SeatGeek in 9 slides
A ticket marketplace with deal scores for buyers and straightforward listing for sellers.
- Ticket marketplace
- Ticket resale platforms
- Based in New York, United States
What you do on SeatGeek
How the money is made: selling products
- List your items
- A buyer orders
- Ship it
- Payout after delivery
A ticket marketplace with deal scores for buyers and straightforward listing for sellers.
Founded 2009 · next to 7 other ticket resale platforms
Work and topics
Good for
What SeatGeek takes
Guess first: how much of every $100 you earn does SeatGeek take?
~10% seller fee
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
What people actually earn
SeatGeek says fans sold over 6 million tickets to other fans on its marketplace in 2025 (company claim, tickets not seller earnings).
Source: seatgeek.com ↗How it scores
Strong on fees. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees4.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.5
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Clear fees
- Low cut
- 10 years running
SeatGeek against its peers
Guess: next to the 6 other ticket resale platforms that charge a percentage, is SeatGeek…
The cut of all 7 ticket resale platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| SeatGeek | 10% |
| Vivid Seats | 10% |
| TCGplayer | 10% |
| StubHub | 12.5% |
| Ticketmaster Resale | 12.5% |
| TickPick | 15% |
| viagogo | 15% |
- At 10%, SeatGeek sits near the middle — the median fee across the 7 ticket resale platforms we track that charge a percentage is 12.5%.
- Launched in 2009, SeatGeek is newer than most ticket resale platforms — 5 of the 8 we track were founded earlier.
How much we know
We have 8 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Withdrawal methods
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
- Wikipedia or reference page
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Payment protection
- Join requirements
- Review ratings
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts
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