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Built for a floor, not just a door
A trade show is not a ticketed conference. Bidancer allocates booths from a floor plan, onboards exhibitors, sells sponsorship tiers and issues passes — the parts a ticketing product does not cover.
Bidancer vs ExplaraComparison
A trade show is more than a ticket.
Explara sells the tickets. Bidancer runs the floor — booths, exhibitors, sponsors, passes and check-in — with registration money settling into your own gateway and no cut taken.
The short verdict
Choose Explara when you are selling tickets to a conference or workshop and want a mature registration product. Choose Bidancer when the event has a floor to allocate, exhibitors and sponsors to onboard, and leads worth keeping afterwards — with revenue landing in your own gateway and nothing taken per ticket.
About Explara
Explara is an event ticketing and registration platform used widely in India and beyond. It charges a flat fee per ticket rather than a percentage commission, with payments typically flowing through its own gateway and a transaction fee applied — lower on higher tiers that allow an external gateway. It is a strong answer to selling tickets and registering attendees. It is not built to allocate an exhibition floor or onboard exhibitors and sponsors.
Side by side
Bidancer and Explara, capability by capability
Explara sells tickets well. Bidancer runs the floor — booths, exhibitors, sponsors and passes — with no commission and money settling into your own gateway.
| Capability | Bidancer | Explara |
|---|---|---|
| Floor plan editor and booth allocation | Yes | No |
| Exhibitor onboarding with KYC verification | Yes | No |
| Sponsorship tiers and sales | Yes | No |
| Attendee registration and passes | Yes | Yes |
| Capability | Bidancer | Explara |
|---|---|---|
| Where registration money settles | Organiser's own gateway | Platform gateway by default; external on higher tiers |
| No commission and no per-ticket fee on event revenue | Yes | No |
| Receipts and tax handled per organiser configuration | Yes | Ticketing invoices |
| Capability | Bidancer | Explara |
|---|---|---|
| Exhibitors and attendees are KYC-verified | Yes | No |
| QR check-in at the door | Yes | Yes |
| Booth lead capture tied to verified identities | Yes | No |
| Capability | Bidancer | Explara |
|---|---|---|
| Booth leads continue as governed enquiries | Yes | No |
| Contact details private until an enquiry is accepted | Yes | No |
| Exhibitors keep one identity across catalog, tenders and shows | Yes | No |
Why Bidancer
What changes when trust is the default
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Your gateway, your money
Registration and booth payments settle into the organiser's own payment gateway, and Bidancer takes no commission and no per-ticket fee on that revenue.
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Verified, not just ticketed
Exhibitors complete KYC before they take a booth, and attendees carry passes tied to a verified identity — so who is on the floor is known, not merely paid up.
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Leads that survive the show
A lead captured at a booth continues as a governed enquiry with contact privacy until acceptance, because the exhibitor and the visitor already exist in the same verified network.
Pricing models
What you pay for, and what you get back
Bidancer
Organisers connect their own gateway and keep registration and booth revenue in full — no commission, no per-ticket fee. Platform usage is credit-based from a ledgered wallet.
Explara
A flat fee per ticket rather than a percentage commission, with a transaction fee applied when payments run through the platform's own gateway and a lower one on tiers that permit an external gateway.
What you pay for
Bidancer: Credits for platform usage
Explara: Flat fee per ticket, plus transaction fees
Cost per registration
Bidancer: None on tickets or booths
Explara: Per-ticket fee applies
Where the money lands
Bidancer: Directly into the organiser's gateway
Explara: Platform gateway by default
What is covered
Bidancer: Booths, exhibitors, sponsors, passes, check-in
Explara: Ticketing and registration
An honest fit check
Different jobs, different platforms
Choose Bidancer when
- Your event has a floor: booths to allocate, exhibitors to onboard, sponsors to sell
- You want registration money in your own gateway rather than settled back to you later
- You want exhibitors and attendees KYC-verified, not just paid
- You want booth leads to continue as governed enquiries after the doors close
Explara still fits when
- You are selling tickets to a conference, workshop or meetup with no exhibition floor
- You want a mature ticketing product with many ticket types and multi-currency support
- You want an established registration flow and are happy with per-ticket and gateway fees
Switching
Getting started next to Explara
You don't have to burn a bridge to build a better one. Set up Bidancer alongside your existing presence and move serious demand over.
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Register and connect your gateway
Complete KYC for your organising business and connect your own payment gateway so event revenue settles directly to you.
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Build the floor, not just the form
Lay out the floor, price booths and sponsorship tiers, and open exhibitor applications alongside your attendee registration.
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Run the show and keep the leads
Issue passes, check in by QR, and capture booth leads that continue as governed enquiries once the show closes.
Questions, answered
Bidancer vs Explara, in practice
Does Bidancer charge per ticket?
No. Bidancer takes no commission and no per-ticket fee on registration or booth revenue; it settles into your own gateway. Platform usage is credit-based instead.
Should I use Bidancer for a simple conference?
If your event is purely a ticketed conference with no exhibition floor, a dedicated ticketing platform is very likely the better tool. Bidancer earns its place when there are booths, exhibitors and sponsors to manage.
Is there check-in at the door?
Yes — passes are issued per attendee and checked in by QR at the door, with the pass tied to a verified identity rather than an anonymous ticket.
Are exhibitor and attendee records connected to anything else?
They are, and that is the point: exhibitors and visitors keep the identity they use for catalogs, enquiries and tenders, so a booth conversation continues in the same governed venue afterwards.