Instant offers and cash buyers: sell now or list it yourself?
Ticketmaster shows offers from independent third parties on some events, and cash buyers will take tickets outright. When a fast sale beats a listing.
Sometimes you don’t want to list and wait. Two shortcuts exist: an offer inside Ticketmaster, and a cash buyer who takes the tickets outright. Both trade price for speed.
Ticketmaster offers
On some events, the Sell flow shows an offer you can accept right away. Ticketmaster says the offers “are received from trusted, independent third parties,” and that it “does not set the offer price, create the offers, or purchase the tickets when an offer is accepted.” Offers are not available on all events, and if you pass, Ticketmaster can’t promise another before the event. The payout arrives typically within 7 business days after the event, the same as a regular resale.
Cash buyers
Brokers who advertise “we buy tickets” pay you directly and resell the seats themselves. Their offer has to leave room for their own profit, so it sits below what the tickets list for.
How to judge an offer
- Compare it with the lowest all-in price for your event. For Usher and Chris Brown, the lowest all-in price was $66 on Ticketmaster resale, buyer fees included. An offer far below that is the cost of speed.
- Count the fees. A listing pays you its price minus the seller fee; an offer is usually the number you get.
- Count the days. If the event is weeks away and the tickets are in a busy section, a listing has time to sell.
- Take the offer when time is short, the event is soft, or you simply want it done.
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