Can you sell tickets on Facebook Marketplace?
Meta lists event tickets as a restricted item on Marketplace, not a banned one. What that means for a seller, and the safer places to list instead.
Yes, with limits. Meta keeps two lists for Marketplace: items it prohibits and items it restricts. Event tickets sit on the restricted list, next to gift cards. A restricted item can appear, but Meta applies extra rules to it, and a listing can come down.
What a seller gives up
A resale marketplace stands between you and the buyer. It takes the payment, checks that the tickets arrive and pays you after the event. On Facebook you handle all of that yourself, with a stranger, and nobody steps in if the payment bounces after you have sent the tickets.
That is the trade: no seller fee, against no protection. For a pair of cheap seats to a friend of a friend, it can be fine. For anything you would hate to lose, it isn’t.
The safer places to list
Five resale marketplaces carry 230,084 listings across the 50 events on this site, each counted on its own marketplace. The busiest are SeatGeek at 47.2% and Vivid Seats at 22.6%. StubHub, Vivid Seats, Ticketmaster and Gametime all pay sellers after the event, which is what lets them protect both sides.
Pick yours with the shortlist tool, and read how to sell tickets safely if you go the private route anyway.