# Selling tickets and raising extra money for your charity: here's how — MijnEvent [Home](https://mijnevent.app/en) / [Blog for event organizers](https://mijnevent.app/en/blog) / Selling tickets and raising extra money for your charity: here's how charity benefit clubs free tickets donations # Selling tickets and raising extra money for your charity: here's how Organising a benefit, charity run or fundraiser? Sell tickets, hand out free entry fee-free and switch on the donation field: MijnEvent charges no fee on donations, and revenue lands directly in your own account. [Jasper Koers](https://mijnevent.app/en/author/jasper-koers) · 7 May 2026 · 6 min read ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/tickets-en-donaties-goed-doel.webp) Photo: [Roman Synkevych](https://unsplash.com/@synkevych?utm_source=MijnEvent&utm_medium=referral) / [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=MijnEvent&utm_medium=referral) In short - Free entry tickets (price €0) are always completely fee-free on MijnEvent, so you can manage capacity and attendance at no cost. - The built-in donation field carries no fee at all: every donated euro goes to the cause in full, on top of a free or paid ticket. - Paid tickets cost a flat fee from €0.25 per sold ticket (incl. VAT), regardless of the ticket price. - Proceeds land directly in your own bank account through Mollie Connect, with no intermediary balance or waiting period; the ticket shop is WCAG AA accessible and privacy by design. **Short answer:** with MijnEvent you sell tickets for your benefit or charity event and raise extra money at the same time. Free entry tickets are always completely fee-free, paid tickets cost a flat fee from €0.25 per sold ticket (incl. VAT) — regardless of the ticket price — and the built-in **donation field** at checkout carries no fee at all: every donated euro goes to the cause in full. The proceeds land directly in your foundation's or club's own bank account through your own Mollie account. An evening for the village hall, a charity run for research, a benefit concert after a disaster: charity events run on volunteers and on trust. That's exactly when you don't want an opaque platform that takes a percentage bite out of every euro and parks the money on an intermediary account for weeks. Below you'll read how MijnEvent handles both the entry side and the fundraising side — with features that already exist. # Free entry? Then you pay nothing Many benefits work with free entry and a collection, or with tickets for members, volunteers and invitees. At MijnEvent, **free tickets (price €0) are always completely fee-free**. So you use them at no cost to: - guard the capacity of your venue or grounds; - know how many people are coming (fewer no-shows, better catering estimates); - give everyone a proper e-ticket with a QR code that you scan at the door. That way you stay in control of the numbers without the organisation spending a cent. Read more about why ticketing pays off even with free entry in [Free events with ticketing](/en/blog/free-events-with-ticketing). # The donation field: every euro goes to the cause This is *the* feature for charities: switch on the **donation field** per event, and visitors can add a voluntary amount at checkout — on top of a free ticket, but just as easily on top of a paid one. You set the label ("Support the research", "Contribute to the village hall"), the visitor sets the amount. Best of all: **MijnEvent charges no fee on donations**. The flat ticket fee (from €0.25 incl. VAT) only applies to paid tickets; a donation through the donation field goes to your account in full. If someone donates €25 with a €15 ticket, you only pay those few cents of fee on the ticket — the entire €25 is for the cause. On platforms with a percentage fee, €1 to €2 of such a gift would simply evaporate. It also works for events with a fixed entry price: admission €15, and anyone who wants to gives a little extra in the same checkout. No separate collection box, no second payment request — one payment via [iDEAL | Wero](/en/blog/supported-payment-methods) and done. # Prefer fixed support tiers? Use a support ticket type If you want fixed levels alongside (or instead of) the free-amount donation field — for instance for friend-of-the-foundation tiers or sponsor packages — create a **paid "support" ticket type**: - *"Friend of the foundation — €10"* - *"Major supporter — €50"* Note the difference: a support ticket type is a regular paid ticket, so the flat fee from €0.25 per ticket (incl. VAT) applies — still a fraction of what percentage-based platforms charge, but for pure gifts the donation field is the fee-free route. # Gift cards: money that arrives up front Around the holidays or during a fundraising campaign, **gift cards** are a powerful way to raise money before the event even takes place. Someone buys a credit, adds a personal message, and the recipient redeems it later at checkout. For a charity that means: the proceeds are already in the account before the first visitor walks in. Read how to set them up in [Sell gift cards for your event](/en/blog/sell-gift-cards-for-your-event). # The proceeds go directly to your own account For a foundation or club this may well be the most important point. MijnEvent works with **Mollie Connect**: you connect your organisation's Mollie account, and all ticket revenue lands **directly in your own bank account** — no intermediary balance, no waiting period. No platform sitting on your revenue for weeks. For the treasurer that means peace of mind and books that balance themselves. No Mollie account yet? [How to connect Mollie to your event in 5 minutes](/en/blog/connect-your-mollie-account) walks you through it step by step. # Service fees: let the visitor chip in a little You can configure **service fees** per ticket type, shown as a separate line at checkout. Some charities use this deliberately: a small, transparently displayed contribution of, say, €0.25 per ticket covers the platform costs, so the full ticket price goes to the cause. The visitor sees exactly what that amount is for. Read how to set it up properly in [Setting up service fees per ticket type](/en/blog/service-fees-per-ticket-type). # Privacy and trust belong with a good cause People who give to charity expect their data to be handled with care. MijnEvent is **privacy by design**: only the necessary data is requested, and visitor data is never sold on or used for advertising. Visitors log in without a password via a magic link, and the entire ticket shop is **WCAG AA accessible**, so people with a disability can arrange a ticket or contribution without any hurdles. # VAT and donations Mind one tax detail: a genuine donation (a gift without anything in return) generally falls **outside the scope of VAT**, while an entry ticket usually does not. The donation field keeps the two separate automatically: the donation appears as its own line in the order and on the invoice, apart from the ticket price. Visitors who need an invoice can [create one themselves](/en/blog/create-your-own-vat-invoice). Unsure about the VAT treatment of your specific campaign? Run it past your accountant or the Dutch tax authority. # In short For a benefit or charity event, MijnEvent gives you everything you need, with no surprises: free tickets fee-free, a donation field with zero fees, paid tickets at a flat low fee, gift cards for income up front, and direct payouts to your own account. Exactly what you want when every euro counts. Want to know what MijnEvent means for your type of organisation? Check the page [for charities](/en/for/goed-doel) or the [transparent pricing](/en/pricing). Ready to start? [Register your organisation for free](/registreer) and create your first event in ten minutes. Frequently asked questions ## Frequently asked questions ## Does MijnEvent charge a fee on donations? No. The donation field carries no fee at all: every donated euro goes to your cause in full. The flat ticket fee only applies to paid tickets. ## How much does MijnEvent cost for a charity event? Free entry tickets are always completely fee-free. Paid tickets cost a flat fee from €0.25 per sold ticket (incl. VAT), regardless of the ticket price, and donations through the donation field are free. ## Where does the money from tickets and donations go? Through Mollie Connect you link your organisation's own Mollie account, so all ticket revenue and donations land directly in your own bank account, with no intermediary balance and no waiting period. [ Back to blog ](https://mijnevent.app/en/blog) MijnEvent ## Read more [ ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/betaalkosten-bij-ticketverkoop-de-tweede-rekening.webp) pricing MijnEvent · 3 August 2026 · 8 min read ## The second bill: what payment processing really adds to your ticket sales When comparing ticketing platforms, organisers look at the platform fee. But there is a second bill: the cost of the payment itself. What it is, how it adds up, and why it scales with orders rather than tickets. ](https://mijnevent.app/en/blog/payment-costs-ticket-sales-the-second-bill) [ ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/meertalige-ticketverkoop-bezoekers-kiezen-hun-taal.webp) dashboard Jasper Koers · 30 July 2026 · 4 min read ## Multilingual ticket sales: your visitors now pick their own language Tell your dashboard which languages your visitors speak and the entire sales side follows: ticket pages, e-mails, storefronts and FAQs. Visitors get the right language automatically and can switch with one click. ](https://mijnevent.app/en/blog/multilingual-ticket-sales-visitors-choose-their-language) [ ![](https://regify-mijnevent.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/blog/covers/automatic-membership-renewal-dutch-law.webp) memberships Jasper Koers · 27 July 2026 · 6 min read ## Automatic membership renewal: collecting fees within Dutch renewal law Automatic renewal saves your club a pile of chasing work, but the law has rules about cancelling. Here is how renewal works in MijnEvent, and how to keep it clean. ](https://mijnevent.app/en/blog/automatic-membership-renewal-dutch-law) MijnEvent ## Ready to get started? Create a free account and sell your first tickets today. [Start free](https://mijnevent.app/registreer) [Pricing](https://mijnevent.app/en/pricing)