How well do you know ticket resale platforms?
Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Gametime
- Ticketmaster Resale
- StubHub
- SeatGeek
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Ticketmaster Resale → StubHub → SeatGeek → Gametime
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), StubHub (2000), SeatGeek (2009), Gametime (2012).
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Multiple choice
What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?
- Specialist
- Some
- 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
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- viagogo
- TCGplayer
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viagogo
viagogo takes ~ 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.
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Estimate
In what year was TCGplayer founded?
Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.
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1998
TCGplayer was founded in 1998 and is based in Syracuse, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- viagogo
- SeatGeek
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viagogo
SeatGeek was founded in 2009, viagogo in 2006.
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Multiple choice
Where is TickPick headquartered?
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Japan
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United States
TickPick is based in New York, 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
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Clarity.fm
- PlaytestCloud
- SeatGeek
- Freelancer
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SeatGeek
SeatGeek is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Days to 2 weeks
- Days
- Days after the event
- 1-4 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
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- TickPick
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, TickPick in 2011.