Sell Concert Tickets!

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Penguin

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So I helped buyselltix.com sell two tickets on the fifth for an Alejandro Fernandez concert and made an amazing $82.80 commission off them! I need to spend more time working this market! This helped me break my one day earnings record excluding referrals.

Anybody else had some amazing success with ticket resellers?
 


I just signed up and I'll try to sell some tix if I can, I'll post some results:)
 
How'd you get the tickets to sell in the first place? Did you just buy it from ticketmaster.com a month ago and then sell it right before the show for more? Is that how it works?

I was thinking of trying that out myself after buying tickets for a Broadway show 2 days before the show started for double, and that was a good price compared to the other offers.

Wondering if anyone else has any thoughts on this.

Penguin said:
So I helped buyselltix.com sell two tickets on the fifth for an Alejandro Fernandez concert and made an amazing $82.80 commission off them! I need to spend more time working this market! This helped me break my one day earnings record excluding referrals.

Anybody else had some amazing success with ticket resellers?
 
Just wanted to know how people do this. IE: buy early and then sell for more right before the sold-out show starts?
 
metallic07039 said:
Just wanted to know how people do this. IE: buy early and then sell for more right before the sold-out show starts?
That's called "scalping" and it's illegal. I'm talking about referring a customer to a legal ticket reseller that has deals with ticketmaster and making a commission for driving the customer to their web site to buy the tickets from them.

I had a referral link on my web site saying "[artist] Concert Tickets" and somebody clicked on it and then bought the tickets, that simple.
 
Penguin said:
That's called "scalping" and it's illegal.

Scalping laws depend on the state in which you live. It's not illegal to sell tickets for more than face value in Ohio for instance.

Congrats on the sale, I've sold ad space to quite a few ticket brokers, but never really considered affiliate marketing in this direction.
 
Penguin said:
That's called "scalping" and it's illegal. I'm talking about referring a customer to a legal ticket reseller that has deals with ticketmaster and making a commission for driving the customer to their web site to buy the tickets from them.

Last time I checked (I put myself through college working for a ticket broker), a minority of U.S. states had laws re: scalping and there is no federal law.

Also, TicketMaster sells tickets to brokers like any other customer - that's the extent of the deal between the two.

Brokers not only buy from TicketMaster, but also from individuals (season ticket holders, opportunists, etc).
 
Penguin said:
That's called "scalping" and it's illegal.

I don't know about your state but here in NYC/NJ area they only set price caps for them, not get rid of it whatsoever.

Besides, many people sell concert/broadway tickets on ebay.com
 
Well I live in Minnesota, but people still do it all the time anyway. So it's not much of a law. That's awesome it's not illegal in other states though.
 
JDA said:
Scalping laws depend on the state in which you live. It's not illegal to sell tickets for more than face value in Ohio for instance.

Congrats on the sale, I've sold ad space to quite a few ticket brokers, but never really considered affiliate marketing in this direction.
The website:

http://www.TicketBrokerages.com sell's information on starting an online ticket business. I have used them in the past for letting me know what shows to buy and sell. Very useful service.
 
I think what matters is the city. I haven't heard of sitewide scalping laws.

The markup online is often much higher than what would be permissible in the city.
 
metallic07039 said:
Thinking of buying a copy of that ebook. What kind of information is exactly in that ebook? Is it worth the $20?

If it's something you want to seriously pursue, I'd just buy all of them, and cancel the ones that are fake or scams..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ticket-Broker-S...ryZ47103QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-ONLINE-TICKET...ryZ46685QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://www.ticketbrokerages.com/whatyouget2.htm
http://www.tickets-exposed.com
http://www.superbowlticketsecrets.com
 
Jon said:

Nice! I got that idea after paying $250 for tickets from a guy on Craigslist which I saw he paid $111 for but it seems he isn't the only one doing this.

Thanks so much!

PS- I just saw your from NYC too so if you need tickets you know where to go, lol.
 
Not a scam

Hello. I discovered this site from a link back to my site at superbowlticketsecrets.com. I can assure you I'm no scam, so please check it out if you're interested in getting Super Bowl tickets.

As for affiliate marketing, I offer my affiliate program through Clickbank, but since people only seem to think about SB tickets right before the game (which is the exact wrong time to buy!) things slow down during the offseason.

Concert ticket info can be found at http://www.sportsticketsecrets.com/concert_secrets.html for anyone looking to buy/resell concert tickets.

For an affiliate program through ticket brokers, I'd recommend http://www.bluebucstickets.com/. They pay 10%.

Thanks,
Jeff
 
Yes "scalping" does depend on the states laws, in California you can legally sell for above face value.


Thinking of buying a copy of that ebook. What kind of information is exactly in that ebook? Is it worth the $20?

Funny you say that, I wrote an e-book about how to get concert tickets and get backstage. its the same (if not better) information that you will find in all the other books, only mine costs 12$

Concert Spy

I also have free pre-sale passwords on my site.


Also, if you want a good affiliate site, go with STUBHUB.com - I think eBay bought them out.. but they are good.
 
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