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Event ticketing

An event ticketing system for UK events, paid into your own account

Sell entry tickets and parking together on your own website, get paid straight into your own Stripe account and scan every ticket at the gate, linked to the parktec system that runs your car parks.

Book a demo How you get paid
  • Your name on the checkout and statement
  • Apple and Google Wallet passes
  • Offline scanning at the gate

Chosen by Xplosive Events for their fireworks and drive-in events

  • Abingdon Funfair & FireworksAbingdon Airfield, Oxfordshire
  • Ardingly Fireworks SpectacularSouth of England Showground
  • The Cotswolds' Biggest Fireworks DisplaySouth Cerney Airfield
  • Christmas in the SkyAbingdon Airfield, drive-in

Gate scanning proven at the Worcester Show 2026, Pitchcroft, Worcester.

What it does

Everything from on-sale to the last scan

One checkout, one console and one gate, built by the team that runs event parking every weekend.

One checkout for tickets and parking

Customers choose their tickets and their parking in a single basket and pay once. Each ticket type and parking slot has its own capacity, so nothing is oversold.

  • Several ticket types per event, such as adult, child and family, each with its own price, capacity and order limit
  • Group tickets that admit several people on one pass
  • Parking sold by arrival slot, each slot with its own price and capacity
  • Drive-in events sold per vehicle, with no separate parking step
  • A booking fee you set from 0 to 30%, and optional cover for your customers, each shown as its own line

Built for on-sale day

Big announcements bring a rush, so the checkout opens on time and holds its limits. In a September 2026 load test it served 25,000 simulated customers over ten minutes with no errors.

  • Timed on-sale that opens to the second, with early orders refused
  • A priority hour before general sale, unlocked by your private code
  • Prices that step up to a final price at a set time, or at the flick of a switch
  • Percentage discount codes, limited by event, dates and number of uses
  • Stock held for open checkouts, so a rush cannot oversell
  • Pause or reopen sales from your console at any time

Inside your website, in your colours

The checkout drops into your own website with one line of code and takes on your colours, fonts and logo. Your customer books and pays without leaving your site.

  • Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Link, as switched on in your Stripe account
  • Runs only on the websites approved for your account
  • Optional booking notes and required tick boxes before payment, saved on each order
  • Optional purchase tracking for your Meta ads

Tickets in the wallet, details by text

Every order gets a confirmation email with one QR pass per ticket and a text with the order link. Passes carry your event name and your brand colours.

  • Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes for entry tickets
  • A text giving each car its car park colour, gate and arrival slot
  • The number plate is the parking pass, so there is nothing to print
  • Parking customers can change their plate, or move to a slot at the same price or less, from their order page

Scanned at the gate, signal or not

Rugged Zebra handhelds check every ticket live while there is signal, and hold the full ticket list so they keep deciding on the device when there is none. The same offline design was proven at the Worcester Show in August 2026.

  • Clear green ADMIT, amber ALREADY USED and red NOT VALID results
  • Refunded tickets show as DO NOT ADMIT
  • Group tickets show how many people to let in
  • Scanners set up with a set-up code or PIN, and moved between lanes without reinstalling
  • Where your event uses the parktec gate, every paid car goes straight onto the gate list

Traffic planned before the first car arrives

Each car is given a car park, gate and route based on the postcode it travels from, and moves to the next car park when one fills. Your traffic page shows where bookings come from as they sell.

  • Maps of where bookings travel from, by postcode district
  • Likely approach roads, cars per arrival slot and cars per hour
  • Planning sliders to model bigger crowds
  • Only postcode districts are sent to mapping services, never names or full postcodes

Your team in control on the day

One console covers sales, customers and the gate, so everyone sees the same live picture.

  • Live control room showing tickets and cars admitted per lane, refusals and scanner status
  • Live sales dashboard, reports, order search and CSV export
  • Optional sales email each morning
  • Email and text messages to the groups you choose, with a test email to yourself first
  • A two-way inbox where customer texts and emails are matched to their booking
  • AI-drafted replies that a team member checks, edits and sends

Refunds stay in your hands

Nothing is refunded automatically. Every refund is pressed by a person, normally an admin in your team, and the money goes back from your own Stripe account.

  • Customers with cancellation cover can ask to cancel before your cut-off, and you approve or decline
  • Anyone else can message you, and your team decides
  • Complimentary tickets and parking issued by your admins, counted against capacity
  • Admin-only controls for refunds, complimentary orders and sale status

Set up with you, not left to you

The parktec team builds your events, links your Stripe account and approves your website for the checkout. Your staff sign in, including with Google, and can be limited to the events they work.

  • Events, ticket types and car parks set up by our team
  • Your own Stripe account linked for you
  • Servers and databases hosted in London
  • Database locked down with row level security
Pricing

Your sales, straight into your own account

Every ticket and parking payment is taken on your own Stripe account. parktec holds nothing back, so there is nothing for us to release after the event.

  1. 01

    Your customer pays

    On your own website, with your trading name shown beside Secured by Stripe. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, as switched on in your Stripe account.

  2. 02

    Into your own Stripe account

    You are the merchant of record. Your business name, and a short form of your event name, appear on the customer's card statement.

  3. 03

    Paid out to your bank

    Stripe pays your bank on the schedule set in your own Stripe dashboard. The money never passes through a parktec account.

parktec is never in the middle: our fee is invoiced separately, never taken from your sales.

Paid into your account

  • Every ticket and parking sale
  • An optional booking fee paid by the customer, from 0 to 30%, paid into your account too
  • Cancellation cover your customers can add at checkout, at a rate you set, paid into your account
  • Refunds pressed by a person, never automatic, from your own balance

How parktec charges

Our fee is invoiced to you separately and is never deducted from your ticket sales. Stripe's standard card fees come from your own Stripe account, under your own Stripe pricing.

Every event is different, so we quote for yours.

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Questions

Ticketing and payments, answered

Do I need my own Stripe account?

Yes. Your sales run on your own Stripe account. If you do not have one yet, you open it with Stripe and our team links it to your checkout.

When do I get paid?

Each payment goes into your Stripe balance, and Stripe pays your bank on your own payout schedule. parktec holds nothing back, so you never wait for us to release your money.

Who pays the card processing fees?

Stripe takes its standard processing fees from your account, under your own Stripe pricing, as with any Stripe sale.

Can I add a booking fee?

Yes, if you want one. It is a percentage from 0 to 30%, paid by the customer, set by your admins in the console, and it goes into your own account.

What is cancellation cover?

An optional add-on your customers can buy at checkout, paid into your account. Covered customers can ask to cancel before your cut-off; the cover charge itself is not refunded.

How are refunds handled?

Nothing is ever refunded automatically. Every refund is pressed by a person, normally an admin in your team, and it goes back from your own Stripe account.

How does parktec charge?

Our fee is invoiced to you separately and is never taken out of your ticket sales. Get in touch and we will quote for your event.

Is parking included?

Yes. Tickets and parking sell in one checkout, and where your event uses the parktec gate, each paid car goes straight onto the gate list for your parking team.

What does the parktec event ticketing system include?

One checkout for entry tickets and parking on your own website, Apple Wallet and Google Wallet passes, texts with each car's car park and arrival slot, a console for sales and customers, and Zebra handhelds that scan every ticket at the gate.

Can I sell event tickets online from my own website?

Yes. The checkout drops into your own website with one line of code and takes on your colours, fonts and logo, so customers book and pay without leaving your site. It runs only on the websites approved for your account.

Is parktec a ticketing platform for event organisers?

Yes. It is built for organisers who want to sell under their own name. The parktec team sets up your events, ticket types and car parks, links your own Stripe account, and your staff sign in and can be limited to the events they work.

Does parktec do ticketing for fireworks displays and shows?

Yes. Xplosive Events chose parktec for Abingdon Funfair & Fireworks, the Ardingly Fireworks Spectacular, The Cotswolds' Biggest Fireworks Display and Christmas in the Sky, a drive-in event sold per vehicle. Our fireworks and show ticketing page has the detail.

Do the scanners keep working without signal?

Yes. Rugged Zebra handhelds check every ticket live while there is signal, and hold the full ticket list so they keep deciding on the device when there is none. The same offline design was proven at the Worcester Show in August 2026.

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See your event on parktec

Tell us about your event and we will show you the checkout, the console and the gate set up for it. No obligation, no sales pressure.

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