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Registration and ticket sales for trade shows in Ireland

For trade shows and exhibitions all over Ireland: open registration, sell tickets and scan visitors in at the door with nothing more than a phone. Passes for the public, exhibitors and VIP guests, free sign-up for trade visitors and sales on the day are all part of the package.

No setup fee · No subscription · Phone and email support on weekdays


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MADE FOR EXHIBITIONS AND TRADE FAIRS

Everything you need, from first invite to a busy hall on the day

Is your show still run from a spreadsheet of names, a mailbox full of exhibitor queries and payments trickling in by bank transfer? With Billetto, payment, ticketing and your attendee list all live in one place and update themselves as people register. It covers registration, ticket sales and check-in at the entrance, for anything from a one-day local expo to a trade fair that runs over a few days.
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LIVE IN TIME FOR THE FIRST INVITE
Put in the show dates, the venue and its capacity, then set up exhibitor, trade and public day tickets. Hit publish, and the link to your registration page can go straight into the first invite or exhibitor pack.
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NO HOLD-UPS AT THE ENTRANCE
Each visitor has a QR ticket ready on their mobile. Staff scan it or search for the name, and you can put more phones on the doors whenever the numbers call for it.
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PASSES TO SUIT EACH GROUP
Sell paid entry to the public while trade visitors register at no cost. Stand crews, speakers and exhibitors can have free passes, and each partner gets a code you can track.
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PLAN SPENDING ON ACTUAL FIGURES
Ticket revenue, fees and payouts appear side by side in one report, which helps when budgeting for the venue, staff and marketing. Growth plan organisers can receive the bulk of their ticket revenue ahead of opening day.
BILLETTO IN NUMBERS

The know-how behind each ticket you sell

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Organisers across 14 European countries, Ireland included, sell with Billetto
ORGANISER ACCOUNTS
160,000+
Accounts that have sold tickets through the platform
2M+
Tickets purchased via Billetto annually
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Sell entry at the hall doors

Not every visitor books in advance. With a card terminal connected to your phone or tablet, you can sell tickets right at the entrance with Billetto POS, and each buyer goes straight onto your attendee list. Tickets sold on the door and online come from one pool of places, so you can’t go over the hall’s capacity.

Entry scanning at each door

Door staff scan QR tickets with the check-in app, or find visitors by name. You can see arrivals broken down by ticket type and entrance, and handheld barcode scanners can be added when the crowds are big.

Event keys for entrance staff

Hand an event key to each door team or volunteer, and they can scan or sell tickets on the day. It’s up to you whether the key shows your sales numbers or hides them.

Who attended, and how did the show do?

See registrations next to actual attendance and track takings for every day of the show, in real time and after the doors close. Revenue, fee, VAT and payout reports are a click away, or can be sent to your inbox automatically.
FROM INVITE TO ENTRANCE

How registration looks from the visitor’s side

Reach visitors with an email or SMS invite, or share your registration link on whichever channels you already use. On a mobile, booking and payment are done in a few taps. Billetto sends reminders as opening day approaches, your staff handle check-in on the day, and once it’s over you can welcome the same people back next time. Everything is run from the one dashboard.

Bookings all flow into one attendee list, so you can see who’s coming, what ticket each person holds and how they replied to the booking questions you set, for instance their company, role or sector. If your show is public, people who spot it on the Billetto marketplace pay via the same checkout and are added to the same list.

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TICKETS AND PRICING

A ticket for every audience: trade, public and exhibitors

Set up whatever ticket types the show needs, from trade visitor passes and public day tickets to early-bird rates, VIP entry and free exhibitor and stand staff passes. Each one gets a price, quantity and sale dates of its own, and the sales overview lets you check at a glance how many of each remain.

Keep trade days apart from public days, let exhibitors use a code to unlock their passes, and hand partners and media contacts a code each, so you know where registrations come from. Offers with a deadline encourage early bookings without discounting the whole event.

Sales overview in Billetto showing sold and remaining numbers for every ticket type, where a pass covering both days has sold out
BUILT FOR TRADE SHOWS

What trade show organisers get with Billetto

  • Early-bird pricing: a separate price, number of tickets and end date for people who register ahead of time
  • Codes for exhibitors and partners: give exhibitors access to hidden passes and partners their own special price, and see which code each registration came through
  • Company group discounts: reward firms that book several staff in one order with a lower rate per head
  • Booking questions: ask for company, role, sector or other details during checkout or once the booking is made
  • Ticket add-ons: sell parking, food or a printed show catalogue as part of the same order
  • Reserved seating: a seat map for your keynote stage and any conference rooms off the show floor
  • Check-in at the doors: scan with any phone, use handheld scanners when it gets busy, and split bigger venues into zones, each with separate entry permissions
  • Registration on your own website: add the checkout to any site built on WordPress, Squarespace or Wix and style it to match your brand
  • Visitor emails and SMS: welcome back previous visitors and schedule messages before the doors open and after the show wraps up
  • Booking edits: resend a ticket, issue a refund or switch the name when a different person from the company attends
  • Financial reporting: revenue, fees, payouts and VAT gathered together for your accountant
  • Team access: door staff, partners and colleagues only see the areas of the account relevant to them
🎟️ WHY BILLETTO

Why trade show and exhibition organisers use Billetto

Ticket sales are only part of the picture. Billetto also helps drive footfall to the stands.

Local business expo, public consumer show or multi-day trade fair: registration, payment and marketing all run on one platform, and there’s nothing to pay before you start selling.

Billetto works for B2B trade fairs and sector expos, consumer shows, food and drink exhibitions, jobs and education fairs, collectors’ and craft fairs, wedding fairs and conferences with exhibitors on site.

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Want to talk it over before signing up? Book a call with one of our team.

Running a seminar or festival rather than a trade show? You’ll find more on our seminar sign-ups and festival tickets pages.

Find new audiences beyond your mailing list

Shows that anyone can attend also turn up on the Billetto marketplace. Everyone who books automatically follows your organiser profile, so when tickets for your next show go on sale, there’s already an audience waiting.

Pay for advertising only when tickets sell

Billetto Advertising puts your show in front of people with ads across Google and Meta, on Billetto itself and in newsletters, and the cost is based purely on the tickets those ads sell. On average, it lifts ticket sales by around 20% for the organisers who use it.

The customer relationships stay with you

Sell through the Billetto marketplace, from your own website, or use both. Billetto brings in new buyers, and the people you already know, from regular visitors to returning exhibitors, stay in your hands.

Cut down on admin

Billetto’s AI can draft your event description and propose a ticket price, while reminders to visitors are sent automatically. That leaves more time for exhibitors, suppliers and the hall layout.

Help and cash flow as your show grows

You pay nothing upfront, and on weekdays there’s a real person to talk to by phone or email. Once your yearly sales pass 1,000 tickets, you qualify for the Growth plan, with a Customer Success Manager of your own and the chance to receive most of the ticket money before the doors open, making venue hire and staff easier to cover.

TRADE SHOW QUESTIONS

Answers to the questions trade show organisers ask

Written for exhibition organisers, industry bodies and venues planning their next show. Can’t find what you’re looking for? Talk to our team.

How much does it cost to sell trade show tickets on Billetto?

It comes down to a small charge on each ticket sold, with no setup fee or subscription on top. As standard, buyers pay it in addition to the ticket price, but it can also be built into your price so visitors see one all-in figure. Free tickets come with no fee. You’ll find today’s rates on the pricing page. Selling upwards of 1,000 tickets annually? The Growth plan and its custom terms are worth asking about.

What’s involved in getting tickets for my show on sale online?

Create your free account, add when and where the show takes place, how many people it can hold and which tickets you want to offer, then go live. You can share a link to the event page through newsletters, social media, exhibitor mailouts and messages to past visitors, while Billetto looks after payments, e-tickets and reminders. The checkout widget also lets visitors register right on your own site.

Can I offer free registration to trade visitors?

Yes. You pay nothing to Billetto on free tickets, yet each trade visitor still gets a ticket, a reminder as opening day nears and a fast check-in when they arrive. Use booking questions to gather each visitor’s company and role while they register.

Can I have separate ticket types for trade visitors, the general public and exhibitors?

Yes. Trade visitors and the public can each buy their own day tickets at the same time, with a different price, capacity and sale dates for each. Exhibitors, speakers and crew get passes that can be free and stay off the public page, unlocked only by people who have your code.

Can a trade show run over more than one day?

Yes. Every day of the show becomes a date of its own, and visitors choose which day they want, booking as many as five dates in a single go. To sell a pass for the full show, create a membership that’s linked to every day. Pass holders then show the QR code of their membership at the entrance on each day.

Can I gather details like company and role from visitors?

Yes. With booking questions you can ask about a visitor’s employer, role, industry or anything else that’s useful. You can show them during checkout, right after purchase, or in the automatic reminder email, and the answers are stored with each booking.

How does check-in work on the doors?

Staff on the door download Billetto’s check-in app to their personal mobiles, then scan QR tickets or look up visitors by name. As many staff as the doors require can scan at once, and you can follow arrivals at every entrance, broken down by ticket type, in real time. Handheld barcode scanners help at busy periods, and large venues can be divided into zones that each have their own access rules. There’s more detail on our check-in page.

Can people pay at the door if they haven’t registered?

Yes. Billetto POS works with a card terminal and a phone or tablet to turn your entrance into a box office. Tickets sold at the door and online draw on a single capacity, so you’ll never oversell the hall.

Can visitors register through our show’s own website?

Yes. With the Billetto checkout widget, a secure payment window appears over your page, so nobody has to leave your website. It works on WordPress, Squarespace and Wix sites. Colours and fonts can be matched to your brand, and the Billetto branding can be hidden.

Can partners and exhibitors have codes of their own?

Yes. Create individual discount codes for your partners, exhibitors and media contacts, or build offers that only work for certain email addresses, and decide how many redemptions each code allows. Codes are tracked, so you can tell which partner sent which registrations.

How do visitors pay for tickets?

Visitors can use Visa and Mastercard, PayPal, Google Pay and Apple Pay. Depending on the country, local methods like Swish, Vipps, iDEAL and MobilePay are also offered. Mobile wallets make it quick to pay on a phone.

What if a visitor who has registered can no longer come?

You decide on your own refund terms. The back office lets you refund, resend or reassign tickets, which means a colleague can attend in someone’s place with no new booking needed.

Can our partners see how ticket sales are going?

Yes. You can share live sales figures with partners without exposing any sensitive data. On your dashboard you see sales and check-ins the moment they happen, while reports covering revenue, payouts, fees and VAT can be downloaded or delivered by automatic email.

How quickly are ticket sales paid out?

Your payout arrives 3 to 5 working days after closing day, with a summary of revenue and fees. If you’re on the Growth plan, you can have most of the ticket money paid to you ahead of the show, which helps with venue hire and other early outgoings.

Welcome visitors to your next show with Billetto

Handle registration, ticket payments and the door from a single account. There’s no subscription to pay and no setup fee, and Billetto is only paid when tickets are sold.
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