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SimpleTix charges a fixed fee per ticket plus a percentage of each ticket sale these rates are taken directly from their website.
High Trek POS uses a simple revenue-based model: we charge a percentage of your total revenue based on annual volume, generally ranging from 1% to 2%. For credit card processing, High Trek POS offers interchange-plus pricing with an average effective rate of about 2.5%, and that rate can be lower when you have a higher mix of card-present transactions. You can also choose to pass some or all processing fees to the customer. Many businesses opt to pass through roughly 2%–4%, but the exact approach is entirely up to you.
Both SimpleTix and High Trek POS support online admission and reservations—including open (“gate”) admission, date-based tickets, and time-slot tickets—with tools for capacity limits, minimum/maximum quantities, and add-ons. The difference is in how far you can take scheduling and capacity logic.
High Trek POS includes advanced resource management and package-building that can coordinate multiple activities and resources in a single purchase.For example, if you offer three activities and want to sell a combo where Activity A starts at 11:00am, Activity B starts one hour later, and Activity C starts two hours after the original start time, High Trek POS can automatically validate availability across all required resources at their exact scheduled times. If Activity B is sold out at 12:00pm, the 11:00am combo won’t be offered—preventing overbooking before it happens. That same resource engine also supports scenarios like birthday party arrival throttling, flexible capacity assignments, reservations outside standard business hours, and more.
SimpleTix does not support card present and Point of Sale capabilities. High Trek POS offers full Point of Sale capabilities including barcode scanning, cash drawers & cash management, tap/dip P2PE credit card terminals, inventory management, and food & beverage ordering. We provide one system that can handle ALL of your transactions limiting training, simplifying accounting, and allowing gift cards to be used for events and acivities as well as the purchase of snacks and gift shop items.
Both SimpleTix and High Trek POS issue QR codes for ticket redemption at your venue. High Trek POS supports fast, point-and-shoot scanning using dedicated Bluetooth QR code scanners (in addition to a device’s built-in camera), while SimpleTix relies on camera-based scanning and does not support external QR scanners. In high-volume environments, using dedicated scanners is an industry best practice because it speeds up entry and reduces bottlenecks—often saving several seconds per guest. If you manage heavy attendance and long lines, that difference can have a meaningful impact on throughput and the overall guest experience.
SimpleTix supports e-gift cards and experience vouchers, but redemption is generally limited to online purchases—meaning they can’t typically be used for in-person gift shop items or food & beverage sales, and physical gift cards aren’t supported. High Trek POS offers a more complete gift card and voucher system, including both physical and digital gift cards that can be redeemed online or onsite for any purchase. It also includes advanced voucher tools that let you build flexible experience voucher scenarios tailored to how your business sells and packages experiences.
Both platforms include strong built-in reporting. The key difference is data coverage: because Ticketspice doesn’t offer a full Point of Sale (POS), its reports typically reflect online ticketing only—so walk-up admissions, food & beverage, and retail sales often live in separate systems and must be combined to see the full day’s performance. With High Trek POS, everything runs through one platform, giving you a complete, real-time view of total attendance and total sales for the day.
High Trek's Platform allows you to create custom lead forms, define workflow statuses, and manage your sales pipline. You can communicate regarding event details and generate Custom Quotations for each customer event that can provisionally hold capacity on your reservation calendar. The system will allow you to specify a deposit amount that is required to convert the Reservation to a permanent hold on your resources. These tools keep all of your information in one place and have proven to create urgency and significantly increase conversion rates with group event inquiries at the same time requiring less effort from staff.
High Trek POS has integrated with Quickbooks Online & Quickbooks Desktop. The system allows clients to sync their QB chart of accounts and map the income accounts to products as well as map system level accounts to financial features like cash deposits, gift card liabilities, discounts, deferred revenue, sales tax, and refunds. This integration will handle 100% of the balance sheet and profit & loss recording necessary from the platform. It will generate one Journal entry per day and eliminate manual entry completely. This feature saves our clients time and money on bookkeepers and CPA's.
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