Checkout reCAPTCHA — an add-on for the Tickera plugin

Block the bots.
Let the buyers through.

Drop Google reCAPTCHA straight into the Tickera checkout. Reduce spam orders and automated bot abuse — without making it harder for real customers to buy tickets. Quick setup with your Google reCAPTCHA keys.

Google reCAPTCHA integration — bots blocked at checkout
Reduces spam, fraudulent orders, and system abuse at checkout
Drops into the existing Tickera checkout form — no template changes
Free Google service — no per-attempt fees

Or get Bundle — $199/yr

Requires free Google reCAPTCHA keys · Included in Bundle & Lifetime

What it does

Six ways reCAPTCHA
keeps your checkout sane.

Public ticket sales attract bots. Carders testing stolen cards, scalpers reserving inventory, spam scripts. reCAPTCHA filters them out before they touch your payment processor.

Blocks automated bots

reCAPTCHA verifies that every purchase is made by a human, not a script — reducing fraudulent orders and abuse before they hit your payment processor.

Protects high-demand sales

For sought-after events, reCAPTCHA helps slow down scripted purchase attempts — every checkout has to pass verification, not just sail through unchecked.

Cuts spam orders

Spam scripts that submit fake orders to inflate stats, test for vulnerabilities, or just be annoying — all get filtered before they hit your database.

Google reCAPTCHA

Plug Google’s reCAPTCHA service into your Tickera checkout. Bots get blocked, real buyers sail through.

Free service

Google’s reCAPTCHA is free to use. Sign up at google.com/recaptcha, register your site, paste the keys into Tickera settings.

Free Google service

reCAPTCHA itself is free from Google. This add-on is the bridge that ties Tickera’s checkout to your reCAPTCHA keys. No per-attempt fees, no usage cap.

How it works

From an open checkout
to a bot-resistant gate.

01

Get keys

Register at google.com/recaptcha.

Five minutes. Sign in with your Google account, register your domain. Google hands you a site key and a secret key. Free, no card required.

02

Paste

Drop the keys in Tickera.

Open Tickera Settings → reCAPTCHA. Paste in your site key + secret key, save. The add-on auto-wires it into the existing checkout form — no template changes.

03

Sell

Bots bounce, buyers buy.

Every checkout attempt goes through reCAPTCHA verification. Bots fail or get flagged, real buyers sail through — with minimal added friction at checkout.

Common questions

Things people ask
about bot protection.

Is Google reCAPTCHA free?

Yes. Sign up at google.com/recaptcha with a Google account, register your domain, paste the keys into Tickera settings. No card required.

Will reCAPTCHA hurt my conversion rate?

reCAPTCHA adds a small verification step at checkout. For most events the bot/spam reduction outweighs the minor friction for real buyers.

What happens when reCAPTCHA flags a real buyer?

Google may escalate to an image challenge (“pick all the buses”). Annoying for the buyer but solvable — they get through, the bots don’t.

Does Google charge for reCAPTCHA?

No — the standard reCAPTCHA service is free, indefinitely. Google’s paid tier (reCAPTCHA Enterprise) is for very high-volume sites; you don’t need it for ticket sales.

What about privacy?

reCAPTCHA is a Google service and sends data to Google. Disclose it in your privacy policy and review Google’s reCAPTCHA privacy and terms pages for the current details on what’s collected.

Does it work with WooCommerce checkout?

This add-on protects the stock Tickera checkout. If you sell tickets through WooCommerce via our Bridge for WooCommerce, use a Woo-native reCAPTCHA plugin — those protect WooCommerce’s checkout page.

Block the bots.
Sleep through the carding wave.

$29 a year. Ten-minute setup with free Google reCAPTCHA keys. 0% per-ticket commission, like every Tickera add-on.