How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

The questions

Work out your answer, then open the reveal to check it.

1. Multiple choice

   How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?

   • 1-3 months
   • Days after the event
   • 1-2 weeks
   • Varies
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   Days after the event

   Typical time to first pay on ticket resale platforms: Days after the event.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

2. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • Gametime
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   Ticketmaster Resale

   Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, Gametime in 2012.

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

3. Estimate

   In what year was Ticketmaster Resale founded?

   Somewhere between 1970 and 2026.

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   1976

   Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976 and is based in Beverly Hills, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

4. Estimate

   How big a cut does Vivid Seats take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

   Show the answer

   10%

   Vivid Seats takes 10%. Its fees: 10% seller fee

   Source: Fee calculator: Vivid Seats Vivid Seats profile

5. Multiple choice

   Where is StubHub headquartered?

   • Switzerland
   • Netherlands
   • Canada
   • United States
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   United States

   StubHub is based in New York, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data StubHub profile

6. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • SeatGeek
   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • viagogo
   • TCGplayer
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   Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → viagogo → SeatGeek

   Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009).

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

7. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • Gametime
   • Shef
   • Flipkart
   • Dialectica
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   Gametime

   Gametime is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Gametime profile

8. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • TickPick
   • Vivid Seats
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   TickPick

   TickPick takes 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared TickPick profile

9. Multiple choice

   How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?

   • High
   • Medium
   • None
   • Low
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   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TickPick
    • viagogo
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    viagogo

    viagogo was founded in 2006, TickPick in 2011.

    Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

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