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96ukssob · 09-10-2013, 12:42 PM

Just listing some tickets for NFL games I'm not going to and looking how much they charge not only to list, but also to buy them!

Stubhub for instance you pay them about a 15% commission, then they hike up the price to the buyer by 11%. So to sell a $150 ticket I get $127.50 but the person buying has to pay $167, giving them a total of $39.50 per ticket!!!

I bet they push through 1,000's of tickets a day, especially in the NFL season, they must all be walking around with boners! Yeah, they take a lot of the risk, but do make you give a valid credit card for payment if you sell junk/stolen tickets, but regardless that has to be less than 2% of the time.

Now I see why they're are so many ticket sites going up like crazy

DWB · 09-10-2013, 12:51 PM

One of my friends owns a ticket agency (reseller / "scalper") for the past 20+ years. Multi, multi millionaire. Crazy paid. Can get choice tickets for almost any event in the world. The network those guys (other agencies) have built with one another is amazing.

xNetworx · 09-10-2013, 01:17 PM

I know a guy who is a partner in a very large ticket company. Dude is fucking loaded

96ukssob · 09-10-2013, 01:35 PM

its almost like getting a PPS sales per day

the average has to be around $30ish per transaction, CC fees are probably low so it's almost all profit. when I list tickets on CL I get nothing but spam to post to other sites... now I wonder why

Relentless · 09-10-2013, 05:50 PM

That's why the NFL started their own ticket exchange...

ExtremeBank_Adam · 09-10-2013, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Relentless

That's why the NFL started their own ticket exchange...

They charge a 10% commision. I just listed our seats for the Bucs / Cardinals game on September 29.

Anyone want to buy them?

ErectMedia · 09-10-2013, 08:39 PM

I been tossing adult cash into mainstream shit for years. Ticket site was one thing I started a couple of years ago. Lot of competition and conversion ratios are kinda low. Not making mucho cash yet but definitely on the path. Logo on my car, custom pens, t-shirts etc... I'm pretty split between adult/mainstream.

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 09-10-2013, 08:58 PM

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SOLD OUT! ARTISTS & PROMOTERS SECRETLY GIVE AWAY UP 92 PERCENT OF CONCERT TICKETS TO VIPS

This news is sure to anger music fans who stand hours (or sit, finger poised over their mouse button) to get tickets to their favorite artist. You are in line in vain! According to fans? right group Fan Freedom Project, up to 92 percent of tickets for sell-out concerts are saved for VIPs. That means by the time tickets go on sale, most of them are already earmarked for someone else, reports UK Daily Mail.

?There?s only a few people in the room when they decide who?s going to get tickets. They do not want us to know that artists are themselves holding back tickets, that venues are holding back tickets,? Jon Potter from the rights group, which is funded by ticket reseller, StubHub, told Today that the ticket allocation is ?very secretive.?

In fact, for a recent One Direction show at New Jersey?s Izod Center, 64 percent of the tickets were already reserved for VIPs, according to Today. Concert promoter Live Nation denies this and claims there were more than 11,000 One Direction tickets made available to fans.

At least 77 percent of the tickets for pop rock singer Pink?s concert at the Izod Center in March were reserved for those special groups. And get this, 92 percent of Justin Bieber?s tickets were given away to VIPs at a Fresno, California, concert last year. This comes down to just 940 seats out of 12,000 seats were available on the official sale date.

?They?re giving them to the high-end credit card holders who get the email three days before you ever knew the concert was going on sale,? says Potter. ?They?re giving them to the fan club. And then many of them go to the artist or to the venue.?

?These were available through various onsales. The One Direction ticket sales ? as is typical ? were open, public, advertised in a variety of ways and included on the One Direction Facebook page,? said a statement from Live Nation.

New Jersey Representative Bill Pascrell is calling for the music industry to be more transparent and has drafted legislation for government oversight. Tour promoters are fighting the move, however, saying more transparency would only help the scalpers. But the congressman is also trying to stop scalping by making it illegal for them to use high-tech computer programs to buy tickets in bulk.

- See more at: http://madamenoire.com/284789/sold-o....KdUQIYxy.dpuf

http://www.fanfreedom.org/

Very slick site. Unfortunately, while the message sounds okay on the surface, I see large scalping companies taking advantage (the group is funded by StubHub).

ADG

09-10-2013, 12:42 PM	#1
96ukssob So Fucking Banananananas Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: If I was in your ass you'd know it Posts: 12,991	Ticket sites make a FORTUNE! Just listing some tickets for NFL games I'm not going to and looking how much they charge not only to list, but also to buy them! Stubhub for instance you pay them about a 15% commission, then they hike up the price to the buyer by 11%. So to sell a $150 ticket I get $127.50 but the person buying has to pay $167, giving them a total of $39.50 per ticket!!! I bet they push through 1,000's of tickets a day, especially in the NFL season, they must all be walking around with boners! Yeah, they take a lot of the risk, but do make you give a valid credit card for payment if you sell junk/stolen tickets, but regardless that has to be less than 2% of the time. Now I see why they're are so many ticket sites going up like crazy __________________ Email: Clicky on Me

09-10-2013, 01:35 PM	#4
96ukssob So Fucking Banananananas Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: If I was in your ass you'd know it Posts: 12,991	its almost like getting a PPS sales per day the average has to be around $30ish per transaction, CC fees are probably low so it's almost all profit. when I list tickets on CL I get nothing but spam to post to other sites... now I wonder why __________________ Email: Clicky on Me

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Relentless www.EngineFood.com Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,697	That's why the NFL started their own ticket exchange... __________________ Website Secure \| Engine Food ICQ# 266-942-896

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ErectMedia Confirmed Chicago Pimp Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 7,100	I been tossing adult cash into mainstream shit for years. Ticket site was one thing I started a couple of years ago. Lot of competition and conversion ratios are kinda low. Not making mucho cash yet but definitely on the path. Logo on my car, custom pens, t-shirts etc... I'm pretty split between adult/mainstream. __________________ Domain Name Registration Web3 Domains

09-10-2013, 12:51 PM	#2
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	One of my friends owns a ticket agency (reseller / "scalper") for the past 20+ years. Multi, multi millionaire. Crazy paid. Can get choice tickets for almost any event in the world. The network those guys (other agencies) have built with one another is amazing.

09-10-2013, 01:17 PM	#3
xNetworx So Fucking What Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whore Island Posts: 14,445	I know a guy who is a partner in a very large ticket company. Dude is fucking loaded