Short answer
Use tickets with unique QR codes that are only valid once. With Tickean, a second scan of the same code is flagged as already used, so a forwarded screenshot only gets one person in.
Tell buyers to purchase only through your official link, and put any resale or transfer rules in your terms before purchase. Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015, you can only cancel a resold ticket if a fair term in the original contract allowed it.
Checklist for your decision
β Your fee as the organiser and the booking fee buyers pay, written down separately.
β When the money reaches your account: per sale, weekly or after the event.
β The total price, booking fee included, shown from the first price buyers see (DMCC Act 2024).
β QR door scanning without expensive hired devices, with a live headcount.
β Promoter links, a guest list and several ticket tiers.
Options (including Tickean)
There's no single right platform. If your venue insists on a particular ticketing partner, go with that.
If you control your own ticketing: Tickean combines sales, payment and door scanning, with 0 per cent for organisers, QR tickets by WhatsApp and support over chat.