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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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- TickPick
- TCGplayer
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Gametime
- TickPick
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TickPick
TickPick was founded in 2011, Gametime in 2012.
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Multiple choice
What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?
- None
- Specialist
- Some
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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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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Ticketmaster Resale
- TCGplayer
- StubHub
- viagogo
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Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → StubHub → viagogo
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), viagogo (2006).
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- CodeCanyon
- Vivid Seats
- micro1
- GoTranscript
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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
Where is Gametime headquartered?
- Japan
- Netherlands
- France
- United States
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United States
Gametime is based in San Francisco, United States.
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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 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.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- viagogo
- Vivid Seats
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Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, viagogo in 2006.
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Multiple choice
How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?
- High
- Low
- Medium
- None
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Medium
Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type