processing. Our Elevate tier ($0.89 + 1.85%) includes abandoned cart recovery, dynamic pricing, and upsell tools that typically generate 15-25% more revenue per event. Amplify tier ($1.79 + 3.7%) matches Eventbrite's pricing but adds AI-powered Facebook and Instagram advertising, access to our 350,000+ verified buyer network, and marketing automation proven to increase ticket sales 20-40%. For event organizers comparing Eventbrite alternatives, ticket selling platforms, or the best ticketing platform for retreats, festivals, and conscious events, BrightStar delivers more value at every price point.

How quickly do I get paid?

Unlike traditional event ticketing companies that hold your funds until after the event (sometimes 2-4 weeks post-event), BrightStar provides instant payouts directly to your Stripe account. This means better cash flow for facilitators, festival producers, retreat leaders, and venue holders. Use your ticket revenue immediately to pay deposits, book teachers, or invest in reaching more seekers. Our real-time payment processing works for every kind of gathering: kirtan festivals, sound baths, breathwork journeys, retreats, workshops, ceremonies, and community gatherings. No minimum payout thresholds, no payment delays, no surprise holds on your event ticket sales revenue.

Can I run multi-day festivals?

Our festival ticketing software handles the most complex multi-day events. Features include: multi-venue and multi-stage scheduling, session-level registration and capacity management, artist and performer schedules with lineup announcements, all-access weekend passes with single-day add-on options, VIP ticket tiers with exclusive access zones, camping and accommodation add-ons, merchandise bundles, and group ticket discounts. Trusted by kirtan festivals, yoga and music gatherings, sound-healing immersions, and transformational festivals across 70+ cities. Our event management platform also supports hybrid festival formats with in-person and livestream ticket options, perfect for reaching global audiences while maximizing on-site attendance.

What types of events work best on BrightStar?

Our ticketing platform is made for conscious and spiritual gatherings: kirtan concerts and devotional music, meditation and mindfulness sittings, yoga classes, intensives, and teacher trainings, sound healing and sound baths, breathwork journeys, cacao and other plant ceremonies, ecstatic dance, satsang and dharma talks, qigong and movement medicine, women's circles and men's work, and multi-day retreats and festivals. Our 70+ city discovery network connects facilitators with seekers actively looking for these experiences near them. Whether you're hosting your first weekly meditation circle or producing a thousand-soul festival, the tools scale with your work — online, in person, or hybrid.

Do you support online and hybrid events?

Our virtual event ticketing and online event platform supports multiple formats: live streaming events via Zoom, YouTube Live, Vimeo, or custom RTMP, on-demand video libraries with ticket-gated access, hybrid events combining in-person attendance with virtual tickets, multi-session online summits and virtual conferences, webinars with paid registration, and membership sites with subscription video access. Features include: tiered access control (VIP gets replay, general admission gets live only), time-limited viewing windows, video completion analytics and engagement tracking, attendee chat and Q&A integration, and automated reminder emails. Perfect for online workshops, virtual fitness classes, cooking masterclasses, educational webinars, and corporate virtual events. Reach global audiences while maintaining premium pricing for exclusive content.

How does affiliate marketing work on BrightStar?

Affiliate marketing drives roughly 16% of all online sales, yet most organizers skip it because recruiting promoters, generating links, tracking conversions, and handling payouts is a part-time job. BrightStar automates the whole thing. Flip one switch and every ticket buyer and event-page visitor is invited to promote your event with a unique, automatically-generated link — wrapped in ready-made email templates, social posts, and graphics. Sales are tracked in real time, commissions calculate automatically, and Stripe pays your affiliates directly. You set the commission rate (5% minimum) and keep the full amount with no platform split. Because invitations come from a friend rather than an ad, they convert far better than paid traffic — and as more organizers join, your events surface in their audiences' carts too, compounding your reach.

Can I sell tickets in my local currency?

BrightStar is built for a global community. Pricing across the site appears in the visitor's local currency automatically, and organizers settle in their own currency directly to their connected Stripe account. We support 25+ settlement currencies including USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY, INR, and BRL. Platform fees are denominated per currency, and Stripe's processing fee is set by the country your Stripe account is registered in — see our Stripe fees page for the full breakdown. Whether your gathering is in Los Angeles, London, Berlin, or Bali, your attendees check out in a currency they recognize and you get paid in yours.

What can I sell besides tickets?

Your gathering is more than a ticket. With BrightStar you can offer add-ons and upsells — merchandise, meal or lodging packages, VIP upgrades, private sessions — across seven touchpoints at checkout, on the confirmation page, and in follow-up email. You can accept donations, run sliding-scale and pay-what-you-can pricing so no one is priced out, sell multi-day and all-access passes, host online courses and gated video, and bundle experiences. Smart pricing, coupons, and abandoned-cart recovery (on Elevate) convert more of every visit. It all flows through one checkout and one dashboard, so your numbers stay in one place.

How do I get started — and is there real support?

Getting started is fast: create your event, set your tickets, connect Stripe, and publish — most organizers are live in minutes, with AI assistance to draft your event description, FAQs, and imagery. There's no setup fee and no credit card required to begin on the free Seva tier. When you need a hand, you reach real people who understand conscious events — the kind of personal, thoughtful support our clients have trusted for nearly two decades. Try the demo event builder to walk the whole flow before you commit.