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

   • Medium
   • Low
   • High
   • None
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   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

2. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • Vivid Seats
   • TCGplayer
   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • viagogo
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   Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → Vivid Seats → viagogo

   Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006).

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

3. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • StubHub
   • Ticketmaster Resale
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   Ticketmaster Resale

   Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, StubHub in 2000.

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

4. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • BeMyEye
   • Freelancer
   • CodeCanyon
   • Vivid Seats
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   Vivid Seats

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

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Vivid Seats profile

5. Estimate

   How big a cut does Vivid Seats take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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   10%

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

   Source: Fee calculator: Vivid Seats Vivid Seats profile

6. Multiple choice

   Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?

   • United States
   • Australia
   • Japan
   • India
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   United States

   Vivid Seats is based in Chicago, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

7. 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

8. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • viagogo
   • Vivid Seats
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

9. Multiple choice

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

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

10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TCGplayer
    • Vivid Seats
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    TCGplayer

    Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, TCGplayer in 1998.

    Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

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