DONATE Tickets
Sell tickets and check guests in
Sell tickets for your dinner, show or open day, with ticket types, tables and an optional donation at checkout. Each guest gets a QR ticket by email, and on the night your volunteers welcome them and check them in with the DONATE App app on their own phones.
Sell tickets + donations + admission control
Christmas fundraising dinner
Friday 12 December, 7pm
Early bird
Until 1 November
£45
-0+Standard
Three courses and entertainment
£55
-0+Table of ten
Ten QR tickets, one booking
£500
-0+
Add a donation to the Christmas appeal?
+ £0 Gift Aid on your donation
- Tickets (0 × Standard)
- £0
- Donation
- £0
- Total
- £0
Tickets for the events you already run
Gala dinners, quiz nights, carol concerts, school shows, light trails and Santa's grottos. Set up your event in your DONATE portal, share the link, and DONATE handles payments, tickets and reminder emails.
- Ticket types with prices, limits and early bird dates
- Tables and family tickets, with a QR code for every person
- Timed entry for open days and grottos
- Guest names and questions, such as dietary needs
- Donations at checkout, or free entry with donations welcome
- Door check-in on volunteers' own phones with the DONATE App, even offline
- Waitlist, free tickets, cash sales and an event report
Check guests in on the night
Your volunteers scan each QR ticket at the door on their own phones with the DONATE App, or find a guest by name. A ticket used twice shows in red, and the count of guests in updates as they arrive. No paper lists to tick off.
Key Features
Ticket types your way
Early bird, standard, a table of ten or a family ticket. Each type has its own price, limit and on-sale dates. Hidden types can only be booked from their direct link.
Timed entry
For light trails, grottos and open days, sell places at set times, such as 20 places every half hour. Buyers pick a day and a time, and can move their booking later.
Know who is coming
Ask each guest for their name and anything you need to know, and download the guest list with every answer as a CSV.
Donations at checkout
Let buyers add an optional donation to one of your campaigns. It can carry Gift Aid and is kept apart from ticket sales. Or run free entry with donations welcome.
QR tickets by email
Tickets arrive by email straight away, with a reminder 48 hours before. Buyers can put a ticket in a guest's name and have lost tickets sent again.
Check in at the door
Volunteers scan QR codes or find guests by name with the DONATE App on their own phones, at app.easydonate.org. It keeps the guest list on the phone, so scanning carries on if the signal drops. A ticket used twice shows in red.
How it works
- Create your event. Choose a one-off event with one date, or timed entry. Add your ticket types, questions and options.
- Try it in Preview. Every event starts in Preview. Book test tickets and scan them at your door. No payment is taken and no email is sent.
- Go live and share. Switch Live on and share your ticket page link, short link or QR code on posters and flyers. The QR code is safe to print while you are still in Preview.
- Check guests in. Volunteers scan tickets at the door with the DONATE App on their own phones. Open it on each phone with a signal before the doors open: it keeps working if the signal drops, and sends check-ins when it is back.
- After the event. The event report shows attendance, ticket sales and donations. DONATE emails a thank-you to buyers whose tickets were checked in, and removes guest details after the number of days you choose.
The Tickets guide walks through every screen.
Good to know
- Ticket money is ticket sales. A ticket buys entry, so it is never counted as a donation and is kept apart from your fundraising totals.
- Gift Aid is only on donations. Tickets never carry Gift Aid. Donations added at checkout can.
- Refunds are handled by DONATE. We refund whole bookings for you, including any donation made in the same payment.
- Cash at the door counts too. Record cash, cheque or in-person card sales against the event. That money is already with you, so there is no fee on it.
- Tickets is switched on by DONATE. It appears as Tickets in your portal menu. If you cannot see it, email hello@nationalfundingscheme.org and we will set you up.
Tickets FAQs
What does it cost? ＋
Online ticket sales cost 4.5% plus 22p for charities, or 5% plus 22p for other organisations, and no booking fee is added for buyers. Donations at checkout carry your usual donation fees. Sales you take in cash, by cheque or by card in person carry no fee. Payouts carry the usual charges on our pricing page.
Is ticket money a donation? ＋
No. A ticket buys entry, so it is a ticket sale. It never carries Gift Aid and is kept apart from your fundraising totals. Donations people add at checkout are real donations to your campaign, and can carry Gift Aid.
Can I try it before going live? ＋
Yes. A new event starts in Preview. Book test tickets and scan them at your door, then switch Live on. No payment is taken and no email is sent in Preview, and test tickets are deleted when you go live.
How do I sell a table of ten or a family ticket? ＋
Add a ticket type and set how many people it admits, such as 10 for a table or 4 for a family. Each person gets their own QR code.
How do volunteers check guests in? ＋
With the DONATE App, a web app volunteers use on their own phones at app.easydonate.org. Nothing to install. They join your organisation with an invite from your portal, or find you in the app and wait for you to approve them. It scans the QR code and finds guests by name, and once opened with a signal it keeps working if the signal drops.
How do refunds work? ＋
DONATE refunds whole bookings for you. Email hello@nationalfundingscheme.org with the event name and the ticket reference. A full refund also refunds any donation made at checkout in the same payment.
Can I run a free event and still take donations? ＋
Yes. Add a free entry ticket and choose a donation campaign. Entry stays free, and a gift from a UK taxpayer can carry Gift Aid if your organisation is a charity.
Get Started
Set up your first event, try it in Preview, and check your guests in with the phones you already have.