How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

The questions

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

1. Multiple choice

   Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?

   • United Kingdom
   • Canada
   • United States
   • Switzerland
   Show the answer

   United States

   Vivid Seats is based in Chicago, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

2. Multiple choice

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

   • Months
   • Days after the event
   • Days to 2 weeks
   • 1-4 weeks
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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

3. Estimate

   How big a cut does TickPick take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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   15%

   TickPick takes 15%. Its fees: Free to list - 15% commission only when tickets sell

   Source: Fee calculator: TickPick TickPick profile

4. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • viagogo
   • Vivid Seats
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   Vivid Seats

   viagogo was founded in 2006, Vivid Seats in 2001.

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

5. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • TickPick
   • SeatGeek
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   TickPick

   TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared TickPick profile

6. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • ImpactGuru
   • Gametime
   • Lalamove
   • Unstop
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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

7. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • Vivid Seats
   • StubHub
   • SeatGeek
   • TickPick
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   StubHub → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek → TickPick

   StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).

   Source: How we verify our data StubHub profile

8. Estimate

   In what year was TCGplayer founded?

   Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

   Show the answer

   1998

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

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

9. Multiple choice

   Where is viagogo headquartered?

   • Japan
   • Australia
   • France
   • Switzerland
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   Switzerland

   viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

   Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

10. Multiple choice

    What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?

    • Some
    • Specialist
    • None
    Show the answer

    None

    Skill level needed on ticket resale platforms: none.

    Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

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