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
Higher or lower: which takes the bigger cut?
- TCGplayer
- TickPick
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TickPick
TickPick takes 15%; TCGplayer takes around 10%.
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- Ticketmaster Resale
- viagogo
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Ticketmaster Resale
viagogo was founded in 2006, Ticketmaster Resale in 1976.
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Multiple choice
How much does it typically cost to start earning on ticket resale platforms?
- Low
- Medium
- None
- High
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Medium
Startup cost for ticket resale platforms: medium.
Source: All ticket resale platforms Compare every platform type
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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
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Estimate
In what year was Ticketmaster Resale founded?
Somewhere between 1970 and 2026.
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1976
Ticketmaster Resale was founded in 1976 and is based in Beverly Hills, United States.
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Multiple choice
Where is Vivid Seats headquartered?
- India
- United States
- Switzerland
- Canada
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United States
Vivid Seats is based in Chicago, United States.
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Multiple choice
Which of these is one of the ticket resale platforms?
- Yoopies
- TickPick
- Chrome Web Store
- HelloTask
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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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Put in order
Put these in order of founding, oldest first.
- StubHub
- Vivid Seats
- Ticketmaster Resale
- SeatGeek
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Ticketmaster Resale → StubHub → Vivid Seats → SeatGeek
Ticketmaster Resale (1976), StubHub (2000), Vivid Seats (2001), SeatGeek (2009).
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Multiple choice
Which is older?
- TCGplayer
- StubHub
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TCGplayer
StubHub was founded in 2000, TCGplayer in 1998.
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Multiple choice
How long until the first payout, typically, on ticket resale platforms?
- Days
- 1-4 weeks
- 1-3 months
- Days after the event
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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