Real availability
“Only a few left” means exactly that. No fake scarcity, no countdown pressure.
ticketFOMO · Ticket sales
Never miss out. Never get scalped.
Fair, simple ticketing for live events at independent venues: the full price before you pay, a secure checkout, and a ticket that works once, at the door.
Friday night liveDoors 19:00
12 left
Summer sessionsSat · Main stage
Selling fast
Comedy cellarSun · 20:30
Last few
Illustrative example events.
For fans
From search to ticket in hand.
Three steps, no surprises.
Find it
Browse what’s on at venues near you, or go straight to a venue’s page, and see what is really left.
Reserve and pay
Your tickets are held for 10 minutes while you check out. You see the total first, then pay on SumUp’s secure page.
Show it at the door
Your tickets are emailed to you, each with its own QR code that the venue scans once on the way in.
Fair play
Fairness is how we build.
Our principles for every on-sale, whatever the event.
Upfront pricing
The total you will pay is shown before you go to payment.
Limits that stop bulk buying
Per-person and per-order limits, one reservation at a time, and checks on repeated orders keep tickets with real fans.
Secure checkout
Card payments are taken by SumUp on its own page, so ticketFOMO never sees your card details.
Built for busy on-sales
A checkout you can trust.
When a popular night goes on sale, lots of people try to buy at once. ticketFOMO is built for that moment, with the engineering and security expertise of the Colloquize group behind it.
- Tickets held for you for 10 minutes while you check out, then released for others
- Never charged for tickets you can’t have: if they sell out before your payment is confirmed, you get a full refund
- Unusual orders are checked before tickets are issued
- Each QR code works once: if a ticket is copied, only the first scan gets in
For venues
Treat your audience fairly. Keep the data safe.
Built for independent venues: your own event pages, simple pricing and a door scanner on your phone.
Your venue, your page
Events, ticket types, free tickets and promo codes on your own venue page, with fair limits you set.
Door scanning
Scan tickets with a phone camera. Duplicate, void and wrong-event tickets are refused, and scanning keeps going if the signal drops.
Clear reporting
Sales, arrivals and payments you can match against your SumUp payouts, with two-step sign-in for staff.
Insights
Behind the on-sale.
How we think about fair and resilient ticketing.
High-demand systems
Keeping a high-demand ticket on-sale fair and online
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A lightweight, repeatable way to find design flaws before they become expensive bugs.
FAQ
Common questions.
How do I know my ticket is genuine?
Each ticket has its own QR code, and the venue checks it at the door. A code works once, so don’t share screenshots, and buy only from the venue’s page on ticketfomo.com.
Will I see the full price before I pay?
Yes. The total is shown before you go to payment, and that is what you pay.
How do you deal with bots and scalpers?
Venues can set a limit per person and per order, you can only hold one reservation per event at a time, lots of orders from one connection are slowed down, and unusual orders are checked before tickets are issued.
What if an event is cancelled or rescheduled?
If it’s cancelled, the event page will say so and you get a full refund to the card you paid with. If it moves to a new date, your tickets stay valid, and you can ask the venue for a refund if you can’t go. The details are in the terms of sale.
I run a venue. Can we work together?
Yes. Get in touch with a few details about your venue and the events you put on.
ticketFOMO
Run a venue? Let’s talk.
Tell us about your venue and the events you put on. We reply within one working day. For a question about tickets you’ve bought, quote your order reference.