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Seat Yourself

Low-cost online ticketing for schools, churches and nonprofit theaters.

K-12Community TheatreNonprofits
70#13 of 47
70#13 of 47

Overall score out of 100, from the published formula.

Visit Website main.seatyourself.biz Last verified 2026-11-02 · Suggest a correction
Founded2007
Team SizeUnknown

Team Size uses LinkedIn-style ranges. "Unknown" means we found no reliable public figure; we don't guess. Sources: About Seat Yourself (ticketing since 2007).

Pros & cons

Our summary from this vendor's published pricing, features and sources.

✓Pros

  • Lowest average all-in fee in our $10/$15/$25/$50 test (about 7.4%): $0.50 per ticket + $0.25 per transaction + 3%.
  • Cash and check door sales are free; no setup fee, minimums or feature charges.
  • Payouts are scheduled within one business day after the event, by direct deposit or check.
  • Simple online ticketing for schools, churches and nonprofit theaters, with reserved seating and email marketing.

–Cons

  • Email-only support; phone help only in unusual circumstances such as door-admission problems.
  • Merch is sold only as add-ons with tickets; no in-person POS.
  • Missing a few tools others include: no season passes, patron CRM, gift cards, public API, SMS or SSO.

Pricing

All-in fees include card processing where the vendor publishes it.

$0.50 per online ticket + bank $0.25 per transaction + 3% card charge. Cash/check door sales free. No setup fee or minimums.

$10 ticket$1.07total fee
$15 ticket$1.22total fee
$25 ticket$1.52total fee
$50 ticket$2.27total fee
Credit Card Processing
Paid in addition to your ticket fees3% card charge plus $0.25 bank fee per transaction; buyer, organizer or split.
Who pays fees
Buyer, organizer, or split.
Contracts / fixed fees
No setup fee, minimums or feature charges.
Payouts
Direct deposit or mailed check to one or more payees, scheduled within one business day of your request once the performance has taken place; no funds are released before the event.
Support
Email support (support@seatyourself.biz); phone support only in unusual circumstances, such as problems at the door.
? Human Support? Weekend Support? Nighttime Human Support AI and Email Only Support

Support is by email (support@seatyourself.biz); phone support is offered only 'in unusual circumstances', such as door-admission problems. Source · checked 2026-11-02

Score breakdown

Six weighted categories, applied identically to every system.

Fees & cost30%
79
Features30%
38
Pricing transparency10%
100
Contracts & fixed fees10%
100
Support10%
50
Payouts10%
100
Overall score How each category is calculated →70.2

Features

Scored features count toward the 30% Features category. Each status links to the vendor page we checked.

Reserved Seating✓ Yes
Box Office / POS✓ Yes
Mobile Scanning✓ Yes
Donations✓ Yes

Nonprofits can accept donations (any size with a ticket, or $1+ without); Seat Yourself charges no fee on donations (bank card charges still apply). Source

Season Tickets / Passes— Not found
Patron CRM— Not found
Email Marketing✓ Yes
Concessions / Merch POS◐ Limited

Add-on merchandise items with tickets; no in-person POS found. Source

Embeddable / White-Label Checkout— Not found
Gift Cards— Not found
Volunteer Management— Not found
Flexible / Pre-Event Payouts✓ Yes

Direct deposit or check, scheduled within one business day after the event. Source

Hard Ticket Printing— Not found
Custom Forms— Not found
API— Not found
SMS Marketing— Not found
SSO— Not found

More features

Not in overall score
Memberships? Unknown
Class Management? Unknown
Custom Branding? Unknown
Data Imports? Unknown
On-Demand Merch? Unknown
International? Unknown
Pledging? Unknown
Donor Levels? Unknown
Letter Sending? Unknown
Mobile App Scanning✓ Yes
Zebra Scanning? Unknown
Payment Plans? Unknown

✓ Yes: verified on a cited source · ~ Claimed: commonly advertised but not yet verified (half credit) · ◐ Limited: functionally partial, e.g. read-only, partner-only, reminders-only, regional (half credit) · — Not found: no credit; may still exist.

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Change log

Verification updates and observed changes to Seat Yourself's features, pricing and website, newest first.

  1. Feature

    We verified Donations: marked Yes (nonprofits; no Seat Yourself fee on donations). Overall score changed from 68.4 (#15) to 70.2 (#12). Source

  2. Note

    Payout timing added. Source

  3. Note

    Support note updated. Source

  4. Note

    Added company facts to this profile: founded 2007, team size Unknown.

  5. Note

    Directory scoring update: API, SMS Marketing and SSO now count toward the Features score (17 scored features, up from 14). Overall score changed from 70.7 (#12) to 68.6 (#12). Source

  6. Note

    Rewrote the pros and cons summary.

  7. Pricing

    Corrected fee math: the 3% bank charge applies to the total charged, including the 50¢ per-ticket fee. Per-ticket fees are now $1.07 / $1.22 / $1.52 / $2.27 at $10 / $15 / $25 / $50. Overall score changed from 68.6 to 68.4 (rank #12 unchanged). Source

Sources

Checked 2026-11-02.

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