How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

The questions

Work out your answer, then open the reveal to check it.

1. Multiple choice

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

   • Medium
   • Low
   • None
   • High
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   Medium

   Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type

2. 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

   Source: Fee calculator: Vivid Seats Vivid Seats profile

3. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • SeatGeek
   • TCGplayer
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   TCGplayer

   SeatGeek was founded in 2009, TCGplayer in 1998.

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

4. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • TCGplayer
   • TickPick
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   TickPick

   TickPick takes 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared TickPick profile

5. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • TickPick
   • SeatGeek
   • TCGplayer
   • viagogo
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   TCGplayer → viagogo → SeatGeek → TickPick

   TCGplayer (1998), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

6. Multiple choice

   Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?

   • United States
   • Australia
   • India
   • Germany
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   United States

   Vivid Seats is based in Chicago, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

7. 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.

   Source: How we verify our data SeatGeek profile

8. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • TCGplayer
   • M-Pesa
   • Helpling
   • Swagbucks
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   TCGplayer

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

   Source: All ticket resale platforms TCGplayer profile

9. Multiple choice

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

   • Days to 2 weeks
   • Days after the event
   • Varies
   • Days
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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

10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TickPick
    • Gametime
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    TickPick

    TickPick was founded in 2011, Gametime in 2012.

    Source: How we verify our data TickPick profile

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