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

   • Days to 2 weeks
   • 1-2 weeks
   • Days after the event
   • Months
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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

2. Multiple choice

   Where is viagogo headquartered?

   • India
   • Switzerland
   • Netherlands
   • Japan
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   Switzerland

   viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

   Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

3. Estimate

   How big a cut does TCGplayer take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

   Show the answer

   10%

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

   Source: Fee calculator: TCGplayer TCGplayer profile

4. Estimate

   In what year was Ticketmaster Resale founded?

   Somewhere between 1970 and 2026.

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   1976

   Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976 and is based in Beverly Hills, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

5. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • TickPick
   • Vivid Seats
   • SeatGeek
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   Ticketmaster Resale → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek → TickPick

   Ticketmaster Resale (1976), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

6. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • SeatGeek
   • viagogo
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

7. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • TickPick
   • StubHub
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   StubHub

   StubHub was founded in 2000, TickPick in 2011.

   Source: How we verify our data StubHub profile

8. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • Talabat
   • Respondent
   • Twine
   • TCGplayer
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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

   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

10. Multiple choice

    Where is StubHub headquartered?

    • United Kingdom
    • South Korea
    • United States
    • Canada
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    United States

    StubHub is based in New York, United States.

    Source: How we verify our data StubHub profile

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