# How to Sell Tickets Online for Your College Fest — Free for Free Events > Step-by-step guide to selling tickets online for your college fest, cultural event, or tech fest — free for free events, 1.9–4.9% on paid tickets. - Author: Vihaya Events Team - Published: Feb 15, 2026 - Reading time: 6 min read - Category: How-To Guide --- Selling tickets online for your college fest used to mean paying hefty platform fees to BookMyShow (15–20%) or Ticket9. With Vihaya Events, you can sell tickets online for your college event, cultural fest, or hackathon — free for free events and just 1.9–4.9% on paid tickets. Here's exactly how to do it. ## Why Sell Tickets Online for Your College Event? Online ticketing for college events offers several advantages over traditional cash-at-gate collection. You get real-time attendance data, eliminate long queues with QR code check-in, collect payments securely, and can market your event to a wider audience beyond your campus. Most importantly, you get data — who registered, from which college, which year — all invaluable for future events. ## Step 1: Create Your Free Account on Vihaya Events Go to [events.vihaya.app/signup](https://events.vihaya.app/signup) and create your organiser account. It takes less than 2 minutes. No credit card required. You'll get access to the full event management dashboard immediately. ## Step 2: Create Your Event Click "Create Event" and fill in your event details. Use our AI-powered form builder to auto-generate a professional event description, registration form, and event website in seconds. Set your ticket price (or make it free), set the number of available seats, and choose your payment method for collecting ticket revenue. ## Step 3: Customise Your Registration Form Collect exactly the information you need from attendees — name, college, year, department, phone number, or any custom field. Our drag-and-drop form builder makes this easy. You can also add conditional logic (e.g., show different questions for students vs faculty). ## Step 4: Set Up Online Payments Connect your payment account to receive ticket revenue directly. Vihaya Events supports UPI, credit/debit cards, and net banking. The money goes directly to your account — we don't hold it. We charge 1.9–4.9% platform fee on paid ticket sales; free events stay free. ## Step 5: Promote Your Event Share your event link on Instagram, WhatsApp groups, and college notice boards. Use our built-in WhatsApp marketing tool to send bulk messages to your target audience. Create a countdown timer and embed it in your college website. Our analytics show you exactly where your registrations are coming from. ## Step 6: Check In Attendees with QR Codes Every registered attendee gets a unique QR code ticket via email and WhatsApp. On event day, use our mobile check-in app to scan QR codes at the gate. It's instant, accurate, and eliminates fake tickets. You can see real-time attendance numbers on your dashboard. That's it! You've successfully sold tickets online for your college fest at just 1.9–4.9% on paid tickets (free events stay free). [Start for free on Vihaya Events today.](https://events.vihaya.app) --- Canonical URL: https://events.vihaya.app/blog/how-to-sell-tickets-online-college-fest-free Last updated: Feb 15, 2026 Brief AI index: https://events.vihaya.app/llms.txt Full AI index: https://events.vihaya.app/llms-full.txt