Eventbrite acquired by Bending Spoons — March 2026

Migrate from Eventbrite.
Pay flat fees. Not percentages.

Eventbrite's new owners have a history of raising fees after acquisition. FrankTix charges a flat fee per event — not a percentage of every ticket sold. Your ticket price is your ticket price.

What happened to Eventbrite?

Revenue declining

Eventbrite's revenue fell 8% year-over-year in Q3 2025. The platform was stagnating before the sale.

New private owners

Bending Spoons acquired Eventbrite for $500M in March 2026. They also own Meetup, Vimeo, WeTransfer, and AOL.

All executives resigned

CEO, CFO, CPO, and CLO all stepped down at the acquisition close. The team that built it is gone.

Bending Spoons track record: Meetup raised prices twice in 18 months after acquisition.

The fee math is clear

What you actually pay to run events on each platform

Scenario Eventbrite (Pro) FrankTix Your Savings
100 tickets × $25 $508 in platform fees $5 flat $503 saved
500 tickets × $50 $1,670 in fees $15 flat $1,655 saved
1,000 tickets × $75 $4,215 in fees $29 flat $4,186 saved
2,000 tickets × $150 $13,680 in fees $49 flat $13,631 saved

Eventbrite Pro: 3.5% + $1.59 per ticket. Stripe processing applies to both platforms equally.

What you get with FrankTix

Transparent Queue

Buyers see their exact live position in line. How many people ahead, tickets left, estimated wait. No other platform does this.

Zero Buyer Fees

The price buyers see is the price they pay. No service fee. No convenience fee. No surprise at checkout. Always.

Real-Time Dashboard

Sales, revenue, check-ins — all updating live via WebSockets. Not "refreshes every 5 minutes" — actually live.

Anti-Bot Protection

Rate limiting, fingerprinting, randomized pre-sale queues. Protects your inventory from scalpers and bots from day one.

Scanner PWA

Camera-based QR scanner works on any smartphone. No app install, no hardware required for your door team.

Independent Platform

Not owned by a PE firm. Not on an acquisition treadmill. A focused ticketing platform — not a feature in someone else's app portfolio.

Migration takes 30 minutes

1

Export your Eventbrite data

Go to Eventbrite → Reports → download attendee lists and order history as CSV. Do this before anything changes.

2

Create your FrankTix account

Register free. No credit card required to create events. Connect Stripe when you're ready to accept payments.

3

Recreate your events

Title, description, venue, ticket types, pricing, capacity. Event creation takes under 10 minutes.

4

Test with a small event first

Don't migrate your flagship event immediately. Validate the flow for your team and attendees first.

5

Update your links and notify attendees

Share your new FrankTix event URLs. Email past attendees to let them know where future events will live.

Ready to make the switch?

Create your first event free. No commitment. No credit card.

Start Migrating Today →

Questions? Read our full Eventbrite acquisition breakdown.