How Bristol Tix works
Safer than a Snapchat story and a bank transfer to a stranger.
Buying
- 1Find the eventEvery ticket for it is on one page, cheapest first, face value next to the asking price.
- 2Pay Bristol TixCard, Apple Pay or Google Pay. The seller can’t touch the money yet.
- 3The ticket is yoursA PDF or screenshot ticket is in your order the moment you pay. Where an event allows in-app transfers, the seller has 24 hours to send it, or you’re refunded automatically.
- 4Check itSomething wrong? Report it from your order and the money stays frozen while we look. The seller is paid once your payment clears.
Selling
- 1Choose the eventOr add it if it isn’t here yet.
- 2Upload the ticketOne file per ticket: the PDF, or a screenshot showing the QR code. We check it isn’t already listed or sold here.
- 3Set your priceYou get exactly that. The buyer pays a separate fee. List as many tickets as you have.
- 4It sells, and the money’s yoursThe buyer gets the file straight away, so there’s nothing to send. Your price goes into your Bristol Tix balance once their card payment clears, usually 3 working days after the sale. Spend it here or withdraw it to your bank.
Who’s here
Only people with an address ending @bristol.ac.uk. Everyone sees a made-up public name and, for ab12345-style addresses, the first four characters of it, so a ticket can be checked against the person who sold it. Real names are shown only to the two people on an order.
Rules that keep it fair
- Buyers take up to 4 tickets per event, so nobody can buy up an event to resell it.
- No contact details or payment arrangements in listings. Money that leaves Bristol Tix isn’t protected.
- Face value is shown on every listing.
- Sell a ticket twice or fail to deliver and you lose the ability to sell.