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Ticket Fees | What You’re Paying on Stubhub, Ebay, & More

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Brett Goldberg
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Beyond StubHub

Okay, I’ll admit it: StubHub revolutionized what it meant to buy and sell tickets online. They literally created a thriving industry and rode their success to the top of that industry along the way. StubHub was acquired by eBay in 2007 for a reported $310 Million. Unfortunately, that’s where they became complacent.

The site has remained largely unchanged for some time now, and StubHub’s policies have largely stagnated. StubHub’s Fees are still 10% for buyers and 15% for sellers, and you can’t even bid on tickets or negotiate prices. In the emerging world of internet-based business, where an idea can only get you so far, and user experience trumps all, StubHub seems to be lagging. If StubHub fees stay high and it maintains its poor userability and mediocre customer service, it may soon go the way of MySpace, leaving a void for the Facebook of the ticketing industry.

Buyers Fees | Sellers Fees

Market Place
Buyers Fees
What You Pay
Sellers Fees
Seller’s Profits
TicketExchange 20% $120 <5% <$95
TickPick ZERO $100 15% $85
Empire Tickets 8% $108 Market –
TicketLiquidator 18% $118 10% $90
RazorGator 25% $125 15% $85
VividSeats 24% $124 10% $90
TicketsNow 20% $120 15% $85
TicketNetwork 18.5% $118.50 10% $90
Ebay ZERO $100 6 – 11%* $89 – $94
Stubhub 10% $110 15% $85

Your Options

When I say hundreds, I literally mean hundreds. This list comprises the biggest and best secondary ticket marketplaces, which means they charge the lowest fees for the most part. Of course, you can see two obvious winners above. TickPick and eBay. eBay ticket fees are low, and eBay’s an amazing place to buy and sell all your random stuff, garage-sale style, but eBay isn’t meant for buying and selling tickets. It does have a leg up on its competition in one area, though: bidding.

Comments

One response to “Ticket Fees | What You’re Paying on Stubhub, Ebay, & More”

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    curt

    Great information, makes my selling decisions much easier! Crazy how large the difference is between sites, seems like a crime where sites charge both sellers and buyers on the same transaction.