Who pays the $1.25 and the card fee?

The buyer. The fair’s ticket price is the face value, which pays out to the fair’s Stripe account. The $1.25 Midway service fee and Stripe card processing are added for the buyer.

How does gate admission work?

Staff use Gate scan and enter the token from the guest’s ticket QR. The system checks the ticket and records the admission. Guests can also look up an order with the contact details from checkout.

Ticketing and gate scanning

Fair ticketing and gate scanning on the same system as the map.

Ticketing is an add-on, not something buried inside the base plan. Fairs on Community, County & Regional, or State & Enterprise can unlock it, sell tickets on the public event site, and admit guests from the ticket at the gate.

The software unlock is $500 per year. Buyers also pay a $1.25 Midway service fee on each ticket, plus card processing. The ticket’s face value pays out to the fair’s own Stripe account.

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Selling the ticket

Staff create ticket types — gate admission, a special event, whatever the fair actually sells. Guests buy them on the fair’s public site. Checkout can collect a first name, last name, email, and phone so the order can be looked up later. Guests do not need an account to check out.

$500 per year to unlock ticketing
$1.25 per ticket, paid by the buyer, as the Midway service fee
Card processing of about 2.9% + $0.30, also paid by the buyer
Face value paid out to the fair through Stripe
Requires a Community plan or above

At the gate

Each ticket carries a QR code. Gate staff open Gate scan in admin, enter the ticket token from that code, and the system admits the guest. The order stays on file with the name and contact collected at checkout, so a guest can look the order up later.

Gate scan today is that check-in step: staff enter or paste the token and record the admission. It is not a separate camera app.

Demolition derby car at the Summit County Fair

What stays with the fair

Midway Metric does not hold the ticket money as the fair’s bank. The face value is paid out to the connected Stripe account. Refunds and order history stay in the fair’s ticketing admin. The map, schedule, and vendor list keep working if you never turn ticketing on.

Blue monster truck at the Summit County Fair

FAQ

Questions fair boards ask

No. Base plans cover the map, schedule, and vendor tools. Ticketing is a $500 per year add-on for Community plans and above, plus $1.25 per ticket paid by the buyer.