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How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.

10 questions Fresh round #189010 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Multiple choice

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

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

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

  2. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • Gametime
    • TCGplayer
    • viagogo
    • SeatGeek
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    TCGplayer → viagogo → SeatGeek → Gametime

    TCGplayer (1998), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009), Gametime (2012).

  3. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TickPick
    • Ticketmaster Resale
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    Ticketmaster Resale

    Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, TickPick in 2011.

  4. Multiple choice

    Where is TCGplayer headquartered?

    • Canada
    • South Korea
    • Australia
    • United States
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    United States

    TCGplayer is based in Syracuse, United States.

  5. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

    • StubHub
    • CHECK24 Profis
    • Textbroker
    • Bunny Studio
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    StubHub

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

  6. Estimate

    How big a cut does SeatGeek take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    10%

    SeatGeek takes 10%. Its fees: ~10% seller fee

  7. Estimate

    In what year was TCGplayer founded?

    Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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    1998

    TCGplayer was founded in 1998 and is based in Syracuse, United States.

  8. Multiple choice

    Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

    • Vivid Seats
    • TickPick
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    TickPick

    TickPick takes 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

  9. Multiple choice

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

    • Low
    • Medium
    • None
    • High
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    Medium

    Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

  10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TCGplayer
    • SeatGeek
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    TCGplayer

    SeatGeek was founded in 2009, TCGplayer in 1998.

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