What does DICE charge in booking fees?

DICE publishes 8.5% + VAT of face value, minimum £1, plus a further 2.5% + VAT on the total transaction price. On a £30 ticket that is about £4.05. Read from https://support.dice.fm/article/758-mio-ticketing-terms-and-conditions-uk on 2026-08-25.

What does Grofomo charge?

Nothing to the organiser. Fans pay a booking fee of 7.50% + £0.25 per ticket at checkout, VAT included, and free tickets carry no fee. On a £30 ticket that is £2.50. The organiser keeps 100% of face value.

When do I get paid on Grofomo compared with DICE?

Grofomo pays out three days after the event ends, from your own Stripe account, with early release on request. DICE publishes: Within 5 business days after the event.

Can I move from DICE to Grofomo mid-season?

Yes. Put your next event on Grofomo alongside your current platform, import your sales history (Skiddle order exports are read directly; anything else moves by CSV) and your contacts, and switch the rest when you are ready.

Compared

Grofomo vs DICE.

DICE publishes a booking fee of 8.5% + VAT of face value, minimum £1, paid by the buyer. Grofomo is free to organisers and charges the buyer 7.50% + £0.25 per ticket. On a £30 ticket a fan pays £4.05 there and £2.50 here.

Grofomo

7.5% + 25p

Who pays: The buyer, at checkout
VAT: Included
On a £30 ticket: £2.50
Paid out: Three days after the event ends
Extra fees: None

DICE

8.5% + VAT of face value, minimum £1

Who pays: The buyer
VAT: Added on top
On a £30 ticket: £4.05
Paid out: Within 5 business days after the event
Extra fees: A further 2.5% + VAT on the total transaction price

Read from DICE’s own page on 2026-08-25.

Price by price

The fee on your ticket price.

Booking fee on one ticket, by ticket price and platform
Ticket price	Grofomo	DICE
£5.00	£0.62	£1.18
£10.00	£1.00	£1.35
£15.00	£1.37	£2.03
£20.00	£1.75	£2.70
£25.00	£2.12	£3.38
£30.00	£2.50	£4.05
£40.00	£3.25	£5.40
£50.00	£4.00	£6.75
£75.00	£5.87	£10.13

DICE: Booking fee with VAT plus the 2.5% + VAT transaction fee. Grofomo: the live fee policy. Large promoters negotiate; treat both as list prices. Every platform in one table.

Questions

Moving from DICE, answered.

What does DICE charge in booking fees?: DICE publishes 8.5% + VAT of face value, minimum £1, plus a further 2.5% + VAT on the total transaction price. On a £30 ticket that is about £4.05. Read from https://support.dice.fm/article/758-mio-ticketing-terms-and-conditions-uk on 2026-08-25.
What does Grofomo charge?: Nothing to the organiser. Fans pay a booking fee of 7.50% + £0.25 per ticket at checkout, VAT included, and free tickets carry no fee. On a £30 ticket that is £2.50. The organiser keeps 100% of face value.
When do I get paid on Grofomo compared with DICE?: Grofomo pays out three days after the event ends, from your own Stripe account, with early release on request. DICE publishes: Within 5 business days after the event.
Can I move from DICE to Grofomo mid-season?: Yes. Put your next event on Grofomo alongside your current platform, import your sales history (Skiddle order exports are read directly; anything else moves by CSV) and your contacts, and switch the rest when you are ready.

What comes with Grofomo

Free when you claim. More when you sell here.

We do not say what DICE does or does not include, because that changes and you can check it yourself. This is ours.

Free when you claim

Your event pageA public page with your dates, venue, lineup and ticket link, on your own short URL.
Listed in the directoryYour event stays on the Grofomo directory where fans browse what is on.
Website builderDesign the page block by block, publish when you are happy with it.
Lineup builderStages, set times and artist profiles, laid out on a shared time axis.
Artists and bookingsYour roster, booking offers and artist-facing pages in one place.
News and articlesWrite announcements that publish straight to your own event site.
Media and creative toolsArtwork, clips and lineup overlays, sized for every platform.
Ticket setupBuild your tiers, releases and prices before you commit to selling here.

Your ticketing, included

Tickets in the Grofomo app and in WalletApple and Google Wallet, the app your fans already have, and a QR that scans with no signal.
Doorman, our door appA check-in list per gate, staff added by scanning a share code, and live counts as people arrive.
Payment plansTake a deposit, then collect the instalments automatically for the tickets people save up for.
Discounts that apply themselvesBuy-one-get-one, bundles and quantity tiers, applied at checkout with no code to remember.
Comps and guest listsSeeded from your lineup, vendors and suppliers, then tallied on the door with everyone else.
Transfers and lost-ticket recoveryFans pass tickets to friends, each with their own QR, and find their own order without emailing you.
Every artist and fan can sell for youPersonal links for your lineup and last year’s buyers, earning commission or rewards you set.
Refunds, upgrades and cancellationsMove someone to another tier, refund a ticket, or cancel the whole event and refund it in one go.
Paid out 3 to 7 days after your eventMoney sits in your own Stripe account and releases automatically once the event has been and gone.

Marketing that switches on

WhatsApp campaignsMessage ticket holders on your own approved number, with a shared inbox your crew can reply from.
Email marketingSend to your mailing list and past ticket buyers, from your own domain rather than ours.
Social publishingSchedule to every connected Instagram and Facebook account from one draft.
Phone alerts on the dayA notification to the fans who saved your event: stage swaps, weather calls, last-minute releases.

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