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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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- Gametime
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Ticketmaster Resale
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, Gametime in 2012.
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Multiple choice
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- SeatGeek
- TickPick
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.
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Estimate
How big a cut does TickPick take from earners?
Somewhere between 0% and 50%.
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15%
TickPick takes 15%. Its fees: Free to list - 15% commission only when tickets sell
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Multiple choice
Where is StubHub headquartered?
- Switzerland
- Canada
- United States
- South Korea
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United States
StubHub is based in New York, United States.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Days to 2 weeks
- Months
- Days after the event
- Days
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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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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 of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Blocket
- Arc.dev
- Vivid Seats
- PeoplePerHour
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Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats is one of the ticket resale platforms in the directory; the others are listed under different types.
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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- TCGplayer
- TickPick
- Ticketmaster Resale
- SeatGeek
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Ticketmaster Resale → TCGplayer → SeatGeek → TickPick
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), TCGplayer (1998), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Vivid Seats
- StubHub
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StubHub
StubHub was founded in 2000, Vivid Seats in 2001.
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Multiple choice
Where is viagogo headquartered?
- South Korea
- France
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
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Switzerland
viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.