It's a system that puts the same tickets out across all the broker sites and adjusts the price depending on what final site's fees are. I sometimes use a broker for wider distribution but I am often not happy with how this works out.

Since Stubhub's fees are so high these tickets are priced so much higher than the same tickets listed on a smaller competing site.

As someone who almost exclusively sells on Stubhub I would actually recommend buyers use some other site to get the same tickets for lower prices.

Yeah me too in the event they are released a week or so before. Sometimes I just squeeze out an extra $20-40 (where the artist figured out an extra $200 was unrealistic) and other times I buy the seats at the exact same time other resellers buy all the others and end up losing money.

oh my friends who do this are just average fans..

If they don't go onsale anywhere who gets them?

Figure this would be an appropriate place to ask, but can anyone vouch for vivid seas for concert tickets? Looking to go to a show and Barry's tickets and stubhub hardly have any tickets available for it, yet vivid seats has a ton. And it makes me wonder why this is when in the past Barry/stubhub have always had tons of options for basically anything.

So is vivid seats legit and safe?

If you cant beat them, join them...

Won't someone just please think about the average fans!! Hahaha.

There are no fans, just consumers.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/business...Z7J/story.html

Vivid is 100% legit and a pleasure to deal with. I sell a lot of inventory with them.

lol ya, and news from the Yankees is that they are not going to be providing PDF seats anymore starting this year!

The Bruins already do this.

Anyone know how strict AXS is with ticket limits? Or does it depend on venue itself?

There was a ticket limit of '8 per household' . I got 8 on one and 2 on another address/name/creditcard. Just ordered them on the same IP Adress (ake same household). Anyone experienced ever that they would cancel because of this reason? It states tickets could be cancelled 'without notice'. But how is one then able to check if the tickets are still valid? Answers welcome! (Feel free to DM if that's more convenient reg. the subject).

It means they reserve the right but if they really want those tickets sold, they are happy to collect their fees unless the artist demands an accounting.

Keep in mind if you are listing on Stubhub, it's barcode entry as the 2 systems are joined to they know what you are doing anyway.

I once bought out the entire 7 seat front row of a sidesection for Elton John, then decided to risk it on 2 more in the 2nd row but I was blocked from buying more.

I also bought up a bunch of tickets on my card for another event, then switched to my mom's card but was still blocked from buying more. I just called up on the phone and bought them.

They are eventually sold thru the ticketing agent if not given out to friends, vendors, big donors. Keep in mind there is often a 6 month lead time to sell tickets and the good seats will sell at anytime.

Not all venues do this but it's common.

I think you referring to the practice of artists/venues/promoters holding tickets as they may need them for big wigs, promotions, media, the artists mistress, etc and then releasing what isn't needed for public sale through the primary seller.

No I don't think that is dishonest no.

Any Canadians that resell tickets? Im wondering how Canadian brokers are able to get their tickets on the TN when TN doesnt allow Canadian brokers.

I am Canadian and on TN.

Mind if I PM you?

Great thread. Very informative/interesting

How comes some shows/events sell out instantly then when they announce a 2nd/3rd date those ones struggle to sell. I know the day the show is on makes a difference but i'm talking about a Friday show and new dates on a Saturday, Sunday etc.

Is it just a hype builder by promoters?

Also seen some shows/events sell out within 10 mins then a week before new good seats at face in large quantites available from the official seller.

You can check orders in your order history. Or just keep a eye on you bank and see if you've had any orders cancelled/refunded

I know that football season is over, with attention shifting to opening day in baseball and the playoffs in the NHL and NBA. But I'm wondering if I can get some advice now for next season's NFL. In particular, for the Patriots, who of course are a tough ticket.

My kids enjoy watching Pats games, and are plenty content to do that at home. But my wife thinks - and I agree - it would be nice for us to see a game as a family in person, and to "do it right", which means getting top quality seats (preferably indoors, or perhaps there's a seating local that is indoors with a window or door that can open, ala a Fenway Park box), a parking pass, etc. She's also concerned with trying to distance ourselves from "the rowdiest element" as she calls it. And I'm fine with that - happy wife, happy life.

What's my best play to secure a package like this? While of course I'd prefer to not pay more than I need, I just want the process to be easy and to not have to worry about getting taken for a ride. When would I want to move ahead with this to ensure I don't lose out or pay more than necessary? All things being equal, I'd prefer to see the game in the fall, rather than the dead of winter.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks! Forgot totally about the barcode thing on stubhub haha. I like it btw as it creates a new ticket and blanks out any personal info and kust states stubhub re-sale.
Altho I do sell tickets for others (that aren't able to create accounts due to location) for events i'm also selling for so I doubt (and hope) that won't create a issue with ticket limits. Will just see what happens

That is because the official seller (well the organiser/promotor) keeps a bunch of tickets back. For example for the guestlist, friends, give-aways, possible prize give-aways, VIP's and other people who want to attend for free, family, etc. etc. Closer to the show it becomes more clear how much they actually really need and then the ones not used gets released to the public.

It's a great way to snap up amazing tickes for the bigger artists on the day of the show. For example for Ed Sheeran's last tour my gf never needed to buy tickets far in advance (super small chance of decent tickets) She just got them the morning of off ticketmaster. All within few rows of stage.

The tickets have to be allocated somehow. You are advocating allocating them to people to have more time to wait in line, are faster at clicking buttons on the internet (or better at writing ticket-buying bots!), etc.

I think prices do a pretty good job of allocating things.
There are two sides -- demand and SUPPLY. LDO

The artist is not your slave. They should do what they want with their limited time.

The artist is choosing not to sell the tickets at fair market value. They are preventing themselves from getting all of the money. That's not on you.

(Besides, as others have pointed out, the artists are figuring out how to keep the anti-capitalists and slow-thinkers happy while getting closer to fair market value for their tickets.)

Ah I see makes sense. Thanks.

There was a weird one in the UK today for the upcoming Anthony Joshua boxing fight. The promoters were selling face value tickets on Stubhub! Naturally they sold out within 5 mins but was funny to see the speed listings were disappearing and reappearing at higher prices