Can I manage the show from my phone?

Up to the moment doors open, yes — booking requests, confirmations, the advance with the band, and the ticket page all work from the native iOS app. The door is where BANDANA stops and Afton starts: their app handles on-site box office and scanning for event staff, with the organizer workflow on the web. On Android or desktop, BANDANA runs as a full web app minus offline reading.

How does a percentage fee compare with a flat fee?

A percentage grows with your ticket price, so the better your show does, the more the platform takes. A flat 25 cents does not move. At a $25 ticket, a three percent cut would be 75 cents — that example illustrates percentage-based models generally and is not a rate quoted by Afton, whose service fee is charged to the attendee. Check their site for their current rates.

Does BANDANA do on-site box office?

No. BANDANA tix is online ticketing with a confirmation email and live sales counts. There is no scanning hardware or event staffing.

Comparison

BANDANA tix vs Afton Tickets

Reviewed August 2026

BANDANA tix is available to any venue today. Booking, advancing, and the rest of BANDANA are free and open too.

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Afton Tickets is a full-service event ticketing company serving festivals, fairs, drive-ins, and shows. They publish no startup, onboarding, monthly, or annual fees for the organizer, and they include on-site equipment and a dedicated account manager at no charge. Their revenue comes from a service fee added to the attendee's purchase, with profit sharing back to the organizer. Their mobile tooling leans toward on-site box office and scanning for event staff, with the organizer workflow on the web. The difference in the money is where it is quoted. BANDANA publishes one number: a flat 25 cents per ticket paid by the venue, plus Stripe's processing rate. Afton's cost lands on the buyer as a service fee that moves with the ticket price, so check their current rates. The apps also point at different moments. Afton's mobile tooling is built for the door — scanning, check-in, will call. BANDANA's native iOS app is built for everything before it: the booking request, the advance, and the ticket page. It does no door scanning at all. Android and desktop use the BANDANA web app, which matches the iOS app except for offline reading.

BANDANA dashboard on a phone listing a band and a venue the same person runs — One dashboard for every band you play in and every room you run.

A BANDANA gig advance page showing set times, backline and band details — One advance page the venue and every band on the bill share.

A venue booking calendar in BANDANA with open and closed dates marked — One shared calendar with the dates you are actually taking requests on.

Incoming band booking requests listed for a venue in BANDANA — Requests arrive in one queue instead of five inboxes.

A venue's public BANDANA booking form embedded on a website — The request form, embedded on your own site and styled like your room.

A venue's upcoming shows calendar embedded on its own website — Your upcoming shows on your site, dropping off after the show's day ends.

Recurring open mic and jam sessions listed for a venue in BANDANA — Recurring open mic and jam nights generate themselves week to week.

Editing a BANDANA tix ticket page with a hero image and rich text description — Build the ticket page visually, using what bands already submitted.

A live public BANDANA tix ticket page styled with a venue's colors — The public page carries your venue's colors and fonts.

A fan buying a ticket in BANDANA tix with pricing and fees shown — Checkout shows the price and fees plainly before anyone pays.

A venue's upcoming ticketed shows with sales counts in BANDANA — Upcoming and past ticketed shows with sales counts in one list.

Public page styling card in a venue's Info tab with background, accent, and font choices — Pick the background, accent color, and fonts your public pages and embeds use.

What Afton Tickets focuses on

Full-service event ticketing where the organizer pays no startup, monthly, or annual fees. On-site equipment and an account manager are free, funded by a service fee on the attendee with profit sharing back to the organizer.

BANDANA and Afton Tickets, side by side

Competitor details below are from their own public pages, checked August 2026. Pricing changes — confirm on their site before you decide. Afton Tickets pricing

Running it from a phone: BANDANANative iOS app for everything before the show: take the request, confirm the date, advance with the band, publish the ticket page. Not the door — no scanning or box office.; Afton TicketsiOS app for scanning, check-in, digital will call, and live sales; organizer workflow is on the web
Android and desktop: BANDANAFull web app, everything the iOS app does except offline reading; Afton TicketsTheir scanning app is published for iOS; the organizer workflow runs on the web
BANDANA's fee structure: BANDANAOne flat 25 cents per ticket, no percentage; Afton TicketsPublished packages: Basic Starter at $0.79 + 2.00%, Professional at $1.29 + 3.00%, Custom Elite quoted on a call
Who pays the fee: BANDANAYou can choose to absorb the fees or pass on to the buyer. Either way, it's only about $1 after payment processing.; Afton TicketsA service fee on the attendee, with no startup, monthly, or annual fee for the organizer
Where the money lands: BANDANAYour own connected Stripe account; Afton TicketsPayout method is not published on their pricing page
Effect of ticket price: BANDANAA $40 ticket still costs 25 cents plus payment processing; Afton TicketsThe percentage component scales with the ticket price
Page content: BANDANAAssembled from what the bands submitted in the advance; Afton TicketsBuilt by the organizer; no band-side advance
On-site services: BANDANANot offered — no staffing, hardware, or box-office crew; Afton TicketsStronger here: free on-site equipment and a dedicated account manager
Availability: BANDANAGenerally available — any venue can activate ticketing, and booking and advancing are free; Afton TicketsGenerally available

What you get	BANDANA	Afton Tickets
Running it from a phone	Native iOS app for everything before the show: take the request, confirm the date, advance with the band, publish the ticket page. Not the door — no scanning or box office.	iOS app for scanning, check-in, digital will call, and live sales; organizer workflow is on the web
Android and desktop	Full web app, everything the iOS app does except offline reading	Their scanning app is published for iOS; the organizer workflow runs on the web
BANDANA's fee structure	One flat 25 cents per ticket, no percentage	Published packages: Basic Starter at $0.79 + 2.00%, Professional at $1.29 + 3.00%, Custom Elite quoted on a call
Who pays the fee	You can choose to absorb the fees or pass on to the buyer. Either way, it's only about $1 after payment processing.	A service fee on the attendee, with no startup, monthly, or annual fee for the organizer
Where the money lands	Your own connected Stripe account	Payout method is not published on their pricing page
Effect of ticket price	A $40 ticket still costs 25 cents plus payment processing	The percentage component scales with the ticket price
Page content	Assembled from what the bands submitted in the advance	Built by the organizer; no band-side advance
On-site services	Not offered — no staffing, hardware, or box-office crew	Stronger here: free on-site equipment and a dedicated account manager
Availability	Generally available — any venue can activate ticketing, and booking and advancing are free	Generally available

Choose Afton Tickets if

You run a festival or large outdoor event needing on-site staffing and hardware
You want add-on commerce like camping, parking, and upsells in one checkout
You need multiple delivery options and a packaged support tier

Choose BANDANA if

You want one published flat cost instead of a buyer-facing fee that moves with ticket price
Your shows are club-sized and you want to advance them in BANDANA
You want your rate to be the same whether you sell 20 tickets or 200
The show gets built on your phone, not from a box-office desk

Common questions

Can I manage the show from my phone?: Up to the moment doors open, yes — booking requests, confirmations, the advance with the band, and the ticket page all work from the native iOS app. The door is where BANDANA stops and Afton starts: their app handles on-site box office and scanning for event staff, with the organizer workflow on the web. On Android or desktop, BANDANA runs as a full web app minus offline reading.
How does a percentage fee compare with a flat fee?: A percentage grows with your ticket price, so the better your show does, the more the platform takes. A flat 25 cents does not move. At a $25 ticket, a three percent cut would be 75 cents — that example illustrates percentage-based models generally and is not a rate quoted by Afton, whose service fee is charged to the attendee. Check their site for their current rates.
Does BANDANA do on-site box office?: No. BANDANA tix is online ticketing with a confirmation email and live sales counts. There is no scanning hardware or event staffing.

TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A TICKET. THAT'S THE FEE.

The ticket itself comes from somewhere: in BANDANA, it's from the booking request. The band requests the date from available options on their calendar, the venue confirms it, and the band fills in its own bio, photos, and gig details on the shared advance page. Those exact submissions build the ticket page — no chasing assets over email, no retyping a bio into a ticketing back end. Other platforms connect booking to ticketing, but the artist is a record in the venue's database rather than an account submitting the content. The quickest path from booking to sales is BANDANA.

No contract, no sales call, and one number you can agree on before you sell a ticket.