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Phish Summer Tour 2009 - Another Sure Thing

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:05:07 +0000

So again, it’s been a very long time since I last posted. I apologize for the lack of recent posts, but I appreciate the continued emails and support. My last post about Phish in Hampton, VA received the most hits over a few week period of any post I’ve ever written. That fact, combined with the [...]

Phish tickets at Hampton Coliseum - a sure thing

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:07:21 +0000

So it’s been a REALLY long time since I last posted, but unfortunately I’ve been totally preoccupied with other ventures lately and haven’t had a chance to write. This event just came across my radar and I thought it was worth briefly posting about. Phish is playing three nights at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton Virginia [...]

When is the Best Time to Sell My Tickets?

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:18:20 +0000

I get the question “when is the best time to sell my tickets?” a lot, and while it’s not an exact science, I thought I’d take a stab at answering it. Ticket brokerage is really all just simple supply and demand. To maximize your price, you want to sell when supply is low but demand [...]

The End of Ticket Brokerage As We Know It?

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:55:02 +0000

Well, that may be a bit of a stretch, and it certainly won’t happen anytime soon, but a start-up company called qcue is developing software that may help primary ticket sellers (such as Ticketmaster) more effectively price tickets from the start. This could essentially do away with the arbitrage opportunity that ticket brokers exploit - [...]

Radiohead Presale Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:35:04 +0000

Radiohead is playing two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on August 24th and 25th. There is a KROQ radio station ticket presale taking place on Friday 4/11 at 10am PT, here are the details for the Hollywood Bowl Radiohead presale: Presale Password: fishes Ticketmaster On Sale Page for 8/24 Ticketmaster On Sale Page [...]

Death Cab for Cutie Ticket Presales

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:36:44 +0000

I just got an email update announcing new Death Cab for Cutie tour dates in May and June with corresponding ticket presales and thought I’d share. Death Cab ticket sales have been surprisingly strong thus far in the tour, even in some of the larger venues, and I expect some of these shows [...]

Top Selling Tickets - Week of 3/23/08

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:05:59 +0000

As an update to my post a couple weeks ago on the top selling tickets, here’s an update as reported by Ticket News. The top selling event tickets for the week of 3/23 are as follows: 1. Wicked 2. Jimmy Buffett 3. Jersey Boys [...]

Philadelphia Flyers Playoff Ticket Presale

admin — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:07:40 +0000

As a broker, I never focused much on hockey ticket sales (and I’ve been away from it for a while now) so I’m not sure how they’ll do for resale, but there is a Philadelphia Flyers playoff ticket presale going on right now that is not supposed to start until tomorrow (Friday 3/28). I just [...]

Ticketmaster American Express Gold Card Presales

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:31:23 +0000

If you’ve spent any reasonable amount of time on ticketmaster.com you’ve noticed the multitude of American Express Gold Card presales. Ticketmaster has a partnership in place with American Express where they offer presale tickets to Amex gold level cardholders for many popular events. This is a great perk for Amex gold card members, [...]

Using eBay Sellers to Research Events to Sell

admin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:44:11 +0000

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from new ticket sellers is “how do I find out which events to buy and sell tickets for?” I’ll cover a number of excellent ways to research which events to buy for in upcoming posts, but one great way is to see what successful eBay [...]