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

   • Days to 2 weeks
   • 1-3 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.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

2. Multiple choice

   Where is viagogo headquartered?

   • Japan
   • Switzerland
   • South Korea
   • United Kingdom
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   Switzerland

   viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

   Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

3. Estimate

   In what year was Ticketmaster Resale founded?

   Somewhere between 1970 and 2026.

   Show the answer

   1976

   Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976 and is based in Beverly Hills, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

4. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • viagogo
   • Vivid Seats
   • Gametime
   • TickPick
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   Vivid Seats → viagogo → TickPick → Gametime

   Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006), TickPick (2011), Gametime (2012).

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

5. Estimate

   How big a cut does SeatGeek take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

   Show the answer

   10%

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

   Source: Fee calculator: SeatGeek SeatGeek profile

6. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • StubHub
   • Bykea
   • Dreamstime
   • Polar
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   StubHub

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

   Source: All ticket resale platforms StubHub profile

7. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • TickPick
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   Ticketmaster Resale

   TickPick was founded in 2011, Ticketmaster Resale in 1976.

   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

   What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?

   • Some
   • Specialist
   • None
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   None

   Skill level needed on ticket resale platforms: none.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

10. Multiple choice

    Where is Ticketmaster Resale headquartered?

    • United States
    • Canada
    • United Kingdom
    • India
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    United States

    Ticketmaster Resale is based in Beverly Hills, United States.

    Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

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