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
Work out your answer, then open the reveal to check it.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- SeatGeek
- TCGplayer
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TCGplayer
SeatGeek was founded in 2009, TCGplayer in 1998.
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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
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Multiple choice
Where is Ticketmaster Resale headquartered?
- United Kingdom
- Japan
- Switzerland
- United States
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United States
Ticketmaster Resale is based in Beverly Hills, 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
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- viagogo
- SeatGeek
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viagogo
viagogo takes ~ 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Freelance.de
- Chowdeck
- Zhubajie
- Ticketmaster Resale
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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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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.
- Ticketmaster Resale
- TickPick
- StubHub
- viagogo
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Ticketmaster Resale → StubHub → viagogo → TickPick
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), StubHub (2000), viagogo (2006), TickPick (2011).
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- TCGplayer
- StubHub
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TCGplayer
TCGplayer was founded in 1998, StubHub in 2000.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- 1-4 weeks
- 1-2 weeks
- Days after the event
- 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