How well do you know ticket resale platforms?
Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.
The questions
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Ticketmaster Resale
- TCGplayer
- TickPick
- StubHub
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Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → StubHub → TickPick
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), TickPick (2011).
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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
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Months
- Days to 2 weeks
- 1-4 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.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- TickPick
- TCGplayer
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TCGplayer
TickPick was founded in 2011, TCGplayer in 1998.
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Estimate
In what year was TickPick founded?
Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.
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2011
TickPick was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, United States.
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Multiple choice
Where is Gametime headquartered?
- Netherlands
- Australia
- United States
- Japan
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United States
Gametime is based in San Francisco, United States.
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- SeatGeek
- viagogo
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viagogo
viagogo takes ~ 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- AmazingTalker
- viagogo
- CodeCanyon
- Thinkific
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viagogo
viagogo is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Multiple choice
How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?
- Medium
- Low
- None
- High
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Medium
Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Gametime
- TCGplayer
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TCGplayer
Gametime was founded in 2012, TCGplayer in 1998.