Leave Booked It.
Earn
More Per Booking.
Booked It's terms default to a 5% fee on every booking, added to the family's bill or taken out of yours. On BookingNinja, keep charging families the same 5% as your own booking fee, and after our 1% about 4% of every booking is yours, paid into your own Stripe or Square.
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Same Bookings,
More of the Money.
Families keep paying what they pay today. The difference is who keeps the booking fee. Booked It's terms default to 5% of the booking value unless you have agreed another rate, so check yours and put it in the calculator below.
Your Booking Fee Becomes Your Income
Today the booking fee families pay goes to Booked It. Here you set your own fee at checkout, as a percentage, a fixed amount or both, with your own label, and it is paid to you. Keep it at 5% and families notice nothing, while about 4% of every booking stays with you after our 1%. Members can be let off it.
A Price Before the Sales Call
Booked It's terms default to 5% of the booking value, and the rate it agrees with each venue is not published. Starter is £42 a month ex VAT plus a 1% transaction fee, and Gold is £75 plus 1%. Card processing by Stripe or Square sits on top. It is all on our pricing page.
Takings in Your Own Account
Card payments go through your own connected Stripe or Square account. Booked It's terms settle takings into a Ryft account that you then transfer out to your bank.
The Fee Follows the Payment
Our 1% is worked out on the money you actually take, so on a party deposit it is a share of the deposit, not of the whole party. Booked It's terms work its fee out on the total booking value, and charge it on refunds and pre-authorisations too.
Monthly, Not Two Years
Our plans run month to month and you can cancel any time. Booked It's standard terms run 12 months, renew for another 12, and allow notice only after that. If you are part way through, we will be ready for your renewal date.
I Move Your Bookings Across
Send me your export from Booked It and I will move your upcoming bookings across by hand, free, and set your sessions, prices and parties up with you. It is me doing it, not an importer.
Same Fee for Families.
More Money for You.
Whether Booked It's fee shows on the family's bill or comes out of your takings, about 5% of every booking goes to your platform by default. On BookingNinja you can keep charging families the same 5% as your own booking fee, pay us £42 a month plus 1%, and keep the rest. Pick a venue size or put in your own sales.
Put in your monthly online sales.
Pick an example venue or enter your own figure. This compares platform costs only, before VAT.
Card processing applies to both. It is left out of the difference because the same card charge sits on each side.
Where the money goes each month.
- Booked It 5% of sales + card processing
- £500
- BookingNinja Starter £42/mo + 1% of the full customer payment + card processing
- £147
Your venue could keep
£353/month
£4,236 more over a year
At this sales level
Booked It costs £0 less per month
Keep the checkout fee at 5% and the family pays the same fee. With BookingNinja, the difference above stays with your venue after our subscription and 1% fee.
Where the 5% comes from
Booked It's 5% comes from its terms and conditions (the default rate unless another is agreed), checked 3 September 2026. BookingNinja pricing is read from our live plan records.
Illustrative figures before VAT, rounded to the nearest pound, assuming families pay in full online. Booked It's 5% is the default in its terms and your agreed rate may be higher or lower, so put your own figure in. Its terms also charge the fee on the full booking value and on refunds, which this leaves out. Card processing applies on both sides, so the difference is not all profit.
BookingNinja vs Booked It
Booked It is a modular leisure platform sold on a percentage. BookingNinja is a booking system on a published monthly price. This is how the two line up for a soft play, bowling or activity venue.
Price published on the website
What the platform takes from a booking
That fee is worked out on
A booking fee added at checkout goes to
Card takings settle into
Contract
Sessions, parties and capacity
Memberships and gift vouchers
Loyalty and member perks
CRM and email marketing to your guests
EPOS hardware and access control
Listing on a consumer directory
Support
Plan you can start on for free
| Feature | BookingNinja | Booked It |
|---|---|---|
| Price published on the website | £42 or £75 a month | Quote only |
| What the platform takes from a booking | 1% of each payment | 5% by default in its terms, or as agreed |
| That fee is worked out on | The payment you take | The total booking value |
| A booking fee added at checkout goes to | You | Booked It, if you pass its fee on |
| Card takings settle into | Your own Stripe or Square | A Ryft account you transfer from |
| Contract | Monthly, cancel any time | 12 months, renewing for 12 more |
| Sessions, parties and capacity | ||
| Memberships and gift vouchers | ||
| Loyalty and member perks | ||
| CRM and email marketing to your guests | ||
| EPOS hardware and access control | Browser POS, no hardware | |
| Listing on a consumer directory | LetsBookFor.com | Licklist |
| Support | Setup with the founder, about a day | Named account manager |
| Plan you can start on for free | Free Forever | None found |
Booked It publishes no price list. The 5% default, the fee basis, Ryft settlement and contract term come from Booked It's published terms and conditions, which allow a different arrangement per venue, so check your own agreement. Everything else is from public sources and correct as far as we know. BookingNinja prices on this page are read from our live pricing.
What Families See,
and What You See.
Screens from our soft play demo venue, Tumble Town: the booking page on your own site, party extras, checkout, and a party on the day sheet.
Keep the Fee Families Pay,
and Keep the Money.
Booked It's homepage says you can absorb its fee or pass it on to customers. Where you pass it on, families are already used to a booking fee at checkout, and that money goes to your platform. On BookingNinja you set your own fee and it is yours. If families see a 5% booking fee today, that line can stay exactly as it is. What you pay us is 1% of the payment, and card processing applies on both.
Card Payments Land
In Your Own Account.
Connect your own Stripe or Square account and card payments land there. Booked It's terms settle takings into a Ryft account from the next-but-one working day, and you move them on to your bank. Our 1% comes off each payment as it is taken, worked out on what the family paid, not the full value of the booking.
Play Sessions and Parties,
Set Up With You.
A 10am play session for 60 children, two party rooms and a cafe. Sessions control the capacity, guest types price each age band, and parties carry their food and extras. We build it with you on a call, usually inside a day.
When Booked It Is the Right Call
Booked It is a full platform with recognisable multi-site clients and backing from Calculus Capital, and there are venues it suits better than we do.
- You want hardware from the same supplier. Booked It sells EPOS units and access control alongside booking, ticketing, loyalty, CRM and marketing. We cover the software side, CRM, email marketing and membership loyalty included, but we do not sell hardware.
- A quiet month should cost next to nothing. With no fixed monthly fee, a seasonal attraction with a long off season can pay very little in the winter. Our plans cost the same every month.
- You value a named account manager and on-site onboarding for a group of sites. That is how Booked It works. We are a small UK team and set venues up over a call.
A multi-site leisure group that wants hardware, loyalty and an account manager from one supplier: Booked It. A soft play, bowling or activity venue that wants to know its price and keep its booking fee: that is who we built this for.
What Moves Across
When You Switch
There is no connection between the two systems, so nothing moves on its own. Here is what comes with you, what stays behind, and how it gets done.
Comes with you
Stays behind
Send Dan your export
Download your upcoming bookings from Booked It, or ask your account manager for the file, and email it over.
We build your venue
Sessions, guest types, prices and parties set up with you on a call, usually inside a day.
Dan moves the bookings
Each upcoming booking goes in by hand. You check the counts for each date before you switch.
Swap your buttons
Point your Book Now buttons at your new booking page on the day you choose, ideally your Booked It renewal date.
Booked It Alternative Questions, Answered
Will we really earn more if we switch from Booked It?
How much does Booked It cost?
Where does the money go when a family pays?
We are in a Booked It contract. Can we still switch?
How do our bookings move across?
Does BookingNinja do loyalty, CRM and marketing like Booked It?
Does it work for bowling and activity venues as well as soft play?
Is there a free plan?
Is there a contract with BookingNinja?
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Same Fee for Families.
More Money for You.
Keep charging the booking fee and keep the money. £42 a month plus 1%, your own Stripe or Square, bookings moved across free.
Free Forever plan: 50 no-payment bookings a month. Upgrade anytime.