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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 #432785 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • Vivid Seats
    • StubHub
    • TCGplayer
    • viagogo
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    TCGplayer → StubHub → Vivid Seats → viagogo

    TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006).

  2. Multiple choice

    How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?

    • Medium
    • None
    • Low
    • High
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    Medium

    Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

  3. Estimate

    How big a cut does Vivid Seats take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    10%

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

  4. Multiple choice

    Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

    • TickPick
    • SeatGeek
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    TickPick

    TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

  5. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • SeatGeek
    • Ticketmaster Resale
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    Ticketmaster Resale

    Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, SeatGeek in 2009.

  6. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

    • Kolabtree
    • TickPick
    • AlphaSights
    • Welocalize
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    TickPick

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

  7. Estimate

    In what year was StubHub founded?

    Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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    2000

    StubHub was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, United States.

  8. Multiple choice

    Where is TCGplayer headquartered?

    • Australia
    • Netherlands
    • United States
    • Switzerland
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    United States

    TCGplayer is based in Syracuse, United States.

  9. Multiple choice

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

    • Varies
    • Days after the event
    • 1-3 months
    • 1-4 weeks
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    Days after the event

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

  10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • SeatGeek
    • viagogo
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    viagogo

    viagogo was founded in 2006, SeatGeek in 2009.

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