Kommunity is the community’s home; we are the event’s operations.
Kommunity is the established meeting place for developer communities in Turkey — your community page and member base there are real value, and we are not trying to imitate that. Once you start running a ticketed conference, though, another layer is needed: whose name the invoice carries, instalment payments, certificates, session-level check-in, a multi-track agenda. This page compares exactly that layer.
What changes with a ticketed conference?
Whose name is on the invoice?
In card sales the document is produced through the platform’s own payment infrastructure; when a corporate buyer needs an invoice in their supplier’s name, organisers can end up steering the sale to an off-platform payment method. In Etkin’s forthcoming marketplace flow the document is issued in the organiser’s name — for a corporate attendee’s accounting, that difference matters as much as the sale itself.
Certificates and check-in
At a conference attendees ask for certificates and sponsors ask who turned up. On Etkin a certificate is generated automatically once the survey is completed and can be added to a LinkedIn profile; check-in is by QR with a device audit trail — which device scanned which entry is recorded. Session-level check-in and a multi-track agenda are not there yet; they come with the conference package, and we mark them ◔ in the table.
Communication channels
In Turkey announcements circulate on WhatsApp and reminders arrive by SMS — especially last-minute information such as a room change. Etkin runs email, SMS, WhatsApp and push from a single panel, with per-recipient template variables.
The compliance side
Privacy notice, a record of the moment consent was given, a data processing agreement and role-based access come ready; data stays on infrastructure we operate ourselves, in Frankfurt (eu-central-1). Corporate sponsors and university partnerships usually ask for these documents up front.
Conference operations compared
| Feature | Etkin | Kommunity |
|---|---|---|
| Whose name is on the invoice in card sales? | ◔The organiser’sThe marketplace flow opens once the payment integration is complete | ~Through the platform’s payment infrastructure |
| Turkish Lira collection + instalments | ◔In preparationCard and instalment payments | ~Please confirm on their own pages |
| Payout term (transfer to the organiser) | ◔T+1 targetedApplies once the payment core goes live | ~Subject to the platform’s own terms |
| Verifiable certificates + add to LinkedIn | ✓YesGenerated automatically once the survey is completed | —No |
| QR check-in + device audit trail | ✓YesWhich device scanned which entry is recorded | ~Please confirm on their own pages |
| Seating plans, accommodation and transport assignment | ✓YesHall, table, hotel and coach assignment | —No |
| Session-level check-in, multi-track agenda, badges | ◔Coming with the conference packageToday check-in is at event level | —No |
| SMS · WhatsApp | ✓YesWhatsApp via your own Business account, SMS on credits | —Email and push |
| KVKK processes and data residency | ✓Ready · Frankfurt (eu-central-1) | ~Please confirm on their own pages |
| Turkish interface and Turkish-speaking support | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Established community base and discovery | ~Event pages are public and indexableBut we do not offer a ready-made community member base | ✓Kommunity’s strongest side |
| Ticket commission | ✓10% · 7% · 5% by planNo cut at all on free events | ~5% + payment infrastructure fee |
This comparison reflects publicly available product information as of 9 August 2026; platform features and terms change over time — please confirm on the relevant platform’s own pages before deciding. Rows marked ◔ are not live on our side yet. Where we were not certain of a term, we wrote “confirm on their pages” rather than putting a guess in the table.
Enter the size of your conference and see side by side what the commission difference actually amounts to.
Calculate the commission“Kommunity is 5%, you are 10%” — a fair question
On our free plan the ticket commission is 10%, higher than the platform rate you will see elsewhere. But at conference scale the comparison is not made against the free plan: on Business our rate is 5%, and a payment infrastructure fee sits on top of any platform’s rate — which makes the platform side roughly even. The difference is not the percentage but what comes with it: the invoice issued in the organiser’s name, instalment collection, certificates, QR check-in with a device audit trail, seating and accommodation assignment, and multi-channel messaging. For small, occasional ticketed events the free plan wins; for regular, large conferences Business wins mathematically. Enter your own numbers in the calculator above to find the crossover point.
Keep the community there, bring operations here
We are not suggesting you close your community page. For most teams the best setup is to announce where the community already is, and manage tickets, check-in and certificates here.
Create the event on Etkin
Trim the registration form to what you actually need and, if it is ticketed, set capacity and pricing. The event page is public and open to search engines.
Announce it where your community already is
Share the registration link from your Kommunity community page, your mailing list or your social accounts. Registrations are held here, so who came and who did not is visible in one place.
Bring your past attendees across
Send us the attendee list you already have — CSV, Excel or Google Sheets, the format does not matter — and we will import it into your organisation’s attendee pool. A self-service upload tool is on the roadmap.
Student clubs and registered non-profits get 50% off the Pro and Business plans; it is applied to your account after document verification.
Frequently asked
Do I have to close my Kommunity community page?
No, and we would not recommend it. Your member base is there; announce from there and point the registration link at Etkin. Our claim is not to replace the community, but to take on the operations and the formal side of a ticketed event.
Is card ticketing live on Etkin right now?
Not yet. Our payment provider integration is in progress, which is why those rows are marked ◔ in the table. Today you can create paid events and follow payment status from the panel, and everything about free events works fully.
Why does the invoice matter so much?
A corporate attendee buys the ticket from a company budget and has to bring their accounting a document issued in the supplier’s name. When the document is issued in the platform’s name that process stalls and the sale usually falls back to a bank transfer — meaning you lose the easiest part of the payment flow. In the marketplace model the document is issued in the organiser’s name.
What does session-level check-in mean, and does Etkin have it?
At a multi-track conference it means recording not only that an attendee came through the door but which session they were in; sponsor reporting and the accuracy of attendance certificates depend on it. On Etkin check-in today is at event level: by QR, with a device audit trail, so which device performed which scan is recorded. Session-level check-in and the multi-track agenda are part of the conference package we are building — we mark them ◔ in the table rather than describing them as available today.
I run free events — will I pay commission?
No. There is no cut on any plan for events where you do not sell tickets; registration, QR check-in, email and basic certificates all work.