Buyer chooses exact seats
The published chart, categories, prices and live availability drive the choice.
LIVE INVENTORYMANAGED RESERVED-SEATING EMBED
Sell reserved-seat tickets on your existing website.
Keep your event story on the site you already run. Add a complete SeatLayer buyer journey—live seat selection, connected payment, Order, ticket delivery and Door check-in—without building a commerce backend.
Start free. Every account gets 100 free credits each month, then prepaid credits from $0.10 down to $0.05 per confirmed sold seat. No subscription, no minimum commitment, and purchased credits never expire.
WordPress, Wix or HTMLStripe or RazorpayNo custom checkout backend
CHOOSE THE WEBSITE PLACEMENT
One event. Three ways to start the sale.
Choose how much of the buyer journey belongs on the page. Every option opens the same Managed checkout against the same live reserved-seat inventory.
yourvenue.com/events/opening-night
The Lantern TheatreEVENTS · VISIT · ABOUT
FRIDAY · 7:30 PM
YOUR WEBSITEOpening Night
Reserved seating at your venue
Choose your seatsLive availability · managed by SeatLayer
Your seats
Row C · Seats 6–7
- 2 seats
- $90
- Total
- $90
<div data-seatlayer-event="your-event" data-layout="picker">HOSTED CHECKOUT
FRI · 7:30 PM
Book ticketsOpening Night
The Lantern Theatre · Reserved seats available
<div data-seatlayer-event="your-event">OPENS MANAGED PICKER
<div data-seatlayer-event="your-event" data-layout="button">OPENS MANAGED PICKER
NOT JUST A SEAT MAP
The managed flow continues after the seat is selected.
SeatLayer holds the selected inventory, runs checkout through the eligible gateway assigned to the event, and keeps the resulting Order, tickets and entry state attached to that same managed event.
Seats are protected
A temporary hold prevents the same inventory being offered as free during checkout.
TIME-BOUNDED HOLDConnected gateway processes payment
The managed page uses the event's eligible Stripe or Razorpay connection.
ORGANISER GATEWAYOrder and tickets are created
SeatLayer issues the seat-specific ticket, QR, printable PDF and confirmation email.
MANAGED ORDERStaff scan at the Door
The ticket verdict and attendance update against the managed event record.
VALID · CHECKED INThe hosted frame does not send public seat, hold, checkout or order-result messages to the host page.
Use the SeatLayer SDK path; your backend then owns payment, commercial Orders and ticket fulfilment.
FROM VENUE TO PUBLISHED PAGE
Configure the event once. Paste the placement you need.
Checkout ownership, event visibility and the page placement are separate decisions. That keeps testing private and makes going live deliberate.
Build or reuse the venue chart
Publish the reserved seats, tables, sections, categories and labels buyers should see. The chart can be reused across later performances.
VENUE DESIGNERREUSABLE CHARTCreate a Managed Ticketing event
Add the complete event details, prices and on-sale rules, then explicitly choose SeatLayer checkout for this event.
EVENT DETAILSPRICESSALES READINESSConnect and assign the gateway
Connect an eligible organisation-level Stripe or Razorpay account, then assign the compatible mode and currency to the event.
STRIPERAZORPAYTEST / LIVE MATCHChoose access and placement
Keep the event private while testing, restrict it to an approved embed, share an unlisted link, or make it public. Then choose inline picker, event card or button.
PRIVATEEMBED ONLYUNLISTEDPUBLICPaste, verify and open sales
Preview the published website, check responsive placement and the fallback link, complete the required payment preflight, and open sales only when every readiness check passes.
RESPONSIVEFALLBACK LINKPAYMENT PREFLIGHT
ONE CLEAR COMMERCIAL BOUNDARY
Your event and gateway. SeatLayer's managed sale.
The embed is a placement over Managed Ticketing, not a marketplace listing and not a seat-map-only SDK integration.
Your website and commercial decisions
- Event identity, description, imagery and policies
- Ticket prices, on-sale timing and event support
- The eligible Stripe or Razorpay account assigned to the event
- Whether buyers use embed-only, unlisted or public access
The reserved-seat sell-to-entry flow
- Published seating, live availability and temporary holds
- Hosted checkout and the SeatLayer Order ledger
- Ticket, QR, printable PDF and confirmation/resend email
- Supported refund with inventory release and Door check-in
The event's Stripe or Razorpay connection handles the payment path.
SeatLayer does not turn your existing site into a marketplace storefront.
What selling through the embed costs
One credit is used when a seat is first confirmed sold. Embedding the picker, holds, releases, house blocks and unsold inventory cost nothing.
Launch offerYour first live event adds 500 bonus credits, valid for 90 days.
See the complete credit ladder →Need something that is not listed? If you need a payment provider beyond Stripe or Razorpay, or a capability you cannot find here, tell us — gateway and feature requests come straight to the team. Send a request →
EVERY MONTH 100 free credits
Included on every account, with no subscription and no minimum commitment.
BEYOND THE ALLOWANCE $0.10 → $0.05
Per confirmed sold seat. $50 buys 500 credits; the rate falls to a $0.05 floor at volume.
UNUSED BALANCE Never expires
Purchased credits stay available until a confirmed sold seat uses them.
PAYMENT PROCESSING Separate
Your connected gateway’s fees, taxes, enterprise terms and entitlements apply separately.
THE SAME MANAGED EVENT AFTER CHECKOUT
Online sales, venue operations and entry stay on one inventory.
The website placement starts the sale. Managed organiser tools continue it without creating a second seat map or a disconnected attendee list.
Orders
Search the managed commercial ledger and review buyer, payment, seat and ticket state.
MANAGED COMMERCETickets
Open the seat-specific credential, resend confirmation or retrieve its printable PDF.
QR · PDF · EMAILBox Office
Sell authorised counter inventory against the same managed event and seat state.
IN-PERSON SALESControl Room
Monitor live inventory, holds, booked seats and operational interventions during the on-sale.
LIVE INVENTORYDoor
Scan the issued ticket, distinguish ticket verdicts and track event attendance.
EVENT-SCOPED ENTRYPlacement does not change ownership. The Hosted Event Page, managed embed and optional Organizer Website all distribute the same Managed checkout. If you need SeatLayer to supply only inventory infrastructure inside a larger ticketing product, use the SDK/API product.
BEFORE YOU PASTE THE EMBED
The important questions, answered plainly.
The distinction is simple: Managed Ticketing completes the sale; the SDK hands a protected seat selection back to your own commerce system.
Compare Managed embed and SDK →Can I sell reserved-seat tickets directly on my existing website?
Yes. Create a Managed Ticketing event, connect an eligible Stripe or Razorpay gateway, then paste an inline picker, event card or buy button into a WordPress, Wix or custom HTML page. SeatLayer runs the self-contained seat-selection and hosted-checkout flow.
Do I need to build a payment or ticketing backend?
No custom commerce backend is required for the managed embed. SeatLayer manages the hold-to-payment-to-Order-to-ticket journey through the eligible gateway connected to the event. If your application must run its own checkout or react to seat-selection callbacks, use the SeatLayer SDK product instead.
Where does the ticket money go?
Payment is orchestrated through the organiser's eligible connected Stripe or Razorpay account. SeatLayer usage is billed separately: every account gets 100 free credits each month, then prepaid credits from $0.10 down to $0.05 per confirmed sold seat, with no subscription or minimum commitment and no expiry on purchased credits. Payment-provider fees and taxes can still apply.
What happens after a buyer pays?
Managed Ticketing creates the SeatLayer Order and the seat-specific ticket, QR code, printable PDF and confirmation email. Organiser tools can resend tickets, manage supported refunds with inventory release and scan the credential at the Door.
Will the embed work without JavaScript?
The generated block includes a normal link to the hosted buyer page. If the widget script is blocked or unavailable, buyers still have a keyboard-accessible route to the event. The organiser should keep that fallback link in the pasted block.
START WITH ONE MANAGED EVENT
Keep the website you have. Add the reserved-seat journey it is missing.
Create the venue and event, connect an eligible gateway, test the complete sale, then paste the placement that fits your page.