Pre-Registration Infrastructure for Live Entertainment

Prove the demand
before you risk the deposit

FairAdmission lets fans commit to tickets with a credit card hold before the show is confirmed. Real demand data — not follower counts — tells you whether to sign the venue contract.

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Charged until show confirms

48h

Pre-registration window

1st in = best seat

Priority assignment on confirm

Process

Venue on hold. Fans commit. Data decides.

The artist has a provisional venue hold with a deposit due within the week. FairAdmission turns the mailing list into a demand signal in 48 hours.

Provisional Hold

Artist secures a venue hold. Rental deposit is due within a week. FairAdmission generates a branded pre-registration page with ticket tiers and pricing.

Venue held, not committed

Announce & Register

A special show is announced to the mailing list and socials. Fans select a tier, enter their card, and commit to the price. No pre-auth runs yet — this is a registration of intent with card on file.

48-hour window

Threshold Reached

If registrations hit the go threshold, the venue contract is signed. Pre-authorizations are run on all committed cards. Seats are assigned in registration order — first in, best seats.

Go / No-Go decision

Tickets Issued

Cards are captured, tickets are issued. Remaining inventory enters the regular on-sale. If the threshold isn't met, no cards are charged, no venue is booked, no one loses.

Zero fan risk

Two Models

Use it as a platform.
Or let us run the show.

FairAdmission works as licensed infrastructure for your team, or as the engine behind a fully promoted show where we take the risk.

Platform License

Self-Service

Your team runs the pre-registration. We provide the infrastructure.

Branded pre-registration pages with custom domains
Configurable tiers, pricing, and thresholds
Real-time demand dashboard with conversion analytics
Stripe-powered card-on-file and pre-auth processing
Priority seat assignment engine
Unsold inventory releases to your regular on-sale
Your promoter, your venue deal, your economics

$3/ticket + service fees

or 2.5% of confirmed revenue · paid only when the show goes ahead

Full Promotion

ACT Promoted

We take the venue risk, fund production, and promote the show. You perform.

ACT secures the venue hold and funds the deposit
FairAdmission validates demand within 48 hours
Artist receives a deposit from ticket revenue
Production costs funded by ACT, marked up 15%
Show budgeted on 60% house = break-even
ACT assumes downside risk on the remaining 40%
Service fees and promoter margin earned on success

Promoter Model

Service fees + promoter profit + 15% cost markup · artist gets deposit, ACT takes risk

Fan Experience

What fans see

A branded pre-registration page. Select a tier, commit your card, hold your place in line.

fairadmission.com/artist/massey-hall-2026

Special Evening with Mark Knopfler

Massey Hall, Toronto — Provisional: September 18, 2026

Pre-Registration Open · 31h remaining

Registrations vs. Go Threshold 72% of threshold

Premium · Floor

$195

164 / 200 committed

Orchestra

$135

342 / 600 committed

Balcony

$85

218 / 900 committed

By registering, you commit to purchase at the selected price. Your card will only be pre-authorized if the show reaches its threshold. If it doesn't, nothing happens. Seats assigned in registration order.

Cash Flow

How the money moves

Two timelines depending on the model. In both cases, fans pay nothing unless the show confirms.

Platform Model

Artist/promoter uses FairAdmission as infrastructure

Pre-registration opens. Fans commit card + tier. No charge.

48h

Window closes. Threshold met → pre-auths run. Not met → all released.

Cards captured. Tickets issued. Remaining inventory goes to regular on-sale.

D10

Funds land. Payment processor settles. Revenue available.

FairAdmission earns: $3/ticket + service fees, or 2.5% of confirmed revenue. Zero risk to FairAdmission or the artist's promoter.

Promoted Model

ACT acts as promoter, takes risk, funds production

Venue on hold. ACT secures provisional date. Deposit due within the week.

48h

Threshold hit. ACT signs venue contract, funds deposit out of pocket.

Cards captured. Artist receives deposit from ticket revenue. ACT funds production.

D10

Funds land. ACT repays venue deposit. Budgeted on 60% house = break-even.

ACT earns: Promoter profit on the final 40% + service fees on all tickets + 15% markup on production costs. ACT assumes the downside risk.

Proven Model

We've done this before

FairAdmission is the automated, scalable version of a system first deployed in 2019.

We ran a version of this for MarkKnopfler.com in 2019 — $3 per ticket plus full service fees using pre-sale inventory. Unsold inventory went to the regular artist.com pre-sale one week later. It worked. Now we rebuild it with AI.

Artist Consulting Team · Pre-sale pre-registration, 2019

Per ticket fee

Pre-Sale

Inventory allocation

23 years

Digital artist commerce

Infrastructure

Built for live entertainment

Card-on-File Registration

Fans commit their card and price tier at registration. Pre-auth only runs if the show confirms. PCI-compliant via Stripe.

Not a Ticketing Platform

FairAdmission is pre-registration infrastructure. No tickets are issued until confirmation — operating outside exclusive ticketing deals.

Real-Time Demand Dashboard

Watch registrations by tier, geography, and traffic source. Conversion rates from mailing list reach to card-on-file commitments.

48-Hour Window

Scarcity drives urgency. The compressed window turns announcement into an event. Configurable from 24 hours to 5 days.

Priority Seat Assignment

Registration order determines seat priority. First to commit = best seats within their tier. Timestamp-verified queue.

White-Label Branding

Pre-registration pages are fully branded to the artist. Custom domains supported. The artist owns the fan relationship.

Prove the demandbefore you risk the deposit