Built into Gate
Gythr™ Handoff
The only ticket transfer built into the platform that sold the ticket.
When someone can't make it to your event, what happens next shouldn't be a mess. Handoff lets tickets move between people under rules you set, inside the same platform that issued them. No third parties. No scalpers. No screenshots of forwarded PDFs.
Right now, ticket transfers are a liability.
Someone buys a ticket to your event. Something comes up. They can't make it. What happens next is one of these:
They forward the confirmation email to a friend. The PDF has the original name on it. Your check-in volunteer doesn't know what to do. The friend gets in anyway because nobody wants to make a scene at the door.
They post the ticket on Twitter or Craigslist. A stranger buys it. The stranger gets scammed because the seller screenshots the QR code and uses it first. The stranger blames your event.
They ask for a refund. You didn't plan to give refunds. Now you're in a support conversation that costs more in time than the ticket was worth.
They do nothing. The seat sits empty. Someone on your waitlist would have come. That revenue is gone.
Every one of these scenarios costs you money, trust, or both. And every one of them exists because the ticket left your platform the moment it was sold.
Handoff keeps the ticket inside the platform. That changes everything.
How Handoff works
A ticket bought through Gythr can be transferred or resold inside Gythr, under rules you set. Here's the flow:
Transfer listed
The original ticket holder initiates a transfer from inside Gythr. The moment a transfer is listed, the original barcode is invalidated. It can't be used at check-in anymore. Nobody can race to the door with a screenshot.
Recipient confirmed
For free transfers (gifts), the recipient accepts and gets a new ticket instantly. For paid transfers (resales), the payment is held securely until both sides confirm the transaction.
New ticket issued
A new barcode binds to the new owner. Their name, their QR code, their registration record. The original ticket is gone. The new ticket is real. Check-in sees one valid ticket, one valid person.
Clean resolution or clean cancellation
If anything goes wrong (the recipient doesn't confirm, the payment fails, someone changes their mind), the transfer cancels cleanly. No money moves. The original barcode reactivates. Nobody is stuck in a half-completed transaction.
One flow. One platform. No third-party marketplace. No middleman taking 25%.
You set the rules. Every event is different.
Every event has a different relationship with ticket transfers. A free community meetup has different needs than a $500 industry conference. Handoff doesn't impose a one-size-fits-all policy. You choose.
Inside Gate, you configure one of five transfer policies per ticket type:
No resale. Transfers off. Full stop. For events where tickets are non-transferable by design.
Gifts only. Free transfers to friends, no money changes hands. For community events where sharing access is part of the culture.
Face value only. Resale allowed, capped at what the buyer paid. For events that want flexibility without price inflation.
Open market. Resale allowed with a markup cap you set. For events comfortable with market pricing but wanting to prevent gouging.
Organizer approved. Every transfer routes through your dashboard first. For events that want human review before any ticket changes hands.
Additional controls:
- Sponsors can get first dibs on returned inventory
- Waitlists can auto-fill from cancelled transfers
- Your refund policy stays yours. Handoff doesn't override it.
Why no one else can offer this.
Third-party resale platforms don't know which tickets are real. They can't invalidate a barcode they didn't issue. They can't verify the seller actually owns the seat. They take 25 to 30 percent because they're absorbing fraud risk they created by not owning the stack.
Gythr issued the ticket. Gythr holds the identity. Gythr controls the scanner. A transfer inside Gythr isn't a marketplace listing. It's a database update with verified handoffs.
That distinction matters because it eliminates every attack vector that makes ticket transfers dangerous today:
Duplicate scanning
Impossible, because the original barcode is invalidated the moment a transfer is listed.
Screenshot fraud
Impossible, because a screenshot of a dead barcode doesn't scan.
Identity mismatch at the door
Impossible, because the new ticket binds to the new owner's name and registration.
Payment disputes
Minimized, because Gythr holds the payment until both sides confirm.
Scalper markup
Controlled, because you set the maximum resale price (or block resale entirely).
This isn't a feature a competitor can copy by bolting a transfer widget onto their platform. It's the shape of owning the full stack: ticketing, identity, payment, and scanning in one system. Handoff works because Gate works. Gate works because Gythr is one platform, not ten tools duct-taped together.
What Handoff means for your event.
Attendees who can't make it stop being a support problem and start being a recovery opportunity. Revenue that would have leaked to StubHub stays with you and the people who bought in good faith. Fraud drops to zero because there's nothing to fake. Every transfer is logged, measurable, and reportable, so you can show sponsors and stakeholders exactly how your community moved tickets among themselves.
For organizers
Every transfer is visible in your dashboard. You see who transferred to whom, what price, what policy applied. Revenue from paid transfers flows through your Stripe account. Waitlists backfill automatically from cancelled transfers.
For attendees
No more scrambling on Twitter to find a buyer. No more trusting a stranger with a Venmo payment. No more showing up at the door with a forwarded PDF and hoping for the best. One tap to transfer. One tap to receive. Done.
For your brand
Every time a ticket transfer goes wrong at someone else's event, it's a story that spreads. "I got scammed buying tickets to [event]." Handoff means that story never starts. Your attendees trust the process because the process is built into the platform, not happening on Craigslist.
Where Handoff is today.
Handoff is rolling out across Gate in spring 2026.
Live today
- Free ticket transfers (gifts)
- Organizer-approved transfers (routed through your dashboard)
- Per-ticket-type transfer policy configuration
Rolling out spring 2026
- Paid resale with organizer-set price caps
- Escrow-style payment holding until both sides confirm
- Waitlist auto-fill from cancelled transfers
- Full five-policy configuration (no resale, gifts only, face value, open market, organizer approved)
Handoff requires tickets to be sold through Gate. Events migrating from other platforms can use Gate for future ticket sales, with Handoff available on any tickets sold through Gythr. Tickets imported through Bridge from external platforms (like Tito) are not eligible for Handoff because Gythr was not the original seller of record.
Tier availability: Handoff ships with every Gythr tier that includes Gate, which is all of them, including Free. When you sell tickets through Gate, Handoff is available.
Handoff is built into Gate. Everything else follows.
Handoff isn't a standalone product. It's a capability of Gate, which means every module that reads from Gate automatically respects transfer outcomes.
Gate
Handoff lives inside Gate's registration system. Transferred tickets update the registration record, invalidate the old barcode, and issue a new one. Check-in sees one valid ticket per person, always.
Signal
Transfer activity (count, type, revenue from paid transfers) flows into Signal alongside every other event metric. You can report on transfer patterns to sponsors and stakeholders.
Comms
Transfer confirmations, cancellation notices, and waitlist notifications can be sent through Comms automatically when a transfer completes or fails.
Gythr Here
Attendees who receive a transferred ticket see their new registration in Gythr Here immediately. No re-registration, no separate flow, no delay.
The people who came to your event should be the ones who actually get in.
Handoff is included with every Gythr tier. Get founding pricing while it lasts.