Skiddle vs Fatsoma: Which ticketing platform is right for your event?
Choosing the right ticketing platform isn’t about finding the most convenient option. It’s about getting your event in front of the right people, getting the support you need when you need it, and, most importantly, picking a platform where you know you’ll sell tickets.
Fatsoma is built around student club nights and relies on networks of ticket reps to hustle for sales. Skiddle, on the other hand, is an all-in-one platform built to help you grow any kind of event. It gives you the flexibility to launch a student night on Thursday, a live music gig on Friday, and a family food festival on Sunday, all from the same dashboard.
6.5 Million
UK consumers use Skiddle to discover events
3.6 Million
Users active on the Skiddle app
97%
Promoters who renew their contract with Skiddle every year
Skiddle
Skiddle combines straightforward ticketing tools with powerful promotion to make sure your events are a success. We put your brand front and centre, giving you full access to your sales data and flexible ways to get paid early so you can keep growing your brand on your own terms.
Additionally, our app, push notifications, email alerts, and personalised event recommendations work together to push your listings in front of active ticket buyers looking for their next day or night out.
Fatsoma
Fatsoma is a self-service ticketing site that allows promoters to list events and sell directly through the web, an app, or website widgets.
While anyone can list a show on their platform, their entire audience and brand are deeply rooted in the student market. Their standout features are built around peer-to-peer selling, letting you recruit armies of individual “ticket reps” to hustle links to friends for a commission. Because their marketplace is so heavily focused on young club-goers, promoters running events outside the student scene – such as family attractions – will find it incredibly hard to reach the right crowd.
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The promoter audience gap
The main difference between Fatsoma and Skiddle comes down to what people are actually looking for when they visit each site. Fatsoma works well if you are trying to sell tickets to university students for a midweek club night. But because their search traffic is heavily focused on that specific younger crowd, it is the wrong place if you are trying to sell anything else.
Skiddle covers a wider mix of events. Because our event guide lists everything from raves and live gigs to stand-up comedy shows and food festivals, our traffic comes from a broader mix of age groups and interests. If your brand runs different styles of shows, you don’t have to worry about your listings being skipped over by people who are only looking for student deals.
5 reasons UK promoters choose Skiddle over Fatsoma
Reach beyond the student bubble
Fatsoma is built to reach university students, but it is not built to reach older or different crowds. Skiddle is used by a much wider audience. No matter the genre of event you’re organising and selling tickets to, the right buyers are already using our site.
Choose how you sell, with or without reps
Fatsoma’s model heavily relies on you finding and managing people to hustle links for sales. Skiddle gives you the best of both worlds. Your shows go straight into our huge What’s On event guide to attract sales automatically, but if you do want to use your fans to push tickets, we have our own built-in rep tool.
You can set up your own team, track their sales, and assign commissions right from your dashboard, without making it your only way to get people through the door.
Turn browsers into ticket buyers
We give you practical tools that actually drive ticket sales across the web. From automated alerts that text or email fans the second their favourite artists or event brands announce a show, to our official Spotify integration that matches your event lineup with local listeners, Skiddle makes it easy to capture fan interest instantly.
Access your ticket revenue as you sell
Paying for venue hire, artist deposits, and upfront marketing requires real cash flow. While Fatsoma typically holds onto all your ticket revenue until after your event is completely over, Skiddle offers flexible payout options. This means you can access your funds as tickets sell to keep your business moving when you need it most.
Support from people who know events
With Skiddle, you don’t have to wait days for a support ticket to be answered. Our UK-based team of account managers and support operatives are available six days a week to help you sort out everything from complicated ticket tier setups to high-volume on-sale days.
Skiddle vs Fatsoma: Feature by Feature
| Feature |
|
Fatsoma |
| Brand Alerts | Yes | Yes |
| Push Notifications | Yes | Yes |
| Cool Off (72hr Refund) | Yes | No |
| Customer App | Yes | Yes |
| WhatsApp/SMS alerts | Yes | No |
| Spotify Integration | Yes | No |
| Same-Day Remittance Payments | Yes | No |
| White Label Ticketing | Yes | No |
| Skiddle Reps (Affiliate Marketing) | Yes | Yes |
| Dedicated In-house Marketing Team | Yes | No |
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Switching from Fatsoma is simple
Most promoters completed the switch within a working day. There’s nothing to lose by trying – it’s free to list your event, and there are no listing fees or contracts to sign.
Register your account
Create your free Promotion Centre account and start listing events in minutes.
Takes 30 seconds
Create an event
Take advantage of free tools to build and promote your events.
Takes 30 seconds
Start selling tickets
Publish your event and begin selling tickets free of charge.
Takes 30 seconds
Register your account
Create your free Promotion Centre account and start listing events in minutes.
Takes 30 seconds
Create an event
Take advantage of free tools to build and promote your events.
Takes 30 seconds
Start selling tickets
Publish your event and begin selling tickets free of charge.
Takes 30 seconds
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