Ticket Exchanges - Viagogo, seatwave and getmein

Viagogo, seatwave and getmein are relatively new guys on the block. their aim is to allow people to buy and sell live event tickets in a safe and guaranteed way, and to bring "efficiency and transparency to what has traditionally been a murky market place" That's according to viagogo company director Eric Baker who previously set up ticketstub in the US. The main difference between ticket exchanges and secondary ticket sellers is that the former match sellers up with buyers and don't pay the seller until you have received the tickets you paid for. they also offer a ticket integrity guarantees which covers you in the event of any fraud. Unlike numerous secondary ticket sellers that offer this the ticket exchanges have the financial clout to back it up. If you miss out on official sales and are prepared to pay a premium then I would recommend these sites over eBay and certainly over secondary ticket sellers.

Official concert ticket sellers - ticketline

Nothing more to report about ticketline that I haven't already said about seetickets and ticketmaster. It's another official company which acts release their tickets to for them to sell to the general public. It is slightly less well known that seetickets or ticketmaster but seems to get allocated less tickets. However, It's certainly Worth having this site open in your browser come buying time

Official Concert tickets Sellers - Seetickets.com

Seetickets was formed from the merger of 'The Really Useful Theatre', 'Way Ahead' and 'Ticket Select' and is now probably the second largest and well known after Ticketmaster. It also owns www.gigsandtours.com which while the front end of the website maybe slightly different the booking process is done through seetickets. As with Ticketmaster they tend to get very busy when popular events are released leading the site to display a "come back later" on a number of occasions. What I have noticed recently is that tickets tend to go on sale a few minutes earlier than the allotted time and that of Ticketmaster so it's worth pressing the F5 refresh button. Once you've made your order you'll be given a tracking number which you can use to check on the progress of your gig tickets

A guide to official ticket sites - ticketmaster

I think it's fair to say that ticketmaster.co.uk is probably the most well known and is based in over 20 countries serving over 9,000 clients across a number of events When tickets are released for major concerts this site becomes extremely busy with gig tickets selling out in minutes. At the beginning of 2008 Ticketmaster purchased the ticket exchange site getmein. Tickets on this site usually retail for over 100% the face value but as you'd expect are backed with a fanguard guarantee. The final site which ticketmaster own and is relevant is ticketweb.co.uk which on the whole sell tickets for smaller gigs and clubnights.

Concert Ticket Scams

Hello, Welcome to the first post on my blog. This is an offshoot from my website at http://www.ticketscam.co.uk/ which basically advises on how to buy concert tickets in a safe and secure way. I'll update the latest concerts and ticket releases on this blog as well as http://www.ticketscam.co.uk/ and I shall also list the presale dates and best sites to purchase tickets from. More importantly the sites I do list are either official ticket sellers with the full knowledge of the acts playing or ticket exchanges which guarantee your tickets.