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Brown Paper Tickets

Ticketing & event registration platform for event organizers

Last updated: November 2024

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Brown Paper Tickets - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What is Brown Paper Tickets?

Brown Paper Tickets is an event ticketing and registration platform for event producers, organizers, and attendees, with tools for ticket selling, credit card processing, ticket printing and shipping, mobile ticketing, donations management, barcode scanning, event customization, and more. Businesses can also promote their events through the Brown Paper Tickets platform with mailing lists and Mailchimp integration for creating and tracking marketing campaigns.

Businesses can benefit from the Brown Paper Tickets platform in order to organize events and sell tickets online. The platform facilitates the selling of tickets online, by phone, or in person at any point of sale (POS), and credit card processing to accept payments from attendees without extra charges. Tickets can be sold online through a custom widget on the business website, and the two-step checkout process allows for quick purchases. Event listings can be created and fully customized with images, video, custom text, and more, and businesses have the ability to create, edit, and manage event listings at any time. Listing management options include linking, promotion, metric tracking, report generation, and attendee tracking. Ticket dates and prices can be managed within Brown Paper Tickets and users can setup tiered pricing, discounts for certain attendees, service fees, and more.

Event tickets can be printed and shipped to attendees using Brown Paper Tickets' in-house fulfillment service within 24 hours of their purchase, or customers can download a barcoded mobile ticket. In order to facilitate in-person sales, pre-printed tickets can be sent to event organizers to be sold at the entrance of the event. Brown Paper Tickets also offers tools for creating custom seating charts, allowing customers to choose their own seats using the availability indicator, collecting donations for events, promoting events via the Brown Paper Tickets’ daily mailing list, offering last-minute discounts, and more.

Benefits of using Brown Paper Tickets

  • Call their in-house 24/7/365 customer service department in English, Spanish, French and they'll help troubleshoot any issues.

  • Allow Brown Paper Tickets to print and ship tickets to customers using their in-house fulfillment service. Purchased tickets are shipped to customers within 24 hours and express and priority shipping is also possible.

  • Enable mobile ticketing for events which provides attendees with a barcoded mobile ticket to present at the event. Staff at the event can use the Brown Paper Tickets’ Android and iOS apps to scan barcodes upon entry.

  • Customize event listings with information including location, prices, dates, payment types, and more, as well as the ability to define the look and feel of the listing and add a questionnaire during purchase.

  • Manage payments with credit card processing, and collect payment through payment apps such as Authorize.net, PayFlow, PayPal, and more.

    • Starting from

    0.99

    One-time payment

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    Brown Paper Tickets's key features

    Most critical features, based on insights from Brown Paper Tickets users:

    Customer Data Management
    4.3
    (3)
    Reporting/Analytics
    3.4
    (5)
    Ticket Brokering
    3.0
    (2)
    Attendee Management
    3.0
    (1)
    Seating Map
    4.7
    (3)
    Website Management
    2.5
    (2)

    All Brown Paper Tickets features

    Features rating:

    3.8
    (38)

    Ticketing
    3.0
    (1)
    Ticket Reservations
    3.8
    (4)
    Sales Reports
    3.5
    (2)
    Event Ticketing
    3.0
    (1)
    Exhibit/Vendor Management
    3.0
    (1)
    Payment Processing
    3.0
    (1)
    Third-Party Integrations
    (0)
    Sponsorship Management
    (0)
    Social Promotion
    4.0
    (1)
    Season Tickets
    (0)
    Registration Management
    4.0
    (1)
    Real-Time Data
    (0)
    Promotions Management
    (0)
    Print-at-Home
    4.0
    (1)
    Point of Sale (POS)
    (0)
    Onsite Ticketing
    4.0
    (1)
    Online Ticketing
    4.0
    (1)
    Mobile Ticketing
    (0)
    Kiosk Ticketing
    (0)
    Employee Management
    (0)
    Email Marketing
    4.0
    (1)
    Discount Management
    (0)
    Customizable Templates
    (0)
    Credit Card Processing
    3.0
    (1)
    Conferences/Conventions
    (0)
    Barcode/Ticket Scanning
    4.0
    (3)
    Badge Management
    (0)
    Attendance Management
    (0)

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    Brown Paper Tickets pricing

    Value for money rating:

    3.8

    Starting from

    0.99

    One-time payment

    Per Feature

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    Pricing range
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    Brown Paper Tickets integrations (5)

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    Brown Paper Tickets support options

    Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Email/Help Desk
    Knowledge Base
    FAQs/Forum
    24/7 (Live rep)
    Phone Support

    Brown Paper Tickets reviews

    Overall rating

    3.7

    /5

    38

    Positive reviews

    71

    %

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.08/10
    Rating distribution

    5

    4

    3

    2

    1

    14

    13

    3

    2

    6

    Pros
    “My favorite thing about BPT is their commitment to social good - including donations to charity as a built-in part of their ticket links.”

    Verified reviewer

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    “This product is affordable and fairly easy to use. I like how you can share your event with their larger community for more potential ticket sales.”
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    Ellie B.

    Director of Development and Operations

    “The fees are low, it's easy to use, you get good information about ticket buyers that helps create an e-mail list.”
    DP

    Daniel P.

    Artistic Director

    Cons
    “Since the stupid pandemic, we have not had any events. Planning for the future, someone told me that Brown Paper Tickets has fallen on rough times.”
    EB

    Erlinda B.

    Secretary/Administrator

    “I know now that they do not respond well during a crisis.”
    LE

    Linda E.

    Clerical

    “Brown Paper Tickets refuses to pay customers for events.”
    SJ

    Sarah J.

    Event Organizer

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    Brown Paper Tickets FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does Brown Paper Tickets offer?

    Brown Paper Tickets has the following pricing plans:
    Starting from: $0.99
    Pricing model: One Time License, Free

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    Q. Who are the typical users of Brown Paper Tickets?

    Brown Paper Tickets has the following typical customers:
    Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

    Q. What languages does Brown Paper Tickets support?

    Brown Paper Tickets supports the following languages:
    English, Spanish, French

    Q. Does Brown Paper Tickets support mobile devices?

    Brown Paper Tickets supports the following devices:
    Android, iPad, iPhone

    Q. Does Brown Paper Tickets offer an API?

    No, Brown Paper Tickets does not have an API available.

    Q. What other apps does Brown Paper Tickets integrate with?

    Brown Paper Tickets integrates with the following applications:
    authorize.net, PayPal, Twitter/X, Meta for Business, Mailchimp

    Q. What level of support does Brown Paper Tickets offer?

    Brown Paper Tickets offers the following support options:
    Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep), Phone Support

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