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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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Vivid Seats
- TCGplayer
- SeatGeek
- TickPick
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TCGplayer → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek → TickPick
TCGplayer (1998), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- viagogo
- TCGplayer
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TCGplayer
viagogo was founded in 2006, TCGplayer in 1998.
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Estimate
How big a cut does StubHub take from earners?
Somewhere between 0% and 50%.
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12.5%
StubHub takes 10% to 15% (the middle, 12.5%, counts as the answer). Its fees: Sell fee around 10-15% of the sale
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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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Multiple choice
What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?
- Specialist
- Some
- None
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None
Skill level needed on ticket resale platforms: none.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type
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Multiple choice
Where is SeatGeek headquartered?
- Canada
- Netherlands
- United States
- France
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United States
SeatGeek is based in New York, United States.
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- TCGplayer
- TickPick
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- Notion Marketplace
- Welocalize
- GoStudent
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Ticketmaster Resale profile
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- StubHub
- Ticketmaster Resale
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Ticketmaster Resale
StubHub was founded in 2000, Ticketmaster Resale in 1976.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- 1-2 weeks
- Days after the event
- Varies
- 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