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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 #333880 Answers explained and sourced

The questions

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  1. Multiple choice

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

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

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

  2. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TickPick
    • SeatGeek
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    SeatGeek

    TickPick was founded in 2011, SeatGeek in 2009.

  3. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

    • Kmong
    • Mostaql
    • Lyft
    • SeatGeek
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    SeatGeek

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

  4. Multiple choice

    Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

    • SeatGeek
    • TickPick
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    TickPick

    TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

  5. 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.

  6. Multiple choice

    Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?

    • France
    • Canada
    • United States
    • Japan
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    United States

    Vivid Seats is based in Chicago, United States.

  7. Estimate

    How big a cut does StubHub take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    12.5%

    StubHub takes 10% to 15% (the middle, 12.5%, counts as the answer). Its fees: Sell fee around 10-15% of the sale

  8. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • Gametime
    • Vivid Seats
    • SeatGeek
    • viagogo
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    Vivid Seats → viagogo → SeatGeek → Gametime

    Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009), Gametime (2012).

  9. Multiple choice

    What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?

    • Specialist
    • None
    • Some
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    None

    Skill level needed on ticket resale platforms: none.

  10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • StubHub
    • TCGplayer
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    TCGplayer

    TCGplayer was founded in 1998, StubHub in 2000.

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