How well do you know ticket resale platforms?
Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.
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Multiple choice
Where is Ticketmaster Resale headquartered?
- United States
- South Korea
- Germany
- United Kingdom
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United States
Ticketmaster Resale is based in Beverly Hills, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- StubHub
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, StubHub in 2000.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Days to 2 weeks
- Days after the event
- Days
- 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
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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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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.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- viagogo
- TickPick
- Ticketmaster Resale
- Vivid Seats
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Ticketmaster Resale → Vivid Seats → viagogo → TickPick
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006), TickPick (2011).
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Workana
- TickPick
- Zhubajie
- Amazon Associates
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TickPick
TickPick is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- TickPick
- SeatGeek
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.
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Multiple choice
Where is Gametime headquartered?
- India
- United States
- Japan
- South Korea
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United States
Gametime is based in San Francisco, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- Vivid Seats
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, Vivid Seats in 2001.