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Overview and Basis of Presentation (Policies)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature considered necessary to state fairly the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The interim results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024 or for any other future annual or interim period.
The information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk" and the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in Items 7, 7A and 8, respectively, in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (2023 Form 10-K).
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications may have been made to the Company's prior year’s condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to the Company's current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the Company's previously reported loss before income taxes.
Use of Estimates In order to conform with U.S. GAAP, the Company is required to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions when preparing its condensed consolidated financial statements. These estimates, judgments and assumptions affect the reported assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported periods. These estimates include, but are not limited to, the recoverability of creator signing fees and creator advances, chargebacks and refunds reserve, certain assumptions used in the valuation of equity awards, assumptions used in determining the fair value of business combinations, the allowance for credit losses, and indirect tax reserves. The Company evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
Comprehensive Income (Loss) For all periods presented, comprehensive income (loss) equaled net income (loss). Therefore, the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) have been omitted from the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Segment Information The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the chief operating decision maker. The Company's CEO reviews discrete financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating the Company’s financial performance. Accordingly, the Company has determined that it operates as a single operating segment and has one reportable segment
Revenue Recognition
The Company derives its revenues from a mix of marketplace activities. Revenue is primarily derived from ticketing fees and payment processing fees. The Company also derives a portion of revenues from organizer fees and advertising services. The Company's customers are event creators who use the Company's platform to sell tickets and market events to consumers. Revenue is recognized when or as control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services.
Ticketing Revenue
For ticketing services, the Company's service provides a platform to the event creator and consumer to transact. The Company's performance obligation is to facilitate and process that transaction and issue the ticket, and ticketing revenue is recognized by the Company when the ticket is sold. The amount that the Company earns for its ticketing services is fixed which typically consists of a flat fee and a percentage-based fee per ticket. As a result, the Company records ticketing revenue on a net basis related to its ticketing service fees.
For payment processing services, the Company provides the event creator with the choice of whether to use Eventbrite Payment Processing (EPP) or to use a third-party payment processor, referred to as Facilitated Payment Processing (FPP).
Under the EPP option, the Company is the merchant of record and is responsible for processing the transaction and collecting the face value of the ticket and all associated fees at the time the ticket is sold. The Company is also responsible for remitting these amounts collected, less the Company's fees, to the event creator. For EPP services, the Company determined that it is the principal in providing the service as the Company is responsible for fulfilling the promise to process the payment and has discretion in establishing the price of its service. As a result, the Company records revenue on a gross basis related to its EPP service fees. Costs incurred for processing the ticketing transactions are included in cost of net revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Under the FPP option, the Company is not responsible for processing the transaction or collecting the face value of the ticket and associated fees. In this case, the Company records revenue on a net basis related to its FPP service fees.
Revenue is presented net of indirect taxes, customer refunds, payment chargebacks, estimated uncollectible amounts, creator royalties and amortization of creator signing fees. As part of its commercial agreements, the Company offers upfront payments to qualifying creators entering into new or renewed ticketing arrangements in order to incentivize them to organize certain events on the Company's platform or obtain exclusive rights to ticket their events.
If an event is canceled by a creator, then any obligations to provide refunds to event attendees are the responsibility of that creator. If a creator is unwilling or unable to fulfill their refund obligations, the Company may, at its discretion, provide attendee refunds.
Advertising Revenue
Advertising revenue represents services that enable creators to promote featured content on the Eventbrite platform or mobile application. The Company considers that it satisfies its performance obligation as it provides the services to customers and recognizes revenue as advertising impressions are displayed to consumers.
Organizer Fee Revenue
In the second quarter of 2023, the Company expanded access to its comprehensive suite of event marketing tools to all creators and introduced new pricing plans and subscription packages to creators when publishing events on the Eventbrite marketplace. Under the new pricing plans, the Company charges an organizer fee under two plan options.
The Flex plan is charged per event. The Company considers that it satisfies its performance obligation as it provides services to creators to publish their event on the Eventbrite marketplace and recognizes revenue, based on the ticket capacity selected, at that point-in-time. The Pro plan is a monthly or annual subscription to publish unlimited events. The Company considers that it satisfies its performance obligation as it provides the subscribed services under the plan and recognizes revenue ratably over the subscription period. Organizer fees are nonrefundable.
Fair Value Measurement
The Company measures its financial assets and liabilities at fair value at each reporting date using a fair value hierarchy that requires the Company to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. A financial instrument’s classification within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of
input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Three levels of inputs may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 – Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 – Other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity.
The Company’s cash equivalents, funds receivable, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities approximate their fair value. All of the Company's financial assets and liabilities are Level 1, except for debt. See Note 15, “Debt,” for details regarding the fair value of the Company's Convertible Notes.