Every payment method comes with its own costs. Credit card gateways may charge a percentage plus a fixed amount, while invoices, checks, or other payment options can create additional administrative work.

Processing Fees gives you a simple way to offset those costs without increasing every ticket price. Configure the fee for each payment method, choose exactly how it is labeled, and Event Espresso adds it to the transaction during checkout.

Attendees pay for their tickets and applicable processing fees together—in one checkout and one transaction.

Choose the fee structure that fits

Use a percentage fee, a fixed fee, or combine both on the same payment method:

• Add 2.9% to card payments
• Add a $1.00 transaction fee
• Add 2.9% plus $0.30
• Add a handling fee to invoice payments
• Leave both fields blank to keep a payment method fee-free

When both fee types are enabled, the percentage is calculated from the registration subtotal before the fixed fee is added. The two fees do not compound.

Configure each payment method separately

Different payment options can have different costs. Processing Fees lets you configure fees directly within each Event Espresso payment method.

Charge one amount for card payments, another for invoices, and no fee for bank transfers or other preferred methods. You decide which payment options carry a fee and how each one is calculated.

Make every charge easy to understand

Give percentage and fixed fees their own customer-facing names. Use labels such as “Card Processing Fee,” “Booking Fee,” or “Invoice Handling Fee” so attendees understand what was added to their order.

If you use both fee types, each appears as a separate line item with its own label.

Fees follow the attendee’s payment choice

When an attendee changes payment methods during checkout, Event Espresso removes the previous method’s fees, applies the newly selected method’s configuration, and recalculates the transaction total.

That means attendees always see the amount associated with the payment option they are actually using—even when one method has two fees and another has none.

Keep everything inside Event Espresso

Processing fees become part of the existing Event Espresso transaction. There is no separate product, manual calculation, or second payment to manage.

The registration subtotal, applicable fees, existing taxes, and final amount due remain together in the Event Espresso order record.

Perfect for…

• Conferences offsetting card-processing costs
• Classes charging a standard booking fee
• Camps collecting a flat registration-handling charge
• Fundraisers offering fee-free offline payment options
• Training providers adding an invoice administration fee
• Any event that wants payment costs separated from ticket prices

Protect more of every registration

Stop absorbing every transaction cost or hiding it inside your ticket prices. Configure your payment methods once and let Event Espresso calculate the appropriate fee at checkout.