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How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.

10 questions Fresh round #665262 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Multiple choice

    How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?

    • Days
    • 1-3 months
    • Months
    • Days after the event
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    Days after the event

    Typical time to first pay on ticket resale platforms: Days after the event.

  2. 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%.

  3. Estimate

    How big a cut does TickPick take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    15%

    TickPick takes 15%. Its fees: Free to list - 15% commission only when tickets sell

  4. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • Ticketmaster Resale
    • TCGplayer
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    Ticketmaster Resale

    TCGplayer was founded in 1998, Ticketmaster Resale in 1976.

  5. Multiple choice

    Where is SeatGeek headquartered?

    • India
    • United States
    • Japan
    • Switzerland
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    United States

    SeatGeek is based in New York, United States.

  6. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • Ticketmaster Resale
    • viagogo
    • StubHub
    • TickPick
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    Ticketmaster Resale → StubHub → viagogo → TickPick

    Ticketmaster Resale (1976), StubHub (2000), viagogo (2006), TickPick (2011).

  7. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

    • Third Bridge
    • SeatGeek
    • Appen
    • Workana
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    SeatGeek

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

  8. Estimate

    In what year was Vivid Seats founded?

    Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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    2001

    Vivid Seats was founded in 2001 and is based in Chicago, United States.

  9. Multiple choice

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

    • Medium
    • None
    • Low
    • High
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    Medium

    Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

  10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • Vivid Seats
    • StubHub
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    StubHub

    StubHub was founded in 2000, Vivid Seats in 2001.

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