Bought on Ticketmaster? Where you can resell them
Tickets in a Ticketmaster account have two ways out: Ticketmaster’s own resale, where the buyer gets the tickets without you lifting a finger, or any marketplace that takes a transfer. The organizer decides which doors are open.
Shortlist for tickets bought on TicketmasterWhere Ticketmaster has the most listings
Where they can go
Ticketmaster resale. List from the Sell button in your account. When the tickets sell, Ticketmaster sends them to the buyer for you. Two tickets always sell as a pair, and nine or more can sell in any quantity. Tickets that haven’t sold by the resale deadline come back to your account.
Other marketplaces. SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, StubHub and TickPick take tickets you can hand over after the sale. With Ticketmaster tickets that usually means a transfer from your account to the buyer’s email. On Vivid Seats, 96% of the 51,918 listings on this site’s events say the tickets arrive by mobile transfer.
Gametime. Its fan resale takes only tickets bought on Gametime, so Ticketmaster tickets can’t go there.
How much of the market Ticketmaster resale holds
Football is where Ticketmaster resale is biggest. It carries 34.7% of the listings across the 7 NFL games on this site and has the most listings for 7 of them, because Ticketmaster runs the NFL Ticket Exchange. For college basketball games and concerts its share is 4.6% and 2.8%.
| Event type | Events | Listings | Share of listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| NFL | 7 | 18,330 | 34.7% |
| College football | 6 | 3,640 | 17.4% |
| NBA | 5 | 4,336 | 13.3% |
| NHL | 5 | 1,825 | 6.5% |
| College basketball | 4 | 746 | 4.6% |
| Concerts | 10 | 2,026 | 2.8% |
When the transfer button is missing
Event organizers decide how and when tickets can be resold on Ticketmaster, and resale may open closer to the event. Check the order now and then: the Sell button appears once resale is on. Organizers can also lock transfer, which keeps the tickets inside Ticketmaster.
Ticketmaster’s own business site says turning off ticket transfer is illegal in New York, Illinois, Colorado, Virginia, Utah and Connecticut. Our guide to tickets you can’t resell covers locked tickets in full.
Artists who want to stop high resale prices can turn on Face Value Exchange, where tickets resell at face value and Ticketmaster charges no resale fees.
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Questions sellers ask
Why can’t I resell my tickets on Ticketmaster?
The event organizer decides whether and when resale opens on Ticketmaster, and it may open closer to the event. Ticketmaster also offers no resale for events where it is not the primary ticket provider.
What is the best way to resell Ticketmaster tickets?
If the Sell button shows, Ticketmaster resale is the least work because Ticketmaster delivers the tickets for you. If you can transfer them, a marketplace with more sellers for your kind of event reaches more buyers. The shortlist tool ranks them by listing share.
Why are my tickets not able to resell?
Organizers can turn resale off for a whole event, for parts of the venue or for ticket types. Unsold tickets also come back to your account at the resale deadline.