Interchange Fee

Where Event Fees Actually Go: Taking a 5,000 Yen Ticket Apart

When a 5,000 yen ticket sells, 240 yen comes off the organiser's take. Most of it does not stay with the platform. Japan's Cabinet-approved growth strategy puts roughly 70% of a merchant discount rate into interchange — the fee that goes to whoever issued the buyer's card. Here is the full breakdown of event payment economics in Japan, using only primary sources.