How well do you know ticket resale platforms?

The questions

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

1. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • Vivid Seats
   • Gametime
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   Vivid Seats

   Gametime was founded in 2012, Vivid Seats in 2001.

   Source: How we verify our data Vivid Seats profile

2. Multiple choice

   Where is Ticketmaster Resale headquartered?

   • India
   • United States
   • Japan
   • Australia
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   United States

   Ticketmaster Resale is based in Beverly Hills, United States.

   Source: How we verify our data Ticketmaster Resale profile

3. 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

4. Multiple choice

   Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

   • Vivid Seats
   • viagogo
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   viagogo

   viagogo takes ~ 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.

   Source: Platform fees compared viagogo profile

5. Put in order

   Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

   • SeatGeek
   • TCGplayer
   • viagogo
   • StubHub
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   TCGplayer → StubHub → viagogo → SeatGeek

   TCGplayer (1998), StubHub (2000), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009).

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

6. Multiple choice

   Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

   • Ticketmaster Resale
   • InboxDollars
   • Zhubajie
   • Synack
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   Ticketmaster Resale

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

   Source: All ticket resale platforms Ticketmaster Resale profile

7. Estimate

   How big a cut does SeatGeek take from earners?

   Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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   10%

   SeatGeek takes 10%. Its fees: ~10% seller fee

   Source: Fee calculator: SeatGeek SeatGeek profile

8. 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

9. Multiple choice

   Which is older?

   • SeatGeek
   • TCGplayer
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   TCGplayer

   TCGplayer was founded in 1998, SeatGeek in 2009.

   Source: How we verify our data TCGplayer profile

10. Multiple choice

    Where is viagogo headquartered?

    • Germany
    • Switzerland
    • Japan
    • Netherlands
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    Switzerland

    viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

    Source: How we verify our data viagogo profile

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