Ticket Business opinion please

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Ok so I&#x27;ve been selling tickets to sporting events, concerts for about 5 years now. I have Brokers that can guarantee me maybe 100 tickets to any event for substantially less. The only catch it I need to purchase the tickets 12-24 hours before the actual event. I guess the brokers get over stocked...whatever.My question is... Lets say you&#x27;re going to  purchase your tickets from a website like Stubhub,com  say the tickets you&#x27;re looking at are $100 each and you need 4 tickets. with fees and shipping from Stubhub your total would be around $445.Now the event was 1 month away but you got your tickets in your hand within 10 mins...emailable.Would you go to another site that could guarantee you similar seating tickets to the same show for a substantial savings? Lets say you could buy the 4 tickets for $80 each. no fees. no shipping. your total would be $360. Saving you $85. The only downside is you&#x27;ll have to log on to that website 24 hours before the show to download your tickets.Would you wait till 1 day or even the same morning as the show to save 20%.?Again your tickets are 100% guaranteed. Even if I had to take a loss. your tickets will be filled.. Thank youAny questions are welcomed.

BigChris51 · Answer

Ok so I&#x27;ve been selling tickets to sporting events, concerts for about 5 years now. I have Brokers that can guarantee me maybe 100 tickets to any event for substantially less. The only catch it I need to purchase the tickets 12-24 hours before the actual event. I guess the brokers get over stocked...whatever.My question is... Lets say you&#x27;re going to  purchase your tickets from a website like Stubhub,com  say the tickets you&#x27;re looking at are $100 each and you need 4 tickets. with fees and shipping from Stubhub your total would be around $445.Now the event was 1 month away but you got your tickets in your hand within 10 mins...emailable.Would you go to another site that could guarantee you similar seating tickets to the same show for a substantial savings? Lets say you could buy the 4 tickets for $80 each. no fees. no shipping. your total would be $360. Saving you $85. The only downside is you&#x27;ll have to log on to that website 24 hours before the show to download your tickets.Would you wait till 1 day or even the same morning as the show to save 20%.?Again your tickets are 100% guaranteed. Even if I had to take a loss. your tickets will be filled.. Thank youAny questions are welcomed.

NR_78 · Answer

Chris - I used to work in Finance, I used to need tickets to all sorts of events throughout the country. Baseball, basketball, football, golf, opera, theatre....etc.

My answer is Yes I would buy from you as long as I could get them on PDFS to email to my clients.

In the financial world, we had strict dollar amounts we could spend per ticket so any savings were good and that meant we could probally get better seats for our clients....which made us look good and lead to more business.

searchwarrant · Answer

I would but I can see how most wouldn&#x27;t. People will pay the extra 20% for tickets that are in hand well before the event.

thorpe · Answer

What happens if the event sells out?  The brokers still give you the tickets?  If they do, then why don&#x27;t they give you the tickets sooner?

BigChris51 · Answer

@ NR-78 Thank you. Yes if you applied the extra $25 per ticket eo the order that could mean perhaps a lower level seat rather than an upper level seat.

@SearchWarrant. I do agree with you. Some people would rather pay the extra $$$$ to have the tickets in hand. For that I would say on my website I also will offer current market value seating comparable to Stubhub.

@Thorpe There are always tickets available to 99.9% of shows the day of. Now Broadway shows can get a little tight but I wouldn't be doing that. I would be focusing on mainly concerts and sports.

If for some reason I couldn't fill an order, I would have to purchase them myself and perhaps take a loss on the difference of cost. I assure you even if this day happen every 1 out of 10 times I'd still be way ahead of the game.

Also would like to add.. I wouldn't over commit myself on events. I can also be sold out. If its 50 tickets I have then 50 it is.

Thank you.Keep em coming

jamesxnj · Answer

Have to say no BigChris..People want the hard tix in hand and exact seats..I have a bit of experience in Spring Training MLB past ten years or so.(Buying as many as possible first sale in winter)and resale on Ebay years ago and now Stubhub once I had the hard tix in hand to ship a few weeks before the event..Always sold good..(Yanks games and St Patty's Day,Twins/Yanks also)

But that said-last year Stubhub would not let you list RedSox tix until around 14? days before the event and it was not hard tix Fed-Ex delivery it was electronic download only and though I sold all my tix I'm pretty sure I could have done better with a longer listing time and hard tix.Also tough to advertise Aisle/behind x dugout,etc that would stand out..Could be the new Fenway South in FL or a new trend..The Twins tix were business as usual..

Or may be the way Stubhub is leaning in electronic delivery and no need for Fed-Ex anymore as the clientle gets younger and once they have used an electronic tix it's no big deal.That could help you possibly..

It's that locked in certain seats you can't guarantee is the problem here I think? .But some events people pay whatever the F you ask..

Good Luck and don't steal all my Spring training grapefruit action

nick69 · Answer

Ticket brokers are on the same level as pimps and payday loan centers and that's probably an insult to pimps and payday loan centers everywhere. I have no idea why anyone would pay the prices they do for tickets to events that you can watch at home on a big screen, hi def television.

Even though I think ticket brokers are lower than earth worms, the public lets them get away with the larceny by paying the criminal prices for tickets so dirtbag ticket brokers will never go away.

TheGoldenGoose · Answer

[Quote: Originally Posted by nick69]  Ticket brokers are on the same level as pimps and payday loan centers and that&#x27;s probably an insult to pimps and payday loan centers everywhere. I have no idea why anyone would pay the prices they do for tickets to events that you can watch at home on a big screen, hi def television. &#xD;&#xA;Even though I think ticket brokers are lower than earth worms, the public lets them get away with the larceny by paying the criminal prices for tickets so dirtbag ticket brokers will never go away.&#xD;&#xA;   [/Quote]Why you holding back?  Tell us how you really feel.

TheGoldenGoose · Answer

Chris: I like to have my tickets in hand early, but I'm an old fart who only goes to a few shows a year. I think once people do business with you, you'll get repeat customers who know they can count on you and that confidence will erase the uncertainty of getting their tickets just before the event.

GL

BigChris51 · Answer

@jamesxnj You can look on any stubhub listing and there are tons on E tickets. It's easier, faster and cheaper for the customer. Although I do agree some people want hard tickets, perhaps they feel more secure. however within the past few years e tickets success has helped cool the stigmata of previous e tickets. An exact seat I couldn't promise but lets say section 114,115 and 116 are in zone A, I can guarantee you those. Hey you are saving maybe 20% which could easily be a C note on 4 tickets...Sounds like free dinner to me.

@nick69 I feel exactly the way you do about Stubhub. They are making 10% from the buyer and 15% from the seller.

Do the math...That's 25% on every transaction

I however do not take offense to your comment because I feel your frustration. Lets face it. If I can save you 20% on your order I'd say that should put me higher on your scale than earth worms. At least gimme "car salesman" status.

@TheGoldenGoose. Again I do agree about the hard tickets and I've been told by someone that it may be a slow starting business but I do believe if you treat people right, they will tell others and come back themselves. Thank you

Keep em coming. Thank you......

BigChris51 · Answer

I&#x27;d also like to add. You would have to come back to my site, log on the night before or the morning of the event and download your tickets directly from me rather than directly emailing them to you. Id like to use an electronic signature before downloading as proof of receiving tickets.This allows me to protect myself from someone saying they didn&#x27;t get them after the show.I can fedex them (buyer pays shipping) Thoughts?

Frank_Da_Tank · Answer

This might fly in NY and other major markets, but not all over where more travel and planning is involved.

I would be leary that if it were that easy why the brokers would not just set up a dummy website and do it themselves like mlb has done with stubhub.

GL

NR_78 · Answer

Chris -The signature thing is fine,  I always preferred getting my tickets email the day of event or before.  The ticket business seems like a decent business as long as you are targeting the right clients.  I had one ticket broker that I worked,  He was based out of arizona and I use to give him atleast 30-40k in business a year for events -The bottom line is that if people trust you and know you can come through...they will always use your service and refer you.  You just always have to come through with what you said.My former ticket guy -  I would just email him max price to spend and how many i wanted,  I always had the best seats for the price available on stub hub or other ticket broker sites.

BigChris51 · Answer

@Frank_Da_Tank I&#x27;m not sure what traveling and planning has to do with this. Please explain. The reason why brokers don&#x27;t do this is because they are greedy and why would they sell anything at a 20% discount is they didn&#x27;t have to?@NR_78. Thank you for your support. If and when this ever comes to fruition, i&#x27;ll send you all the info.

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