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?

   • High
   • Medium
   • None
   • Low
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   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

2. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • SeatGeek
   • viagogo
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

3. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • Vivid Seats
   • TickPick
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   Vivid Seats

   Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, TickPick in 2011.

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

4. Multiple choice

   Where is SeatGeek headquartered?

   • Australia
   • France
   • Canada
   • United States
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   United States

   SeatGeek is based in New York, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data SeatGeek profile

5. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • TCGplayer
   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • viagogo
   • StubHub
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   Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → StubHub → viagogo

   Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), viagogo (2006).

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

6. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • CD Baby
   • StubHub
   • Pear Deck Tutor
   • PedidosYa
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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. Estimate

   How big a cut does Vivid Seats take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

   Show the answer

   10%

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

   Source: Fee calculator: Vivid Seats Vivid Seats 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

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

   • Varies
   • Months
   • 1-2 weeks
   • Days after the event
   Show the answer

   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?

    • StubHub
    • SeatGeek
    Show the answer

    StubHub

    SeatGeek was founded in 2009, StubHub in 2000.

    Source: How we verify our data StubHub profile

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