#ticket touts

[themetalheadhippy]

Paramore tickets go on sale tomorrow and I need everyone to pray that I can get my hands on tickets for their show in Manchester <3 last time I lost my chance due to ticket touts don’t let these rats win 

[goodgirlwhoshopeful]

aren't you an international fan though? it seems pretty clear to me that we don't get to participate in the whole verified fan thing, all we can do is register to get an email once dates are announced...

Yes I am, but Ticketmaster have said anyone can enter the Verified scheme (that’s why they emailed me back to say they’re trying to sort the fact interntional numbers registration isn’t working) and earn ‘points’ too, because who knows, they might end up counting in international presales as well? They haven’t actually said and there's no rule against internationals buying American show tickets.

Ticketmaster aren’t just an American company, (they definitely in the UK anyway, they’re the market leader here) so I was assuming they’d be doing the same thing for presales everywhere, if they do a presale elsewhere that is.

NOT THAT ANY OF THIS MATTERS ANYWAY because (1) ITS STILL NOT WORKING FOR US SO WE’RE ALREADY EVEN MORE DISADVANTAGED… AGAIN (2) THEY SHOULDNT BE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO EXCHANGE MONEY FOR POINTS WITH MERCH & (3) EVERYONE KNOWS PRESALES SELL VERY FEW TICKETS AND IF THY DONT GIVE US ALL SOME KIND OF CODE FOR GENERAL SCALPERS WILL GET MOST OF THE TICKETS ANYWAY. 🙃😅

(Sorry for the caps, I’m very jetlagged and I reaaaaaally hate when tech doesn’t work / companies take the piss for money / the thought of ticket touters getting tickets and not fans)

P.S. It's also all a piss-take because guess who owns some of the most used 'reselling' ticket sites???? YOU'VE GUESSED IT. Your Friendly Neighbourhood Ticketmaster™. 🙃

[itsnicholasmc]

Touts Out! How Twickets is changing the landscape of ticket resale

As Twickets’ growth smashes 1.5 million visitors in 2022 and gross revenues soar by 140% compared to pre-covid, it is no surprise that popular Stockport-based band, Blossoms, has joined Twickets’ already prominent list of partners, including George Ezra, Ed Sheeran, and Adele.

The ticket resale revolution began in 2011 on Twitter as “@Twickets” by London-based web designer and music fan, Richard Davies, to combat empty seats in “sold out” gigs. Just over a decade later and Twickets has evolved into a formidable business that has changed how we do ticket resale.

Pre-2011 saw music-lovers, theatre-enthusiasts and sport-goers ripped off by resale prices in the secondary ticket market. The resale industry was unsympathetic to fans that cancelled their plans due to unforeseen circumstances but did not want their ticket going to waste.

It meant empty seats in shows that were supposedly “sold out”. However, this left a gap in the market for an ethical fan-to-fan ticket resale service, and Mr Davies delivered.  

Initially using twitter to connect fans, his idea was to resell tickets at face value or less; within two years, Twickets resold 45,000 spare tickets. 

A movement had begun and was quickly gathering momentum. With the introduction of an easy to navigate website, locating events became simpler; be it sport, music, or theatre and arts, the internal search engine allows the user to find specific events by name, date, and location. 

With the added features of a Live Ticket Stream and allowing users to set up alerts that ping straight to their phone, Twickets continued to grow and new partnerships forged with influential artists and companies like Spice Girls and Gigs and Tours.

Twickets has forced a change in the industry despite rivals adopting similar models like a dynamic pricing program. Twickets still remain the only service that can resell any ticket to any event, anywhere. 

Fan-to-fan interaction is encouraged through Twitter with prompts for friendly, nostalgic conversation while updating them on the latest available tickets or to draw attention to those pesky touts. 

Their frequent informative blog keeps the fans in the know with current developments and new partnerships and has resulted in Twickets seeing over 300k tickets listed in Q2 this year.

The “Events Near You” feature - available on their app and website - promotes last-minute tickets in the user’s immediate vicinity. Also, the buyer can “Make an Offer” on the original selling price, preventing tickets from going to waste. 

Twickets reached three million new users in 2019 and ticketed over 25,000 events, with over 60% of their transactions made within the last week before a show takes place.

Since 2019 the app has been downloaded over 100k times while transactions have risen by 30%.

WHAT NEXT?

With the international market looking for resale reform, Twickets, having doubled its revenue in international territories - particularly in mainland Europe - is looking to expand into Germany and France.  Change is happening. Twickets is showing it can be done by putting fans and artists first.

What are your thoughts? Have you had a bad experience with ticket resale? Tell your story in the comments below.

[hopeful-hufflepuff-peeves]

Mother fucking bastard touts I swear there is a special place in hell reserved exactly for them where the tickets they stole and resold are shoved down their throats causing paper cuts along the way and the tears, sweat and accidental pee that escaped the fans they've stolen are poured afterwards causing insufferable pain for all eternity

[ruubez]

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[everyrecordtellsastory]

Secondary Ticketing's Epic Fail: Why You Are Better Off Buying From Ticket Touts

Secondary Ticketing’s Epic Fail: Why You Are Better Off Buying From Ticket Touts

You have to hand it to the likes of Viagogo and Stub Hub. For years people have complained at rip off ticket prices from ticket touts. Here was a market that the corporates could clean up: make more reputable and fairer. And yet they’ve actually made things worse.  That takes some doing. It’s the equivalent of if, instead of helping the children of Calcutta, Mother Theresa had set up a franchise…

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[unitedbypop]

A letter to Ed Sheeran about his ticket resales

A letter to Ed Sheeran about his ticket resales

As you may or may not know, I have some pretty strong feelings about ticket resales. Not the ones that are genuine like Twickets, but those ones that bulk buy tickets and then sell them for an enormous profit. Despite a petition being launched trying to make it against the law, it seems as though ticket touts remain resilient and continue to rip off the genuine fans. Image Source I have always…

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[unitedbypop]

The most annoying things about ticket touts, how can we put a stop to them?

The most annoying things about ticket touts, how can we put a stop to them?

It’s finally here, the day your favourite artist is releasing tickets for their upcoming tour, and you cannot wait. Poised at the computer with your card details (and if you’re anything like me – a map of the seating plan so you know exactly where you’ll potentially be on the big night). Preparation is everything! You’ve been waiting for this moment for what feels like forever, and then – the…

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