Admittee vs GoFan: Ticketing is just the starting point
GoFan and Admittee both show up in school event operations — but they solve very different problems. If you're evaluating both, or wondering whether you need both, here's an honest breakdown.
The short version
GoFan is a digital ticketing platform for school athletics. It does one thing well: sell tickets online and scan them at the gate.
Admittee is a facility-first operations platform that handles scheduling, events, payments, rentals, and event-day ops across your entire campus — including ticketing.
If your only need is "Replace paper tickets with digital ones for football games", GoFan is a focused, proven solution for that. If your challenge is "We need ticketing, but we also need scheduling, facility coordination, concessions, merchandise, donations, and a system that ties it all together" — that's what Admittee was built for.
Where GoFan shines
GoFan has built a strong brand in school athletics ticketing, and they do that job well:
Digital ticketing at scale. GoFan is widely adopted across high school athletics. The buying experience is familiar to parents and fans, and the scanning workflow is proven.
Athletic association partnerships. GoFan has relationships with state athletic associations and conferences, which means some schools encounter it as a default or recommended option.
Brand recognition. Parents in many districts already know GoFan. That built-in familiarity reduces friction at the gate.
Simplicity. If all you need is ticket sales and scanning for games, GoFan is straightforward to set up and use.
If your scope is strictly athletic event ticketing and you want a tool that parents already recognize, GoFan's focus is a genuine advantage.
Where Admittee shines
Admittee approaches event operations differently — ticketing is one part of a connected system, not the entire product:
Simple, reliable event-day technology. Admittee uses QR code scanning for gate entry — the same proven technology used at professional venues, but simple enough for any volunteer, parent, or staff member to run. It works on any mobile device or tablet your team already owns, so there's no special hardware to buy or maintain. Need tap-to-pay at the gate or concession stand? It works right from a mobile device, or pair a Stripe M2 reader with a tablet for a dedicated station. One system handles admission, concessions, merchandise, and donations — and it just works.
Your brand, not ours. With GoFan, parents buy tickets through GoFan's platform — GoFan's logo, GoFan's branding, GoFan's experience. With Admittee, every event page, ticket, and payment screen is white-labeled to your school. Parents see your brand front and center, not a third-party vendor's. Your events look like they belong to your school — because they do.
Ticketing tied to the schedule. Events aren't created in a separate ticketing tool — they live on the same master calendar as practices, rentals, and schoolwide events. When a game is scheduled, the ticket page is already connected.
Beyond the gate. Admittee handles what happens after someone walks through the door — tap-to-pay for concessions and merchandise, donation collection tied to specific events, and real-time attendance tracking.
Facility-first scheduling. The gym, field, or stadium where the event happens is managed in the same system. No double bookings, no conflicts with other departments.
Purpose-built for every event type. Not every event sells tickets. Admittee supports internal events (practices, staff meetings, in-services), ticketed events, registration-based programs, fundraisers, and facility rentals — each with its own purpose-built workflow. Most platforms ignore non-revenue events because there's no transaction to collect fees on. Admittee treats them as first-class because your calendar doesn't care whether an event makes money — it just needs to be coordinated.
Not just athletics. Theater performances, school fundraisers, community events, and campus-wide activities all run through the same platform — with the same ticketing, scanning, and payment tools.
Revenue visibility. Ticket sales, concessions, merchandise, and donations roll up into one view per event — not scattered across separate tools and spreadsheets.
capabilities
Gofan
admittee
Digital ticket sales
Yes
Yes
Gate scanning
Athletic association partnerships
Yes
Limited
Branding experience
No
Donations tied to events
No
Facility scheduling
No
Yes
Master calendar (all departments)
No
Yes
Non-athletic events (arts, community)
No
Yes
Event types supported
Facility rentals & invoicing
No
Per-event revenue rollup
Ticket revenue only
You don't have to choose right away
This is the most common concern schools raise: "We're still under contract with GoFan" or "Our athletic department isn't ready to switch ticketing yet." Admittee was designed for exactly this situation.
Admittee lets any department embed their existing ticketing link — including GoFan — directly into events on the Admittee calendar. That means your athletics department can keep selling tickets through GoFan while the rest of your campus runs on Admittee. Everything still lives on one master calendar. Parents still see one place to find events. And when that GoFan contract expires, the transition to Admittee's built-in ticketing is seamless — no disruption, no re-training the whole school.
This is what the typical path looks like:
Day one: School adopts Admittee for scheduling, facility coordination, and non-athletic events. Athletics links their GoFan ticketing directly into Admittee events.
Over time: Other departments (arts, activities, community events) start using Admittee's built-in ticketing, concessions, and donation tools.
When ready: Athletics transitions off GoFan into Admittee ticketing. One system, one revenue view, no more duct tape.
No department is forced to switch before they're ready. No contract has to expire before you can start.
You might stay with GoFan long-term if:
Your district or conference has an ongoing GoFan mandate
Parents in your community are deeply familiar with GoFan and the friction of change isn't worth it
You might consolidate into Admittee over time if:
You want ticketing, concessions, merchandise, and donations in one system
You want per-event revenue visibility across all revenue streams, not just ticket sales
You're expanding beyond athletics into arts, community events, or facility rentals
You're tired of paying per-ticket fees that scale with volume
Who typically switches from GoFan to Admittee
Schools that realized ticketing was just one piece of the puzzle. GoFan solved the gate, but nobody was solving the scheduling conflicts, the concessions tracking, or the donation collection. The operational gaps around the event were bigger than the ticketing gap GoFan originally filled.
Schools that wanted one revenue picture per event. When ticket revenue lives in GoFan, concessions are tracked in a spreadsheet, and donations come through a separate form, nobody can answer "how much did Friday's game actually generate?" Admittee puts that in one view.
Schools expanding beyond athletics. The theater department needed ticketing too. So did the spring fundraiser. GoFan wasn't built for that, so the school ended up with yet another tool — or worse, back to paper.
Schools frustrated with per-ticket fees. GoFan's revenue model is built around transaction fees on every ticket. For high-volume programs, those fees add up. Schools often find Admittee's pricing model more predictable.
Schools that did the math on per-ticket fees. On lower-priced tickets like $5 student admissions, per-ticket fees can represent a surprisingly large percentage of the ticket price. Across a full season of football, basketball, and other events, schools often find they're giving up thousands in fees that could stay with the school. Admittee's 5% + $0.50 per ticket keeps more revenue where it belongs.
See the full picture
GoFan handles the gate. Admittee handles your entire campus — before, during, and after the event. The best way to see it is a quick walkthrough using your actual facilities and events.