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
- 1-2 weeks
- Varies
- Days to 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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Estimate
In what year was SeatGeek founded?
Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.
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2009
SeatGeek was founded in 2009 and is based in New York, United States.
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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
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Talabat
- StubHub
- Lancers
- Grailed
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StubHub
StubHub is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Multiple choice
Where is Gametime headquartered?
- Germany
- Australia
- Netherlands
- United States
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United States
Gametime is based in San Francisco, United States.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- StubHub
- viagogo
- TCGplayer
- Vivid Seats
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TCGplayer → StubHub → Vivid Seats → viagogo
TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006).
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- Vivid Seats
- viagogo
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viagogo
viagogo takes ~ 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- TCGplayer
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, TCGplayer in 1998.
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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 viagogo headquartered?
- United States
- South Korea
- France
- Switzerland
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Switzerland
viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.