Can I list my own event on BookMyShow?

Not in the self-serve sense. Listings are curated and arranged commercially. Their subsidiary Townscript is the self-serve Indian product, and MintLink Tickets is self-serve as well.

What commission does BookMyShow charge organisers?

They publish no organiser rate card. Commission is negotiated per event and has been reported publicly in the 10–25% range, with a convenience fee charged to the buyer plus 18% GST. Treat those as reported figures and get your own terms in writing.

What does MintLink Tickets charge?

A published 5% platform fee on paid tickets, which is 8.26% all in once GST on the fee and payment gateway charges are counted. Nothing is charged to the buyer, and free events are free with no cap.

Will MintLink bring people to my event?

No, and that is the trade. We give you a checkout, an event page and a door, and you bring the audience. A marketplace commission is what buying an audience costs.

Do I keep my attendee list on MintLink?

Yes. Registrations, form responses and check-in records belong to you and are exportable from the attendee screen.

MintLink Tickets vs BookMyShow

These two are not really the same kind of thing, and pretending otherwise helps nobody. BookMyShow is distribution. MintLink is infrastructure. The question is whether you are buying an audience or serving one you already have.

You cannot simply sign up for BookMyShow

Listing is curated and sales-led, not self-serve. An event gets onto BookMyShow through a commercial conversation, and the terms come out of that conversation. MintLink is self-serve: you create the event, set your tiers, publish, and the link works within a few minutes.

That difference matters more than any percentage. If you are running a 60-person workshop next Saturday, the question of BookMyShow's rate never arises, because the listing conversation is not available to you.

What it costs, stated honestly

BookMyShow publishes no organiser rate card. What is reported publicly is that commission is negotiated per event and has been reported in the range of 10–25% of the ticket price, and that a convenience fee is charged to the buyer on top of the ticket, plus 18% GST. Those are reported figures, not quoted ones, and we are not in a position to confirm them — checked 12 September 2026.

MintLink's number is published and does not move: 5% platform fee on a paid ticket, 8.26% all in with GST and gateway, and nothing charged to the buyer.

Side by side

MintLink Tickets and BookMyShow — BookMyShow figures are reported publicly, not published by them; checked 12 September 2026
	MintLink Tickets	BookMyShow
Can you list it yourself	Yes, in minutes	No — curated and sales-led
Fee on the organiser	5%, 8.26% all in, published	Negotiated; reported at 10–25%
Fee on the buyer	None	Convenience fee plus 18% GST
Audience brought to you	None — you bring your own	Very large, and the reason to be there
Who owns the attendee data	You	The marketplace relationship
Minimum event size that makes sense	One ticket	Large enough to be worth a commercial conversation
Free events	Free, with no ceiling on registrations	Not the product
Memberships and class packs	Yes	No
Sell anything other than tickets	Digital downloads, physical goods, services, paid reviews	Tickets and cinema

Use BookMyShow when you need strangers

A concert, a comedy tour, a stadium event. You need thousands of people who have never heard of you, and a marketplace is the only realistic way to reach them.
Your margin can carry the commission. At scale, a reported 10–25% is a marketing cost with a measurable return, and it is often cheaper than buying that reach with ads.
You want the credibility of the listing. For a large public event, being on BookMyShow is itself a signal.

Use MintLink when you already have the room

The organiser we are built for has an audience already — an Instagram following, a class WhatsApp group, a newsletter, a studio full of regulars. Paying a distribution commission to reach people who already follow you is paying twice for the same audience.

You get the ticket tiers, sessions with real per-session capacity, a registration form you build yourself, QR check-in at the door and a cancellation policy the system settles. You also get the attendee list, because it is yours. And the same account sells memberships and downloads to those same people afterwards.

If you want an Indian self-serve platform with marketplace traffic attached, BookMyShow's own Townscript is the honest middle answer, and we have a page on it.

Frequently asked questions

Can I list my own event on BookMyShow?: Not in the self-serve sense. Listings are curated and arranged commercially. Their subsidiary Townscript is the self-serve Indian product, and MintLink Tickets is self-serve as well.
What commission does BookMyShow charge organisers?: They publish no organiser rate card. Commission is negotiated per event and has been reported publicly in the 10–25% range, with a convenience fee charged to the buyer plus 18% GST. Treat those as reported figures and get your own terms in writing.
What does MintLink Tickets charge?: A published 5% platform fee on paid tickets, which is 8.26% all in once GST on the fee and payment gateway charges are counted. Nothing is charged to the buyer, and free events are free with no cap.
Will MintLink bring people to my event?: No, and that is the trade. We give you a checkout, an event page and a door, and you bring the audience. A marketplace commission is what buying an audience costs.
Do I keep my attendee list on MintLink?: Yes. Registrations, form responses and check-in records belong to you and are exportable from the attendee screen.

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