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

   • Varies
   • 1-4 weeks
   • Days after the event
   • Months
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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

2. Estimate

   How big a cut does TCGplayer take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

   Show the answer

   10%

   TCGplayer takes 10%. Its fees: Around 10% marketplace commission plus processing

   Source: Fee calculator: TCGplayer TCGplayer profile

3. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • viagogo
   • TCGplayer
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

4. Multiple choice

   Where is viagogo headquartered?

   • United Kingdom
   • Netherlands
   • South Korea
   • Switzerland
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   Switzerland

   viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

   Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

5. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • Useme
   • StubHub
   • Substack
   • GoStudent
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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

6. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • TCGplayer
   • viagogo
   • Gametime
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   Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → viagogo → Gametime

   Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), viagogo (2006), Gametime (2012).

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

7. Estimate

   In what year was Gametime founded?

   Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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   2012

   Gametime was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Gametime profile

8. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • Gametime
   • TCGplayer
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   TCGplayer

   TCGplayer was founded in 1998, Gametime in 2012.

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

9. Multiple choice

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

   • Low
   • High
   • Medium
   • None
   Show the answer

   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

10. Multiple choice

    Where is TCGplayer headquartered?

    • India
    • United Kingdom
    • United States
    • Australia
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    United States

    TCGplayer is based in Syracuse, United States.

    Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

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