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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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
How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?
- None
- Low
- High
- Medium
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Medium
Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type
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Multiple choice
Where is TickPick headquartered?
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Netherlands
- United States
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United States
TickPick is based in New York, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- StubHub
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Ticketmaster Resale
StubHub was founded in 2000, Ticketmaster Resale in 1976.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- SeatGeek
- Vivid Seats
- StubHub
- viagogo
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StubHub → Vivid Seats → viagogo → SeatGeek
StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009).
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Trade Me Property
- Tutorful
- Cobalt
- Vivid Seats
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Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats 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?
- Vivid Seats
- viagogo
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viagogo
viagogo takes ~ 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.
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Estimate
How big a cut does Ticketmaster Resale take from earners?
Somewhere between 0% and 50%.
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12.5%
Ticketmaster Resale takes 10% to 15% (the middle, 12.5%, counts as the answer). Its fees: ~10-15% seller fee, free listing
Source: Fee calculator: Ticketmaster Resale Ticketmaster Resale profile
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Multiple choice
What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?
- Some
- Specialist
- 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 viagogo headquartered?
- Germany
- United States
- Switzerland
- South Korea
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Switzerland
viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.