How well do you know ticket resale platforms?
Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.
The questions
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Days after the event
- Varies
- 1-4 weeks
- 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
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Vivid Seats
- Ticketmaster Resale
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, Vivid Seats in 2001.
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Estimate
In what year was TCGplayer founded?
Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.
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1998
TCGplayer was founded in 1998 and is based in Syracuse, United States.
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- viagogo
- SeatGeek
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viagogo
viagogo takes ~ 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.
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Multiple choice
Where is StubHub headquartered?
- Japan
- India
- United States
- South Korea
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United States
StubHub is based in New York, United States.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Vivid Seats
- StubHub
- SeatGeek
- TCGplayer
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TCGplayer → StubHub → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek
TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009).
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Estimate
How big a cut does SeatGeek take from earners?
Somewhere between 0% and 50%.
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10%
SeatGeek takes 10%. Its fees: ~10% seller fee
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Click&Boat
- Google User Experience Research
- Gametime
- Digistore24
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Gametime
Gametime is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Multiple choice
How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?
- Low
- High
- None
- Medium
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Medium
Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- viagogo
- Vivid Seats
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Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, viagogo in 2006.