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The Lack of Foresight Behind Attempted Ticket Resale Endgame
Guest CommentaryIndustry October 22, 2019
by Eric Fuller Battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong -For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield Sometimes, in the search for incremental profit, entire businesses are destroyed. Some people call this stepping over dollars to pick up dimes. Some call it simple greed. Others, perhaps with... Read more
When there’s no more up….what happens to ticket pricing in a recession?
BroadwayGuest CommentaryIndustryMusicOnsalesScalpingSportsTop Story October 10, 2019
by Eric Fuller Fall is here. We are heading to harder times. The temperature is dropping and ticket prices may follow. There are lessons to be learned from Billie Eilish, The Black Keys and Jacqueline Novak. Stay with me, this first part is hard but, on the plus side,... Read more
I was fishing through the fallout from the Endeavor IPO pullback and it got me thinking about a lot of stuff… Like, what does this say about live entertainment? How will these trends effect folks? What can we do to take advantage of this? So let me lay out... Read more
Adler: Black Keys Fiasco Reveals Depths of Ticketmaster Monopoly Moves
Guest CommentaryIndustryLegalTop Story September 30, 2019
High-demand events generate a lot of passion when it comes to accessing tickets and the price of those tickets. Fortunately, a variety of ticket sources, including online marketplaces, offer a safe place for consumers to shop for resale tickets even if a show is sold out. The secondary resale... Read more
Opinion: How $25 Black Keys Tickets Could Cost eBay Shareholders Billions
Guest CommentaryIndustry September 23, 2019
By: Eric Fuller Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney are The Black Keys, an American garage, blues and indie rock band which has not toured for the past six years. Dan handles guitar and vocal while Patrick plays the drums. Although their band is essentially two people, they are known... Read more
StubHub Is For Sale: How Much Is The Marketplace Really Worth?
Guest CommentaryIndustry August 15, 2019
By: Eric Fuller StubHub is for sale. Interested? Cramer says it could sell for $10 billion. Quite possibly it’s worth zero. Here’s what you ought to know: StubHub is a resale ticket marketplace owned by eBay. It’s where consumers from around the world buy tickets to events. Before StubHub,... Read more
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust Last week, news broke that New Zealand Rugby had nullified what it deemed ‘fraudulent’ tickets. These tickets weren’t fakes, knock-offs or bad copies, they were in fact already purchased, genuine tickets. Their crime? They had been re-sold. The match in question will... Read more
Opinion: The Double Standard of Debenture Dealings, The Real Cause of Ticketing Fraud
Guest CommentaryIndustry July 11, 2019
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust Last year, Action Fraud received 4,755 reports of ticket fraud with the average victim is said to have lost around £365, this year will undoubtedly be no different. Summertime is open season for scammers, with Britain’s most sort after ticketed events crammed... Read more
Opinion: Credit Card Perks, Connections Limit Concert Ticket Accessibility
Guest CommentaryIndustry June 26, 2019
By: Katy Roxburgh | UK Fans Trust Last weekend saw both the Spice Girls and Fleetwood Mac take to the stage in London for their legendary comeback performances, both of which sold out within minutes of going on sale. In fact, the Spice Girls tour took just 38 seconds... Read more
Fuller: Duopoly? What if Vivid Seats Bought StubHub?
Guest CommentaryIndustryTop Story November 12, 2019