Ticket Tomato

What Ticket Tomato does

Ticket Tomato, LLC is a privately held Oregon-incorporated limited liability company founded in 2007 and headquartered at 6200 SW Virginia Ave, Suite 208, Portland, Oregon. The company operates an online ticketing platform that enables event organizers — referred to in its terms as "Promoters" — to self-register, list events, and sell tickets to consumers without paying any upfront platform fees. Events served span concerts, comedy shows, car shows, benefit concerts, and community gatherings across roughly 25+ Pacific Northwest cities in Oregon and Washington, including Portland, Hood River, Salem, Seattle, Tacoma, and Tumwater. The platform serves a two-sided market: SMB and individual event organizers on the supply side and consumer event-goers on the demand side, with discovery driven by a city-filtered calendar and search interface on tickettomato.com.

The core technology stack is a standard web ticketing platform with PCI-DSS-compliant payment processing through Authorize.net, GDPR-compliant data handling, Cloudflare CDN for site performance, and integrations with Google Analytics, Constant Contact for email marketing, and Facebook/Twitter for social login. The company also offers two fee-based add-on services: on-site Box Office Management, billed at hourly rates for staff handling ticket sales and will-call at venues, and Street Team Services for flyer and poster distribution. There is no mobile application, no public API or SDK, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities.

Revenue is generated entirely through a transaction-based model with no upfront listing fees. Ticket Tomato charges a service fee of $1.00 to $5.00 per ticket (typically passed through to the ticket holder), passes through credit card processing fees at approximately 3.75% of ticket price, charges $0.20 per ticket for optional Boca hard-copy ticket printing, and bills Box Office Management at hourly rates plus Street Team services requiring advance deposit. No subscription, SaaS, or enterprise contract revenue is disclosed. The company is independently operated with no evidence of institutional investment, parent company, or M&A activity — the only external capital event on record is a $5,000 Comcast RISE award dated 2023-08-23.

Name

Ticket Tomato

Legal name

Ticket Tomato, LLC

Website

https://tickettomato.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ticket Tomato is a Portland-based online ticketing platform founded in 2007 that enables event organizers across the Pacific Northwest to list and sell tickets with no upfront fees, charging per-ticket service fees and offering add-on box office and street team services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Event Ticketing

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAGAJAA

Primary Ticketing Platforms & Box Office Systems

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Ticketing & Event Promotion Services

SECONDARYTHAHAFAC

Ticketing Platforms (Paid Events, Seat Maps, Access Control)

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Event Registration, Ticketing & Attendee Management Platforms

SECONDARYMPAGAJAL

Event Discovery, Listings & Calendar Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Ticketing & Event Promotion Services

SECONDARYHSACAAAM

Event Marketing, Ticketing & Registration Management

Home & Personal Services/Event & Personal Concierge Services/Event Planning & Coordination

Keywords

• Online event ticketing
• Box office management
• Ticket marketing services
• Event registration platform
• Promotional distribution services

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Service Fees: Ticket Tomato charges service fees per ticket sold, ranging from $1.00 to $5 per ticket. These fees are generally paid by the ticket holder in addition to the ticket price, unless the promoter instructs otherwise.
2. Credit Card Processing Fees: Handling fees charged at actual cost, generally approximately 3.75% of the ticket price, passed through to ticket buyers.
3. Hard Copy Ticket Printing: Optional Boca ticket printing fee of $0.20 per ticket for physical ticket delivery.
4. Box Office Management Services: On-site box office management services billed at hourly rates based on responsibilities and duties necessary to operate on-site details.
5. Street Team Services: Flyer and poster distribution services, typically requiring advance deposit to cover costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ticket Tomato operates an online ticketing marketplace that enables event organizers and promoters to list and sell tickets for concerts, comedy shows, car shows, benefit concerts, and community events while letting event-goers discover and purchase tickets by city. The platform processes payments through a PCI-compliant Authorize.net integration and supports additional paid services including on-site Box Office Management and Street Team flyer distribution for promoters.

Product overview

Ticket Tomato is an online ticketing platform offering a unified system for event discovery, ticket sales, and event management. The core Ticket Tomato Platform enables event organizers to list events, sell tickets, and manage registrations while event-goers can discover and purchase tickets. Additional services include Box Office Management (on-site event support) and Street Team Services (promotional distribution), which are add-on offerings that enhance the core ticketing experience for Promoters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ticket Tomato Platform Core online ticketing marketplace enabling event organizers and promoters to list events, sell tickets, and process registrations while event-goers discover and purchase tickets to local Pacific Northwest events.
• Box Office Management On-site box office management service where Ticket Tomato staff handle ticket sales, will call, and event operations at the venue, billed at hourly rates based on duties required.
• Street Team Services Flyer and poster distribution service arranged by Ticket Tomato for promoters to promote their events, typically requiring an advance deposit to cover costs.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CloudflarecoreTechnology or IntegrationCloudflare provides site speed and portability improvements across mobile networks. Only anonymous data is shared with Cloudflare for the purpose of providing better performance and reliability.
• Constant ContactcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerEmail marketing integration for newsletter distribution. When users consent to the mailing list, names and emails are shared with Constant Contact solely for sending newsletters. Constant Contact does not share personal information with other third parties.
• Google AnalyticscoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite analytics service providing traffic analysis and mapping functionality. No personal data is shared; all data collected is anonymized.
• Authorize.netcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment gateway for processing credit card and debit card transactions. Payment processing terms are governed by Authorize.net's terms and conditions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ticketbud: Event ticketing and registration platform built for small-to-mid-sized events and nonprofits, offering per-ticket fees and event management features overlapping with Ticket Tomato's core offering.
• ShowClix: Online ticketing and box office management provider for live events, festivals, and venues — directly comparable on both the ticketing platform and on-site box office service dimensions.
• Brown Paper Tickets: Independent online ticketing platform focused on community and live events with a similar low-fee, no-upfront-cost model for organizers — closely comparable in customer segment and product positioning.
• Ticketsauce: White-label ticketing and event marketing platform offering online ticketing, box office, and event promotion services for venues and promoters — directly overlaps in product surface area.
• Eventbrite: Leading self-service event ticketing platform serving small and mid-sized organizers globally; directly competes for the same small promoter use cases Ticket Tomato targets, though at much larger scale.
• TicketLeap: Self-service event ticketing platform targeting small venues, promoters, and community events with per-ticket pricing — same SMB promoter go-to-market as Ticket Tomato.

Broad incumbents

• Ticketmaster: Dominant primary ticketing platform for large venues and major tours; competes broadly in event ticketing but does not specialize in the small, regional, community-event niche Ticket Tomato serves.

Emerging players

• Universe (by Ticketmaster): Self-service ticketing platform for independent promoters and small venues; functionally comparable to Ticket Tomato's platform layer and directly competes for the same SMB organizer segment.
• Eventbee: Event registration and ticketing platform focused on small and mid-sized events with simple per-ticket pricing — comparable in customer segment though lighter on add-on services like box office management.

Others

• Tessitura Network: Ticketing and CRM platform serving arts, culture, and performing arts organizations. Relevant as an adjacent ecosystem participant that Ticket Tomato's venue and promoter customers may also evaluate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tickettomato
• Facebookfacebook.com/tickettomato
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ticket-tomato

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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