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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 #819504 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • Ticketmaster Resale
    • Gametime
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    Ticketmaster Resale

    Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976, Gametime in 2012.

  2. Multiple choice

    Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

    • SeatGeek
    • TickPick
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    TickPick

    TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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).

  9. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • Vivid Seats
    • StubHub
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    StubHub

    StubHub was founded in 2000, Vivid Seats in 2001.

  10. Multiple choice

    Where is viagogo headquartered?

    • South Korea
    • France
    • Switzerland
    • Netherlands
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    Switzerland

    viagogo is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

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