Add FIXR comparison page (#64)

Author: stefan-burke

_data/competitors.json

@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@
     "payment_processing_fixed": 0.2,
     "fee_note": "Wix Events fees: 2.5% ticket service fee per paid ticket, plus Wix Payments processing (2.1% + 20p in the UK). Requires a Wix Business & eCommerce plan (from $29/month, approx. £23/month or £276/year). Free tickets have no service fee. Chobble Tickets: £50/year flat + Stripe processing (1.5% + 20p). Source: support.wix.com (March 2026)."
   },
+  "fixr": {
+    "name": "FIXR (Pro)",
+    "annual_cost": 0,
+    "per_ticket_fee_percent": 4.99,
+    "per_ticket_fee_fixed": 0.49,
+    "payment_processing_percent": 0,
+    "payment_processing_fixed": 0,
+    "fee_note": "FIXR Pro fees: 4.99% + £0.49 per ticket (£1 minimum) + VAT (includes payment processing). Student & Charity tier: 3.99% + £0.49. Fees are typically paid by the ticket buyer but can be absorbed by the organiser. Chobble Tickets: £50/year flat + Stripe processing (1.5% + 20p). Source: fixr.co/pricing (March 2026)."
+  },
   "chobble_selfhosted": {
     "name": "Chobble Tickets",
     "annual_cost": 0,

pages/compared-to/fixr.md

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+---
+layout: design-system-base.html
+competitor_key: fixr
+title: Chobble Tickets vs FIXR
+meta_title: Open Source Alternative to FIXR | Chobble Tickets
+meta_description: Looking for an alternative to FIXR? Chobble Tickets offers flat annual pricing with no per-ticket fees, full data ownership, and encrypted attendee data. Compare pricing and features.
+permalink: /compared-to/fixr/
+eleventyNavigation:
+  key: vs FIXR
+  parent: Compared To
+blocks:
+  - type: hero
+    full_width: true
+    class: gradient
+    title: Chobble Tickets vs FIXR
+    lead: >-
+      FIXR dominates UK student nightlife and event discovery. Here's how
+      a small, open source alternative compares on pricing, features, and
+      data ownership.
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## Pricing comparison
+
+      [FIXR](https://fixr.co) is free for organisers — ticket buyers pay a
+      booking fee of 4.99% + £0.49 per ticket (£1 minimum) + VAT on the
+      Pro tier, or 3.99% + £0.49 on the Student & Charity tier. These fees
+      include payment processing, and organisers can optionally absorb them.
+      Enterprise pricing is negotiated separately.
+
+      Chobble Tickets is a flat £50/year (£25 for charities and community
+      groups) with no per-ticket fees at all. You only pay Stripe or Square
+      processing fees on top. If you sell more than about 77 tickets at
+      £10 each in a year, Chobble Tickets is already cheaper.
+
+      On higher-priced tickets the gap grows quickly. A £30 ticket costs
+      £1.99 in FIXR fees — that's about 38 tickets to break even against
+      a full year of Chobble Tickets.
+
+  - type: include
+    file: price-comparator.html
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## Data ownership and privacy
+
+      FIXR operates an event discovery marketplace — their website and app
+      let attendees browse and discover events. This means your attendees
+      become part of FIXR's audience, and your events sit alongside
+      competitors' listings.
+
+      With Chobble Tickets, attendee data is encrypted with hybrid RSA/AES
+      encryption and stays under your control. There's no marketplace
+      showing competing events next to yours, and no marketing emails sent
+      to your attendees by the platform.
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## Payouts
+
+      FIXR handles payment processing as part of their booking fee and
+      manages payouts to organisers.
+
+      Chobble Tickets uses Stripe or Square directly, so payments go
+      straight to your account with standard processing times. You're
+      always in control of your own payment processor account.
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## Feature comparison
+
+      **Both platforms share some features:**
+
+      - Online ticket sales
+      - QR code scanning for check-in at the door
+      - Email confirmations to attendees after booking
+      - Capacity management to prevent overselling
+      - Free event support with no fees
+      - Multiple ticket types
+      - Embeddable ticket widgets for your own website
+
+      FIXR has some features Chobble Tickets doesn't, and vice versa:
+
+      **FIXR has features Chobble Tickets doesn't:**
+
+      - **Event discovery app** — FIXR's consumer-facing app and website
+        let attendees browse and discover events, with strong reach in
+        the UK student nightlife market
+      - **Rep/affiliate network** — a built-in system where promoters
+        sell tickets on your behalf and earn commission, with tracking
+        dashboards
+      - **Student verification** — built-in student status verification
+        for age-restricted or student-only events
+      - **Ad pixel tracking** — retargeting and lookalike audience support
+        for Facebook and other ad platforms
+      - **Promo codes** — discount codes, presale codes, and hidden ticket
+        access codes
+      - **Fast checkout** — streamlined checkout with saved card details
+        via the FIXR app
+      - **Push notifications** — event announcements via push notification
+        to followers
+      - **Custom branded apps** — on the Enterprise tier, FIXR builds
+        custom branded apps and websites for your events
+      - **Business insights** — analytics on customer origination,
+        journey, and lifecycle
+
+      **Chobble Tickets has features FIXR doesn't:**
+
+      - **[End-to-end encryption](/features/encrypted/)** — attendee data
+        is encrypted at rest with hybrid RSA-OAEP + AES-256-GCM
+      - **[Apple & Google Wallet tickets](/features/apple-wallet/)** —
+        attendees can add tickets to their phone wallet
+      - **[ICS calendar feeds](/features/rss-and-calendar-feeds/)** —
+        subscribers get automatic calendar updates
+      - **[RSS feeds](/features/rss-and-calendar-feeds/)** — syndicate
+        your events to feed readers
+      - **[Pay-what-you-want pricing](/features/stripe-and-square/)** —
+        let attendees choose their price
+      - **[Daily/recurring event support](/features/daily-events/)** —
+        built for events that repeat on a schedule with per-date capacity
+      - **[Custom domain support](/features/custom-domain/)** — get a
+        nice host-provided subdomain instantly, or point your own domain
+      - **Self-hosting option** — run the platform on your own servers
+        for free
+      - **[Open source](/features/open-source/)** — inspect, modify, and
+        contribute to the code under AGPLv3
+      - **[Custom questions](/features/custom-questions/)** — add
+        multiple-choice questions to events and collect structured
+        answers at checkout
+      - **[Public & admin API](/features/public-api/)** — RESTful JSON
+        API for building custom integrations, plus [authenticated admin
+        API](/features/admin-api/) with full event CRUD via API keys
+      - **[Webhooks](/features/webhooks/)** — outbound POST on every
+        registration
+      - **[Event groups with tiered ticketing](/features/groups/)** —
+        organise related events into collections for multi-event bookings
+        with a single checkout
+      - **[Custom email providers](/features/email-providers/)** — use
+        Resend, Postmark, SendGrid, or Mailgun so emails come from your
+        domain
+      - **[Customisable email templates](/features/email-templates/)** —
+        full control over confirmation emails with Liquid syntax
+      - **No marketing emails to attendees** — your audience stays yours
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## When FIXR might be better
+
+      - You're running student events or university nightlife and want
+        access to FIXR's audience and discovery platform
+      - You need a rep/affiliate system to incentivise ticket sellers
+      - You want your events listed on a marketplace where attendees
+        browse and discover events
+      - You need student verification for age-restricted events
+      - You have very low volume and prefer buyer-pays fees over an
+        annual subscription
+
+      ## When Chobble Tickets might be better
+
+      - You want predictable, flat-rate pricing with no per-ticket fees
+      - Privacy and encryption matter to you
+      - You don't want a platform marketing to your attendees or showing
+        competing events alongside yours
+      - You're a community group, charity, or school (£25/year)
+      - You want Apple/Google Wallet integration, calendar feeds, or RSS
+      - You value open source and the ability to self-host
+      - You're selling enough tickets that percentage fees add up quickly
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## Who owns FIXR?
+
+      FIXR operates as VIPR Digital Limited
+      ([Companies House #08184813](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08184813)),
+      incorporated in August 2012 and headquartered at 25-26 Poland
+      Street, London W1F 8QN. The company was co-founded by Edmund
+      Glover, Nick Stone, Dom Marmont, and Hugh Hudleston (who resigned
+      as director in 2020). FIXR raised £6.5 million in a Series A round
+      in May 2021, and launched in UK universities in 2015 before
+      expanding into nightlife, festivals, venues, and attractions.
+
+      Chobble Tickets is run by one person as a
+      [Community Interest Company](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-interest-companies-introduction)
+      (CIC) — a UK legal structure that locks the company's assets for
+      community benefit. All of Chobble's code is public under AGPLv3,
+      and the platform can be self-hosted by anyone without depending on
+      Chobble as a company.
+
+  - type: markdown
+    content: |
+      ## Pricing sources
+
+      The pricing information on this page was verified in March 2026.
+      Fees may change — check the links below for the latest figures.
+
+      - [FIXR pricing](https://fixr.co/pricing) — Pro: 4.99% + £0.49 per ticket; Student & Charity: 3.99% + £0.49
+      - [FIXR for organisers](https://fixr.co/p/event-organisers) — event ticketing and promotion platform
+      - [FIXR event ticketing](https://fixr.co/p/event-ticketing) — ticketing features overview
+      - [Chobble Tickets features](/features/)
+      - [VIPR Digital Limited on Companies House](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08184813) — corporate structure
+
+  - type: cta
+    title: Try Chobble Tickets
+    description: Flat pricing, encrypted data, and no per-ticket fees.
+    button:
+      text: Get Started
+      href: https://tix.chobble.com/ticket/register
+      variant: secondary
+      size: lg
+---