Ticket Resale Sites

[CroFlames]

Question for folks familiar with ticket resales sites.

I normally buy tickets direct or from Stubhub. I recently found TiqIQ and it seems like it has better pricing than stubhub. Is TiqIQ reliable? Safe?

Maybe we could compile a list of ticket resale sites here for future reference.

Thanks,

[SilverGS]

www.ticketsnow.com is the official NHL Ticket sale site.

[heep223]

^ massive service charges on ticketsnow.com fwiw

[BigNumbers]

When do the Flames draw for Games 3/4?

[burn_baby_burn]

NHL Ticket Exchange. It is through ticket master and is the official ticket resale site for the Calgary Flames and the NHL.

[DownhillGoat]

I'll throw a shoutout to the TikTiks (from CP's own Neeper). Just bought a pair of tickets off his Facebook group which is also pretty solid. He does a good job of managing the riff raff.

Prior to that I've always purchased from TM or Stubhub (and CP, of course).

[FFFLife]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

I'll throw a shoutout to the TikTiks (from CP's own Neeper). Just bought a pair of tickets off his Facebook group which is also pretty solid. He does a good job of managing the riff raff.

Prior to that I've always purchased from TM or Stubhub (and CP, of course).

+1

Just listed mine on there for just over face value in Section 210 for Game 3, "Neeper" is great to deal with!

[homestand]

I believe the rates on the NHL Ticket Exchange are similar to the rates on StubHub.

I have detailed below some sample figures for Flames home game 1 from StubHub

Your price $11,111.11
Commission $1,111.11
Your payout $10,000.00
Buyer sees $13,005.25

Your price $1,111.11
Commission $111.11
Your payout $1,000.00
Buyer sees $1,305.25

Your price $111.11
Commission $11.11
Your payout $100.00
Buyer sees $135.25

As you can see, the percentage of the house (StubHub) take is at least about 30% of what the seller nets on the sale. That is about 23% of the selling price goes to StubHub.

Some differences between using StubHub and the NHL Ticket Exchange are
the foreign currency factor and the harvesting of ticket resale data by the NHL stake owners.

Notes:
StubHub claims no surprise fees
The StubHub rates for sporting events are different from their rates for concert events.

Sorry about the formatting

[Neeper]

Hey guys! Thanks for the shout out. I recently started banner ads on CP to support the forum, so hopefully you see them once in a while.

My app is made for iOS for now. You can buy tickets from season ticket holders on the app, pay with paypal or credit card. Tickets are delivered to you instantly! Its the safest way to buy without being gouged on fees! That's why we made it.

Click the link in my sig for more info!

[CroFlames]

Has anyone purchased from Razorgator? TiqIQ linked me to that site.

I'm looking for 4 tix to game 2 and they have lowers for $150.

[Fire]

Originally Posted by Neeper

Hey guys! Thanks for the shout out. I recently started banner ads on CP to support the forum, so hopefully you see them once in a while.

My app is made for iOS for now. You can buy tickets from season ticket holders on the app, pay with paypal or credit card. Tickets are delivered to you instantly! Its the safest way to buy without being gouged on fees! That's why we made it.

Click the link in my sig for more info!

Hopefully you get an Android app or have it available using a web browser soon. Looks like a much better option than StubHub, etc.

[Neeper]

Originally Posted by Fire

Hopefully you get an Android app or have it available using a web browser soon. Looks like a much better option than StubHub, etc.

We have already started coding for Android. It will be ready for the start of the 2015-16 season!

[rain_e]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Has anyone purchased from Razorgator? TiqIQ linked me to that site.

I'm looking for 4 tix to game 2 and they have lowers for $150.

Yes nothing wrong with Razorgator. I used them in the past for the Vancouver Olympics. Just an FYI most of the smaller sites like TiqIQ just list the same tickets as the bigger sites and get paid a commission from them on the sale.

Also if you have a half decent CC you shouldn't have to worry at all about being scammed by one of these sites.

[jmac98]

I became a season ticket holder because I was tired of overpaying to go to games. $250 for $80 seats type thing.
So we bought our own season tickets, go to about 15 games a year (1 or 2 a month) and sell the rest off to a dist list of friends, and eventually friends of friends via word of mouth, all at face value price. Actually, 'tier 1' face value. Seats now have 4 door prices that change depending on the opponent or night of week. Our listed ticket prices this year were $108, $129, $139, and $149. So we just sell all our games at $108 regardless to keep it simple for everyone. They know the seats, they know the price, they know it's set regardless of team, night of week, or demand (for better or worse).
For ease of simplicity for what's available in real time, we made a website called www.facevaluetickets.ca. It's very Mickey Mouse but is just intended to show what's available all season long for our 2 seats.
If anyone's interested in joining our dist list, fire me a PM and provide me your email address and we'll add it on. We pick our years games in Sep based on what works for our families (etc) then send the rest off to our dist list of friends. This year we went to Buffalo and Colombus just because they worked out for us, and we left Mtl, NYR, Tampa, Washington, Chicago, etc. So we don't scoop up all the good ones.

This is our first year as ticket holders. We're in a great section in the flames attack zone at the hash marks. It's a higher row but we'll work our way down through relocation over time. We want to stay in that section though, it's a great spot.

I hope this helps and was ok to post. Mods, if not, please excuse my ignorance and delete if this is deemed against the rules or something.

Thanks all. Cheers.

[CroFlames]

@jmac98

Good for you having a no nonsense site to sell tickets at face value. What are your fees though? I kid.

I ended up sticking with Stubhub for last night and for game 2. When all the fees & such are added up, all the resale sites basically have the same pricing. I suspect most people who use those sites are pro scalpers, or semi-pro at least, ere go, pricing is basically uniform.

[Iceman90]

I really like SeatGeek.com. It searches all the other sites to find the best prices.

[united]

haha, the site says:
Not everyone is in it for the profit. Believe it or not, some event goers have season tickets or single event tickets they cannot attend for a host of reasons, and are simply looking to recover upon their purchase.

And yet you sell your tickets for face value, which amounts to $80 profit per game considering you pay season ticket holder price. If you attend 15 games and flip the rest, that means you profit $2,000 above what you pay as a season ticket holder for those 27 games. Nothing wrong selling at face value, and for some games that's awesome, but if you say you aren't in it for the profit why not sell them at your cost?

[FFFLife]

Originally Posted by united

haha, the site says:
Not everyone is in it for the profit. Believe it or not, some event goers have season tickets or single event tickets they cannot attend for a host of reasons, and are simply looking to recover upon their purchase.

And yet you sell your tickets for face value, which amounts to $80 profit per game considering you pay season ticket holder price. If you attend 15 games and flip the rest, that means you profit $2,000 above what you pay as a season ticket holder for those 27 games. Nothing wrong selling at face value, and for some games that's awesome, but if you say you aren't in it for the profit why not sell them at your cost?

Exactly what I was thinking.

I am a season ticket holder in the reds (210 row 8) I pay as a season ticket holder $108 per seat, I sell about 1/2 to 3/4 of my tickets at MY cost of $108, face value varies from $149 to $198 for these tickets depending on the opponent and night of the week.

I'm not making any profit, I found his post quite laughable, acting like he's doing people a favor by charging them face value meanwhile pocketing $2000 a year while doing so.

[jmac98]

Originally Posted by united

haha, the site says:
Not everyone is in it for the profit. Believe it or not, some event goers have season tickets or single event tickets they cannot attend for a host of reasons, and are simply looking to recover upon their purchase.

And yet you sell your tickets for face value, which amounts to $80 profit per game considering you pay season ticket holder price. If you attend 15 games and flip the rest, that means you profit $2,000 above what you pay as a season ticket holder for those 27 games. Nothing wrong selling at face value, and for some games that's awesome, but if you say you aren't in it for the profit why not sell them at your cost?

We take the money for all tickets sold and place it into an account we created, then at years end we use those funds to purchase the following years season tickets.

The difference between season ticket price and door price helps offset the games we don't end up selling as not every game during the year is in demand. This includes the 3,4 mandatory full price preseason games that folks aren't overly interested in. Thereafter, rather than sell some - we also donated some tickets to our children's sports communities for fundraisers etc to help them out.

So overall, this just helps us offset the cost each year to have our season tickets and to be able to sell them off to friends and family, donate any that don't sell, as well as use some for fundraising (etc).

It sounds like my method is not for you, and that's ok. Sorry for upsetting you.

[CroFlames]

Man he's selling them at face value, what's your guys' problem with that?

He could sell for more, or for less but he doesn't. Big whoop. If he was 'in it' for the profit, he'd sell for more.