Payments / PayPal
PayPal for events, with a real seat map.
Connect your own PayPal account, put a seat map on your website, and buyers pay with their PayPal balance or a card on PayPal's page. The money goes to your PayPal account. SeatLayer charges a flat $0.50 per ticket, with no percentage.
- 15
- currencies PayPal accepts here
- $0.50
- per ticket, first 25 free
- Refunds
- made in PayPal sync back
CheckoutSeats held for 9:42
- Stalls · Row F · Seat 5Adult$45.00
- Stalls · Row F · Seat 6Adult$45.00
Total$90.00
Continue to paymentNext: pay on PayPal's secure page · PayPal balance or card
Connect PayPal in three steps.
Two values from a PayPal app. SeatLayer sets up PayPal's payment notifications for you.
- In PayPal
Create an app
Use a Sandbox app for test events and a Live app for live events. Make sure your account accepts the currency your events are priced in.
- Settings → Payments
Paste the Client ID and Secret
Choose Connect PayPal. The secret is encrypted when you save it and can never be read back.
- Event setup
Assign it and sell
Choose the PayPal connection for the event. Buyers pay on PayPal's page and get their tickets by email.
What you pay on a $50 seated ticket.
SeatLayer charges $0.50 per confirmed ticket, seated or not, and nothing on the ticket price. PayPal charges its usual fee for your account, the same as on any other PayPal sale.
- SeatLayer$0.50flat, plus PayPal's own fee
- TicketSpice$0.99plus 2.9% + 30¢ processing
- Ticket Tailor$1.70a seated ticket uses 2 credits
- Eventbrite$3.643.7% + $1.79, plus 2.9% processing
Where the money goes, and how refunds work.
Buyers pay on PayPal and the money goes to your PayPal account. SeatLayer never holds it. Refund a whole order or part of it from SeatLayer, or refund in PayPal: a full refund puts the seats back on sale and a partial refund leaves them sold.
- Buyer
Picks seats on your site and pays on PayPal's page.
- Your PayPal account
The ticket money lands here and pays out on PayPal's schedule.
- SeatLayer
Records the order and emails QR and PDF tickets. Charges $0.50 per ticket.
- Refunds
Refund in SeatLayer or in PayPal. A full refund puts the seats back on sale.
Every PayPal sale comes with the whole seated event.
The gateway takes the payment. Everything around it is SeatLayer, on the same seat map.
- A seat map on your websiteWordPress, Wix or any HTML page. Seats held with a countdown while the buyer pays.
- 3D on every chartBuyers look from their seat before they pay, with no extra charge.
- Box office and doorStaff sell from the same live map as your website and scan tickets at the door from any phone.
- Build from your floor planClick your plan into a chart, or start from one of 58 templates.
PayPal ticketing questions.
Still have a question? or email hello@seatlayer.io.
Can I sell event tickets with PayPal on my own website?
Which currencies can I use with PayPal?
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Do refunds made in PayPal update SeatLayer?
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Can buyers pay by card without a PayPal account?
Sell seated events on your own PayPal account.
Connect PayPal, assign it to an event, and sell from your website, the counter and the door. The first 25 tickets are free.