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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 #746140 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Multiple choice

    Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?

    • Japan
    • Netherlands
    • United States
    • South Korea
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    United States

    Vivid Seats is based in Chicago, United States.

  2. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TCGplayer
    • Vivid Seats
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    TCGplayer

    Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, TCGplayer in 1998.

  3. Multiple choice

    Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

    • TickPick
    • Vivid Seats
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    TickPick

    TickPick takes 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

  4. 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.

  5. Estimate

    How big a cut does TCGplayer take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    10%

    TCGplayer takes 10%. Its fees: Around 10% marketplace commission plus processing

  6. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

    • Baemin
    • AmazingTalker
    • TickPick
    • YouTube
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    TickPick

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

  7. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • StubHub
    • Vivid Seats
    • Ticketmaster Resale
    • SeatGeek
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    Ticketmaster Resale → StubHub → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek

    Ticketmaster Resale (1976), StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009).

  8. Estimate

    In what year was viagogo founded?

    Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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    2006

    viagogo was founded in 2006 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

  9. Multiple choice

    Where is SeatGeek headquartered?

    • Australia
    • United States
    • South Korea
    • United Kingdom
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    United States

    SeatGeek is based in New York, United States.

  10. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • StubHub
    • Gametime
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    StubHub

    Gametime was founded in 2012, StubHub in 2000.

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