9 Places to Sell Tickets
Facebook Marketplace
Facebook Marketplace Summary
- Buyer and seller accountability as you need a Facebook account
- Built in messaging system to keep on top of queries
- Access to a massive marketplace
- Ratings system maintains honesty
With Facebook Marketplace, you can list your tickets yourself and sell tickets online easily. Selling tickets online with Facebook Marketplace is straightforward – it works just like creating a Facebook post.
The payment method on Facebook Marketplace is up to the seller, but Facebook recommends using PayPal to get your payment.
Unlike other platforms, Facebook Marketplace allows you to sell items for free. If you sell items from a shop and use the marketplace checkout, Facebook charges 5% per shipment.
eBay
eBay Summary
- High user traffic – over 187 million users
- No listing fees for small scale sellers
- Promote your listing from as little as 1%
- Quick processing time for payouts
eBay is a go-to online marketplace for many people looking to sell items. eBay is the owner of StubHub, and unlike its affiliate, it allows auction-style pricing with a “Buy It Now” price option.
One of the benefits of using eBay if you’re a first-time seller is that it offers a detailed guide for novice sellers. eBay does charge selling fees depending on the amount made on the sale.
| Sale amount | Fee |
|---|---|
| Sale is $100 or more | 8% fee |
| Sale is less than $100 | 12.9% fee |
The payment methods include Paypal and a merchant credit card account.
Craigslist
Craigslist Summary
- Posts are anonymous
- Quick and easy listing in a matter of minutes
- Little to no seller fees, most auctions are free
- Sell within your local area
Craigslist is a well-known online marketplace for selling tickets online. It’s free to post a listing on Craigslist, and the platform has a large classifieds section that reaches thousands of buyers all across the globe.
Craigslist allows you to set the price of your tickets. However, it can be difficult to change ticket prices for the same events that are currently listed. To increase your chances of selling your tickets, you can post an ad for free on Craigslist.
StubHub
Stubhub is a reliable, well-known online selling platform with over 2 million brand name searches on Google each month. With such a high amount of traffic, it has the largest number of potential buyers online.
Stubhub recommends list prices for your tickets and offers buyers an “Instant Download” option. Although you can list your tickets for free, Stubhub charges a selling fee that runs close to 15%.
Stubhub uses a variety of payment methods, including:
- PayPal
- Check
- Credit Card
- Charity donation
Payment arrives within 5 (PayPal) to 12 (check) business days.
SeatGeek
SeatGeek is an easy-to-use platform to make a ticket exchange for cash. With SeatGeek, you can add smaller-scale events that may not have listings yet. SeatGeek may have smaller buyer traffic than other platforms, but it does have strong buyer loyalty.
SeatGeek offers strong pricing recommendations that can help you sell your tickets easily. With SeatGeek, you must provide a PDF or screenshot of the ticket in order to sell it.
SeatGeek uses the bank or a Venmo account to process payments, and payments usually arrive within five business days.
Vivid Seats
Vivid Seats is a hub for easily buying and selling tickets online. Vivid Seats allows you to sell tickets for:
- Concerts
- Theater
- Sports events
It’s completely free to list your tickets on Vivid Seats. Once your tickets sell, you will be charged a 10% commission fee.
The main payment method Vivid Seats uses is PayPal, which allows for seamless transactions and payment to arrive within 7-10 business days.
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster is one of the largest ticket sellers in the industry. It has strong brand recognition with both buyers and sellers. Ticketmaster only resells tickets purchased on Ticketmaster affiliate sites including:
- LiveNation
- NBATickets.com
- NFL Ticket Exchange.
One of the benefits of using Ticketmaster is that there is close to zero risk of counterfeiting. Ticketmaster puts the onus of fees on the buyer. The payment method used is a bank account.
TicketsNow
TicketsNow is a resale branch owned by TicketMaster, one of the largest ticket sellers in the industry. With TicketsNow, there is a 15% fee for the seller and an 18.5% fee for the buyer.
One of the benefits of using TicketsNow is that if you need to sell tickets last minute, you can put in the barcode numbers of the ticket into TicketsNow and they’ll be listed for sale as electronic delivery, which is convenient for both you and the buyer.
Facebook Groups
If you don’t want to use Facebook Marketplace to sell tickets online, you can choose to sell tickets in Facebook Groups instead. To sell tickets in Facebook Groups, you’ll need to join a group for selling & purchasing tickets.
It’s free to sell your tickets online in a Facebook Group, and you determine the price of your tickets. Selling tickets in a Facebook Group is as simple as just publishing a regular Facebook post.
