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
Work out your answer, then open the reveal to check it.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Months
- Days
- Days to 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
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Paddle
- viagogo
- Payoneer
- Respondent
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viagogo
viagogo is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Estimate
How big a cut does Ticketmaster Resale take from earners?
Somewhere between 0% and 50%.
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12.5%
Ticketmaster Resale takes 10% to 15% (the middle, 12.5%, counts as the answer). Its fees: ~10-15% seller fee, free listing
Source: Fee calculator: Ticketmaster Resale Ticketmaster Resale profile
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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.
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Multiple choice
Where is Ticketmaster Resale headquartered?
- Japan
- Australia
- United States
- India
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United States
Ticketmaster Resale is based in Beverly Hills, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Vivid Seats
- StubHub
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StubHub
Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, StubHub in 2000.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- SeatGeek
- viagogo
- TickPick
- StubHub
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StubHub → viagogo → SeatGeek → TickPick
StubHub (2000), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- TickPick
- TCGplayer
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.
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Multiple choice
How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?
- Low
- Medium
- High
- None
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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
Where is Gametime headquartered?
- Netherlands
- South Korea
- Japan
- United States
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United States
Gametime is based in San Francisco, United States.