For markets, fairs, trade shows & exhibitions
Tickets, stallholders and show day, all in one place
Popup Pal sells your tickets, manages your stallholders and runs the day itself, so you can spend show day at the show instead of behind a laptop.
3.5% + 50p per ticket, all-in. Free events are free. No monthly fee to start.
Everything you need to run a show
Ticketing, stall management and day-of operations, built to work together. It replaces the spreadsheets and email threads that hold most events together.
Sell tickets
Guest checkout with Apple Pay and Google Pay. Buyers never need an account. QR tickets arrive by email with wallet passes and calendar files, and discount codes, checkout questions, timed sessions and door pricing are all included.
Manage stallholders
A proper applications inbox instead of an email pile. Custom application forms, accept or decline in one click, invoice traders with tokenised pay links, and place every stall on your floor plan.
Run show day
Scan tickets from any phone, with nothing to hire or install. Sell on the door with box office mode, check traders in, and send live announcements to everyone on site when plans change.
Live in an afternoon
From a blank account to a published event with applications open. Most organisers do it in one sitting.
Create your event
Add your dates, venue and ticket types, connect your Stripe account, and publish a polished event page with its own link, ready to share anywhere.
Open applications & sales
Traders apply through your form and pay their invoices online; buyers check out in seconds. Watch both sides fill up from one dashboard.
Run the day
Scan at the gate, sell walk-ups at the box office, check traders in against the floor plan, and go home with the money already in your Stripe account.
Built for stallholders too
Stallholders are half your event. Treat them like it.
Generic ticketing platforms stop at the gate. If you run a market, fair or trade show, the traders behind the tables matter as much as the visitors in front of them. Managing them by email and spreadsheet is where organisers lose their evenings.
Popup Pal treats stall management as a core part of the platform. Applications, decisions, invoicing, pitch allocation and trader communication sit alongside your ticket sales, in one place.
Application forms, your way
Build the form you actually need: product photos, insurance documents, power requirements, pitch sizes. Applications land in a sortable inbox with accept and decline built in.
Trader invoicing that chases itself
Accept a trader and an invoice goes out with a secure pay link. They pay online and the money lands in your Stripe account. Or charge on acceptance and skip the chasing entirely.
Pitch assignment on a real floor plan
Draw your hall or field once, then drag traders onto pitches. Every stall knows where it is going before doors open, and so does your setup crew.
What organisers tell us they need
We built Popup Pal around the same frustrations we hear from organisers again and again.
“I spend more time chasing stall fees than promoting the event. I need invoices that get paid without me sending three reminder emails.”
“My visitors are not going to make an account on some website to buy a £4 entry ticket. Checkout has to be as quick as tapping a card at the gate.”
“On the day I need everything on my phone: who has arrived, which pitches are empty, and a way to tell everyone the car park has changed.”
Simple pricing, no surprises
One all-in fee on paid tickets. Everything else is optional.
Free
£0
Unlimited events, tickets and stall applications. 3.5% + 50p all-in per paid ticket. Free tickets are always free.
Pro
£29/month
Floor plan editor, email broadcasts and segments, five team seats and priority support.
Max
£79/month
A lower 2.5% + 30p per-ticket fee, white-label buyer emails and widget, unlimited team seats.
Built for events like yours
Every show has the same two sides: visitors through the gate and traders behind the tables. These pages show how Popup Pal fits yours.
Frequently asked questions
Do buyers need an account?
No. Buyers check out as guests and receive a secure link to their order, where they can view tickets, download passes, request refunds and forward tickets to friends. There are no passwords and no app to install.
How do payouts work?
You connect your own Stripe account during setup. Ticket and stall payments are charged directly on your Stripe account, so the money is yours from the moment it is paid. It never sits with Popup Pal. Stripe pays out to your bank on its standard schedule, and our fee is deducted automatically per transaction.
What does it cost?
Paid tickets cost 3.5% + 50p, all-in. Card processing is included, so there is nothing else to add. Free tickets and free events cost nothing, and stall applications and invoicing are included on every plan. Pro (£29/month) adds the floor plan editor, email broadcasts, sponsor showcase and priority support. Max (£79/month) cuts the fee to 2.5% + 30p.
Can I move from Eventbrite or Ticket Tailor?
Yes. There is no lock-in on either side: create your Popup Pal event alongside your existing listing, point your links at it, and switch when you are ready. You can import your existing subscriber list (with their consent), and because buyers do not need accounts there is nothing for your audience to sign up for.
What happens if I need to cancel an event?
You can cancel from the dashboard at any time. Ticket holders are notified automatically and refunds are processed back to the original payment method through your Stripe account, per your refund policy and our organiser agreement.
Your next show, minus the spreadsheets
Create your account and publish your first event today. It costs nothing until you sell a paid ticket.