How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

The questions

Work out your answer, then open the reveal to check it.

1. 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

   Source: Fee calculator: Vivid Seats Vivid Seats profile

2. Multiple choice

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

   • Medium
   • None
   • High
   • Low
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   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

3. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • viagogo
   • Vivid Seats
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

4. Multiple choice

   Where is TickPick headquartered?

   • South Korea
   • Netherlands
   • United States
   • France
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   United States

   TickPick is based in New York, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data TickPick profile

5. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • 99designs
   • Gametime
   • Comet
   • Kmong
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   Gametime

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

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Gametime profile

6. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • SeatGeek
   • TCGplayer
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   TCGplayer

   SeatGeek was founded in 2009, TCGplayer in 1998.

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

7. 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.

   Source: How we verify our data SeatGeek profile

8. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

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

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

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

9. Multiple choice

   What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?

   • None
   • Some
   • Specialist
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   None

   Skill level needed on ticket resale platforms: none.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

10. Multiple choice

    Where is SeatGeek headquartered?

    • India
    • United States
    • Netherlands
    • Canada
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    United States

    SeatGeek is based in New York, United States.

    Source: How we verify our data SeatGeek profile

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