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Event ticketing that pays you direct.

POCtix is a Stripe-native ticketing service for bars, venues, livestreams, and event hosts. Flat $2.00 per ticket. Money lands in your Stripe account, not ours. No percentage skim, no payout delays, no platform lock-in.

Stripe Connect QR scanner included No monthly fee
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For venues

Built for the people running the door.

Most ticketing platforms take 7-10% plus a fee, hold your money for a week, and email your customer like they own them. POCtix doesn't.

01

Your Stripe account, your money

Stripe Connect destination charges. Every sale lands in your account on Stripe's normal payout schedule. We never touch your funds.

02

Flat $2.00 per ticket

Same fee on a $5 cover and a $250 VIP table. No tiered pricing. No "service fees" stacked on the buyer. Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ is the only other cost — and that's Stripe's, not ours.

03

Scanner on any phone

Open tickets.portofcams.com/scan, paste your scanner token, point the camera. Two-second debounce, vibrates on bad scans, every scan logged with the staffer's email.

04

Refund-safe by design

When a customer refunds, their QR code is voided automatically. Capacity releases. Nobody walks in on a dead ticket. Full audit trail per scan.

05

Own your customers

Every buyer email is yours. CSV export anytime. We don't market to your audience. We don't run "discovery" ads on top of your event.

06

Multiple ticket types

GA, VIP, table, comp, early-bird, member — set as many tiers as you want per event. Each tier has its own capacity, price, and validity window.

Use cases

If people pay to walk in, watch, or attend — POCtix works.

We didn't build this for one kind of event. We built it for the door.

Bar covers + club nights

Friday cover, DJ residency, after-hours. Sell tiers (GA / VIP / table). Door scans on the bouncer's phone.

Ticketed shows + concerts

Reserved or GA. Multi-night runs. Will-call lookup at the door. Refunds void cleanly if the show cancels.

Tours + classes

Tour operators, surf lessons, cooking classes. Set valid_from / valid_until per session. Cap per slot.

Livestream + paid content

Sell access to a live cam, virtual event, or stream. Buyer gets a signed URL after payment. See the Livestreams section.

Membership + season passes

Recurring access (gym, climbing wall, members' bar). Long-lived QR. Same scanner. Same dashboard.

Fundraisers + private events

Donor dinner, alumni mixer, brewery release party. Comp tickets for sponsors. Attendee names per seat for the guest list.

Sold-out nights

Room's full. Keep selling.

Physical capacity has a ceiling. Virtual doesn't. When your room sells out, open a second tier — a virtual ticket that streams the night live to everyone who couldn't get through the door.

POCtix sells the virtual seat at the same flat $2.00. PortOfCams Pro streams it. No cap on how many virtual tickets you move. The room being full just became the start of a second revenue stream.

See PortOfCams Pro
Example — Friday sold out at 200
In-room tickets × 200 × $20 $4,000
Virtual stream tickets × 350 × $8 $2,800
Total night $6,800

Virtual buyers get a stream link that activates at showtime via their QR token. Works for DJ nights, live music, comedy, spoken word — any live experience people want to watch from home.

Livestreams + gated content

Sell access to a stream. Not just a seat.

POCtix handles paywalled streaming the same way it handles a bar cover. Customer pays, gets a QR token, your stream endpoint validates the token before serving the HLS URL. Tokens can expire on a schedule or after first use.

We use it ourselves at PortOfCams Pro to gate live surf cam access. Same plumbing works for a virtual concert, a paid replay, a sports stream, or a webinar.

Set up a livestream pass
livestream-pass · token validate
POST /api/livestream-check
{ "token": "f34c92ab…" }
200 OK
{
"valid": true,
"event": "kakaako-cam",
"stream_url": "https://…/playlist.m3u8",
"valid_until": "2026-05-25T03:00:00Z"
}
Pricing

One number. No surprises.

We make money when you do. Not before.

POCtix platform fee
$2.00/ ticket sold
Stripe processing (2.9% + 30¢) passes through to your Stripe account. Free tickets cost nothing.
  • Unlimited events
  • Unlimited ticket types per event
  • Unlimited scanner devices
  • Hosted venue calendar page
  • Hosted buy page (no website needed)
  • CSV export of every order
  • Real-time admin dashboard
  • Tickets emailed to buyers

What you net on a $20 ticket

$17.12 (86%)
Ticket price$20.00
Stripe processing (2.9% + 30¢)−$0.88
POCtix platform fee−$2.00
You keep$17.12

On a $50 ticket you keep $46.85 (94%). On a $100 ticket, $95.30 (95%). The bigger the ticket, the smaller our cut as a percentage — flat fee scales with you, not against you.

POCtixTypical platform
Per-ticket cut$2.00 flat3-10% of price
Buyer service fee$0 (or what you set)$2-8 stacked on top
Payout timingStripe standard (next day)7-14 days after event
Owns the buyer relationshipYou doThey do
Monthly subscription$0$0 - $200
Built on Stripe (PCI compliant)Yes — Stripe CheckoutVaries
Don't have a website?

We host the whole flow for you.

Instagram bio, QR code on a poster, link in an email — point anywhere and we handle the buy page, the venue calendar, the QR delivery.

Hosted venue calendar

Every venue gets a public calendar page at tickets.portofcams.com/venue/your-name. Lists all upcoming events with prices and remaining capacity. Embeddable in your site with ?embed=1.

See an example →

Hosted buy + checkout

Each event has its own buy page at tickets.portofcams.com/e/<event>. Customer picks tickets, redirected to Stripe Checkout, redirected back with their QR codes. Zero code on your end.

Works without your own site, domain, or Stripe account if you don't have one yet.
Night of

Know what's happening at the door — live.

Open the admin on your phone behind the bar. Revenue, sold, redeemed, and who scanned each ticket — updated as it happens.

Power Saturdays · Friday, Oct 18 · NightClub
Revenue tonight
$1,840
Sold
92 / 150
Redeemed at door
68
Comp
7
TimeBuyerTierStatus
10:42 PMk.silva@…GA × 2In
10:38 PMnainoa@…VIP × 4In
10:31 PMamara@…GA × 1Paid
10:28 PMjorge@…Table × 6In
10:24 PMleah@…GA × 2Paid

Per-event drilldown shows every ticket type sold + remaining, every order with buyer info, every attendee name, every scan with the staffer who did it.

How it works

From the customer's tap to the door scan.

Three steps. No app installs. No accounts to create.

STEP 1

Customer buys on Stripe Checkout

They land on your venue page, your site, or the hosted buy page. Pick a ticket, pay through Stripe. Money posts to your Stripe account on settle.

STEP 2

QR codes hit their inbox

Each seat gets its own QR. They show their phone or print it. No app install. No account signup. No POCtix branding in their inbox if you don't want it.

STEP 3

Door scans, you're done

Door staff opens the scanner on any phone, scans QR, gets green/red in under a second. Every scan logged with the staffer's email and timestamp.

FAQ

Common questions.

If yours isn't here, email us.

How long does it take to get set up?

About 15 minutes once you have a Stripe account. We onboard each venue by hand right now — you fill out the form, we set up your organizer record, send you a Stripe Connect link, and you're live. From there, creating an event takes about a minute.

Do I need a Stripe account?

Yes — Stripe is how the money gets to you. If you don't have one, signup takes about 10 minutes at stripe.com. It's free; you only pay Stripe's 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction (same as if you'd taken the card yourself).

What if I don't have a website?

You don't need one. Every venue gets a hosted calendar page at tickets.portofcams.com/venue/your-name and each event has its own hosted buy page. Put the link in your Instagram bio, on a poster, in an email — anywhere.

Does my customer have to install an app or create an account?

No. They pay through Stripe Checkout (no account needed), then get their QR codes by email. At the door they show their phone or a printout. That's it.

What happens if I need to cancel an event or refund a ticket?

Refunds go through Stripe like normal. When a charge is refunded, the corresponding QR codes are voided automatically and the capacity is released — so nobody walks in on a dead ticket and you can resell the seat.

Can I issue comp tickets?

Yes. Admin can issue comp passes from the dashboard — free, full-access tickets for plus-ones, sponsors, staff, or guest list. They scan the same as paid tickets and show up in your reporting separately.

What about the buyer service fee?

By default, POCtix adds zero service fee on top of your ticket price. You can choose to pass the $2.00 to the buyer or absorb it yourself — your call, set per event.

Do you own my customer data?

No. Buyer emails belong to you. We never market to your customers. CSV export is one click from the admin. If you ever leave POCtix, you take your list with you.

Is it secure? PCI compliant?

Card data never touches our servers — Stripe Checkout handles it. That makes you (and us) PCI-DSS SAQ A compliant by default. Every scan is logged. Refunds void passes automatically. Admin is behind HTTP Basic + we're adding magic-link auth.

Where are you based?

Honolulu. Built by an independent team that runs its own venues + camera network on the same infrastructure. You can reach us at [email protected].

Get on POCtix

Run a venue? Let's set you up.

We onboard new venues by hand — takes about 15 minutes once you have a Stripe account. Fill this in and we'll reach out within one business day.

For ticket buyers

Lost your ticket email?

Pop in the email you bought with. We'll pull up every order on that address — click any one to view your QR codes. Doesn't matter which venue.

We only show orders that match the email you enter.

Honest pricing. A flat $2.00 per ticket — that's all POCtix takes, whether the ticket is $5 or $500. You pay the same standard card processing (2.9% + $0.30) you'd pay on any platform, and the money lands straight in your own Stripe account. No percentage cut, no buyer-facing service fee — so on a typical event ticket your all-in cost lands well below Eventbrite, and the savings grow the higher your ticket price.
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