TicketNews announce top sellers for week ending August 30
Press Releases September 4, 2008
“TicketNews announces top ticket sellers rankings for the week ending August 30, 2008.”
Vernon, CT September 3, 2008 – Ticketmaster has made it no secret that they are looking to expand into international markets in order to offset the potential loses, but this past week the ticketing giant took a hit to that effort as promoter AEG choose to partner with German ticketing giant CTS Eventim, rather than Ticketmaster. After losing out on AEG, Ticketmaster turned its attention to the far east as they look to reassure investors by looking to expand into China.
Over the past week, TicketMaster maintained its lead over everyone else on the ticket market with a power score of 43.34. StubHub and TicketsNow finished second and third, respectively, this past week with CoasttoCoastTickets and RazorGator
moving up one spot each in the top ten.
TOP 20 OVERALL SELLERS
| Seller | WE 08-30-08 | WE 08-23-08 | 4 Week Avg | |||
| Rank | Power Score | Rank | Power Score | Rank | Power Score | |
| Ticketmaster.com | 1 | 43.34 | 1 | 42.40 | 1.00 | 42.31 |
| StubHub.com | 2 | 12.66 | 2 | 12.55 | 2.00 | 12.46 |
| TicketsNow.com | 3 | 7.46 | 3 | 9.08 | 3.00 | 8.69 |
| LiveNation.com | 4 | 4.72 | 4 | 6.03 | 4.00 | 6.69 |
| Tickets.com | 5 | 4.36 | 5 | 3.68 | 5.00 | 4.05 |
| TicketLiquidator.com | 6 | 2.47 | 6 | 2.42 | 6.00 | 2.37 |
| CoasttoCoastTickets.com | 7 | 1.61 | 8 | 1.58 | 7.50 | 1.52 |
| RazorGator.com | 8 | 1.51 | 9 | 1.30 | 8.50 | 1.35 |
| TickCo.com | 9 | 1.42 | 7 | 1.59 | 8.00 | 1.40 |
| TicketWeb.com | 10 | 1.17 | 11 | 0.91 | 10.50 | 0.97 |
| GoTickets.com | 11 | 0.98 | 10 | 1.03 | 11.00 | 0.92 |
| OpenSeats.com | 12 | 0.88 | 16 | 0.64 | 13.75 | 0.73 |
| ETix.com | 13 | 0.87 | 12 | 0.78 | 13.25 | 0.76 |
| TicketCity.com | 14 | 0.87 | 14 | 0.71 | 14.25 | 0.72 |
| BuyBetterTickets.com | 15 | 0.78 | 18 | 0.58 | 19.25 | 0.59 |
| EventTicketsCenter.com | 16 | 0.73 | 15 | 0.70 | 14.75 | 0.70 |
| Vividseats.com | 17 | 0.71 | 21 | 0.54 | 19.00 | 0.58 |
| TicketSpot.com | 18 | 0.68 | 13 | 0.75 | 14.25 | 0.74 |
| Telecharge.com | 19 | 0.63 | 19 | 0.58 | 18.50 | 0.58 |
| CheapPricedTickets.com | 20 | 0.60 | 27 | 0.42 | 22.50 | 0.49 |
StubHub once again extended its lead as the top seller on the secondary market with a power score of 31.00, now having nearly a 13 point advantage over the second place TicketsNow. TicketsNow came in with a power score of 18.22. TicketLiquidator came in with a power score of 5.98.
TOP 20 SECONDARY SELLERS
| Seller | WE 08-30-08 | WE 08-23-08 | 4 Week Avg | |||
| Rank | Power Score | Rank | Power Score | Rank | Power Score | |
| StubHub.com | 1 | 31.00 | 1 | 30.23 | 1.00 | 30.61 |
| TicketsNow.com | 2 | 18.22 | 2 | 21.91 | 2.00 | 21.36 |
| TicketLiquidator.com | 3 | 5.98 | 3 | 5.78 | 3.00 | 5.76 |
| CoasttoCoastTickets.com | 4 | 3.85 | 5 | 3.71 | 4.50 | 3.64 |
| RazorGator.com | 5 | 3.61 | 6 | 3.05 | 5.50 | 3.22 |
| TickCo.com | 6 | 3.40 | 4 | 3.77 | 5.00 | 3.34 |
| GoTickets.com | 7 | 2.31 | 7 | 2.38 | 7.25 | 2.16 |
| OpenSeats.com | 8 | 2.11 | 11 | 1.48 | 9.25 | 1.73 |
| TicketCity.com | 9 | 2.05 | 9 | 1.62 | 9.50 | 1.67 |
| BuyBetterTickets.com | 10 | 1.83 | 13 | 1.32 | 13.75 | 1.36 |
| EventTicketsCenter.com | 11 | 1.67 | 10 | 1.57 | 10.00 | 1.61 |
| Vividseats.com | 12 | 1.66 | 15 | 1.21 | 13.25 | 1.35 |
| TicketSpot.com | 13 | 1.58 | 8 | 1.73 | 9.75 | 1.75 |
| CheapPricedTickets.com | 14 | 1.38 | 19 | 0.93 | 16.00 | 1.11 |
| OnlineSeats.com | 15 | 1.31 | 12 | 1.36 | 14.75 | 1.21 |
| Justbuytickets.com | 16 | 0.99 | 14 | 1.23 | 14.00 | 1.19 |
| Findticketsfast.com | 17 | 0.98 | 26 | 0.45 | 23.25 | 0.63 |
| ABCTickets.com | 18 | 0.94 | 16 | 1.15 | 15.50 | 1.12 |
| TicketZoom.com | 19 | 0.87 | 17 | 1.04 | 18.75 | 0.91 |
| SeatData.com | 20 | 0.86 | 32 | 0.40 | 26.75 | 0.52 |
Nine of the top ten spots on the Top Primary Sellers list remained the same with Ticketmaster remaining securely at the top. Las Vegas ShowTickets.com made the biggest jump moving up 10 spots to number nine.
TOP 10 PRIMARY SELLERS
| Seller | WE 08-30-08 | WE 08-23-08 | 4 Week Avg | |||
| Rank | Power Score | Rank | Power Score | Rank | Power Score | |
| Ticketmaster.com | 1 | 75.05 | 1 | 74.24 | 1.00 | 73.13 |
| LiveNation.com | 2 | 7.89 | 2 | 10.28 | 2.00 | 11.29 |
| Tickets.com | 3 | 7.39 | 3 | 6.27 | 3.00 | 6.84 |
| TicketWeb.com | 4 | 1.99 | 4 | 1.56 | 4.00 | 1.64 |
| ETix.com | 5 | 1.42 | 5 | 1.28 | 5.00 | 1.24 |
| Telecharge.com | 6 | 1.04 | 6 | 0.95 | 6.00 | 0.94 |
| Groovetickets.com | 7 | 0.69 | 7 | 0.73 | 7.00 | 0.64 |
| TicketsWest.com | 8 | 0.59 | 8 | 0.72 | 8.75 | 0.51 |
| Las Vegas ShowTickets.com | 9 | 0.45 | 19 | 0.17 | 17 | 0.23 |
| Brownpapertickets.com | 10 | 0.42 | 10 | 0.32 | 9.00 | 0.39 |
TicketNews.com is a comprehensive resource for news, market analysis, event announcements, and information relating to the ticket industry. TicketNews.com keeps industry professionals and fans informed about tour dates, current and pending ticket resale legislation, rankings, onsales, and more. The content is updated daily, with original articles from ten TicketNews.com reporters and an aggregation of 3rd party sources.
TicketNews.com developed the algorithm for the exclusive weekly rankings of the industry’s ticket sellers. Top sellers rankings and power scores are based on web traffic received by a ticket seller’s website. The power score is highly correlated with the number of transactions from the TicketNetwork Exchange™, the world’s largest secondary ticket market exchange. A top seller power score illustrates a given seller’s category-specific significance. Three factors obtained from multiple independent resources, including comScore and Hitwise, are used to compare sellers within a particular category.
1. Number of unique visitors (IP addresses visiting a website in a 24-hour period).
2. Number of visits (a series of one or more page requests by a visitor without 30 consecutive minutes of inactivity).
3. Page views (the average number of unique pages viewed by a unique visitor).
Top seller power scores should only be used to compare sellers within a particular category. TicketNews.com also ranks the top events weekly. For more information, visit www.ticketnews.com/ticket_industry_rankings.
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