PayTabs

PayTabs for selling tickets

Sell tickets across the Middle East with PayTabs and let buyers pay with Visa and Mastercard, the local mada network, American Express or Apple Pay — settled to your own PayTabs account.

Available payment methods

Visa Visa
Mastercard Mastercard
mada mada
American Express American Express
Apple Pay Apple Pay

Payment methods PayTabs brings to checkout

With PayTabs your buyers can pay with Visa and Mastercard, the local mada network, American Express and Apple Pay. The available methods appear on the tickets page automatically.

One gateway across the Gulf and MENA

PayTabs onboards merchants across MENA — the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as well as Oman, Jordan and Kuwait. You pick your region when you connect, and buyers pay in the local currency, with mada available for Saudi cardholders.

Pricing and payouts

You connect your own PayTabs account, so card and wallet payments settle directly to you in your local currency. PayTabs sets its processing fees by your agreement, and Evenda adds no platform fee of its own on ticket sales.

How to connect PayTabs and sell tickets

  1. Sign up for a PayTabs account and get your Profile ID and Server Key.
  2. In Evenda, open Payment systems and choose PayTabs.
  3. Paste your Profile ID and Server Key.
  4. Select your region (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait or Global).
  5. Save the connection and publish the event.

What you need before you connect

  • A PayTabs account
  • Your Profile ID and Server Key
  • Your account region

Events that fit PayTabs

  • Concerts, festivals and live shows
  • Conferences, expos and business events
  • Workshops, courses and online events
  • Sports and club events
  • Season passes and ticket bundles

Technical notes

PayTabs uses a hosted payment page: Evenda creates the payment request with your Server Key and redirects the buyer to the PayTabs page for your region. The result arrives as an IPN callback whose signature Evenda verifies with HMAC-SHA256 before the order is marked paid — so the status stays correct even if the buyer closes the tab.

Connect PayTabs to Evenda to sell tickets across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and settle to your own account.

Frequently asked questions

Which payment methods does PayTabs support on Evenda?
Buyers can pay with Visa and Mastercard, the local mada network, American Express and Apple Pay. The methods shown depend on your PayTabs account and country.
Which countries does PayTabs cover?
PayTabs onboards merchants across MENA, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman, Jordan and Kuwait, so you can use one gateway across the region.
How is PayTabs different from Geidea or Amazon Payment Services?
PayTabs is a MENA hosted-payment-page gateway across six Gulf and North African markets with mada and Apple Pay, while Geidea is a Saudi-rooted mada specialist and Amazon Payment Services is a broader pan-MENA gateway. Pick the one that matches your markets.
Which currency do I get paid in?
Payments settle in your local currency for your PayTabs account region and go directly to your own account.
How do I connect PayTabs to Evenda?
Get your Profile ID and Server Key from PayTabs, open Payment systems in Evenda, choose PayTabs, paste them, select your region and save. After you publish the event, buyers can pay with PayTabs.
How is a payment confirmed?
PayTabs sends an IPN callback whose signature Evenda verifies with HMAC-SHA256 before the order is marked paid. This keeps the status correct even if the buyer closes the page.
How much does PayTabs cost?
PayTabs sets its own processing fees based on your agreement. Evenda charges no additional platform fee on ticket sales.

Countries where you can connect it

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