How well do you know ticket resale platforms?
Fees, founding years and home countries of ticket resale platforms, plus how the work pays.
The questions
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- Vivid Seats
- SeatGeek
- viagogo
- Ticketmaster Resale
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Ticketmaster Resale → Vivid Seats → viagogo → SeatGeek
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009).
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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?
- Vivid Seats
- TickPick
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; Vivid Seats takes 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Sribu
- Blinkit
- TickPick
- CrowdWorks
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TickPick
TickPick is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Estimate
How big a cut does viagogo take from earners?
Somewhere between 0% and 50%.
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15%
viagogo takes 15%. Its fees: ~15% seller commission
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Multiple choice
Where is TCGplayer headquartered?
- France
- India
- Germany
- United States
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United States
TCGplayer is based in Syracuse, United States.
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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.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- Vivid Seats
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Ticketmaster Resale
Vivid Seats was founded in 2001, Ticketmaster Resale in 1976.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Days
- Days to 2 weeks
- Days after the event
- 1-2 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
Where is StubHub headquartered?
- Germany
- United States
- Netherlands
- South Korea
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United States
StubHub is based in New York, United States.