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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 #856336 Answers explained and sourced

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  1. Multiple choice

    Where is TCGplayer headquartered?

    • United States
    • Australia
    • France
    • Netherlands
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    United States

    TCGplayer is based in Syracuse, United States.

  2. Estimate

    How big a cut does Vivid Seats take from earners?

    Somewhere between 0% and 50%.

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    10%

    Vivid Seats takes 10%. Its fees: 10% seller fee

  3. Multiple choice

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

    • 1-4 weeks
    • Days after the event
    • Days to 2 weeks
    • Days
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    Days after the event

    Typical time to first pay on ticket resale platforms: Days after the event.

  4. Put in order

    Put these in order of founding, oldest first.

    • Vivid Seats
    • viagogo
    • TickPick
    • SeatGeek
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    Vivid Seats → viagogo → SeatGeek → TickPick

    Vivid Seats (2001), viagogo (2006), SeatGeek (2009), TickPick (2011).

  5. Estimate

    In what year was StubHub founded?

    Somewhere between 1990 and 2026.

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    2000

    StubHub was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, United States.

  6. Multiple choice

    Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?

    • Gametime
    • GoTranscript
    • Useme
    • Codeable
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    Gametime

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

  7. Multiple choice

    Which is older?

    • TickPick
    • TCGplayer
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    TCGplayer

    TickPick was founded in 2011, TCGplayer in 1998.

  8. Multiple choice

    Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?

    • TickPick
    • SeatGeek
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    TickPick

    TickPick takes 15%; SeatGeek takes ~ 10%.

  9. Multiple choice

    Where is SeatGeek headquartered?

    • South Korea
    • India
    • United States
    • Switzerland
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    United States

    SeatGeek is based in New York, United States.

  10. Multiple choice

    What skill level do ticket resale platforms usually ask for?

    • Some
    • None
    • Specialist
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    None

    Skill level needed on ticket resale platforms: none.

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