Disclaimer: This process is newer to me but I’ve become pretty fascinated with it as I’ve learned and experienced both buying and selling on secondary tix mkt. I have bought and sold tickets (both private and using Stub Hub & Vivid) so I have experience, but am far from an expert so take this post for what it is worth.
In looking at this forum, I’m seeing a lot of efforts heading for failure on this exchange board. I’m hoping this might help out some fellow Cyclones.
Another disclaimer. I had awesome luck with selling my section 208 tickets this morning for session 1. Before I got home from dropping off the tickets, I got an email from Stubhub that they’d been sold . I haven’t got anything yet for my session 2 or 3. There is less demand for session 2 (you’ll see that when you access their website and it helps you price your tickets) , so I may go back into the website and lower price this evening. I’m going to wait on session 3….a lot will depend there on which teams wins on Thursday. I did hold back a couple tix for session 3 as I'll be downtown Saturday and will just try to sell myself.
Hope this is helpful for some. I just hate to see people get stuck with tickets or taking too big a hit so wanted to share my experiences…especially if some are hoping to help fund Tulsa trip with this. It is a bit painful giving StubHub 10% of the purchase price, but your potential buyer pool is large enough that ideally you make that up vs what you can get trying to sell yourself.
In looking at this forum, I’m seeing a lot of efforts heading for failure on this exchange board. I’m hoping this might help out some fellow Cyclones.
- If you are trying to sell your entire strip of tickets still, I think that ship has already sailed. I could certainly be wrong, but IMO at this point the market is probably looking to buy tickets session by session.
- The market of Cyclone fans wanting tickets to the games in Des Moines is probably tapped out ….except for some looking for huge bargains. Do you want to be a seller in that scenario? That is the audience you are trying to tap into here .
- At this point, I’d consider using a secondary market seller. I only have experience with Vivid and Stub Hub. It is too late to use Vivid as they don’t seem to have a team on the ground in Des Moines (which is needed since the tickets are physical, not electronic). Stub Hub does have a temp office open in one of the conference rooms in the Hampton Inn in downtown Des Moines. The is the method used to transfer tickets from sellers to buyers when physical tickets are involved. The key - at this point, you have to get your tickets dropped off at their table at the Hampton Inn before they’ll post your tickets on their site. You can post your ad on Stub Hub before you get there…it will just stay pending until they have tickets in hand. As soon as I gave them my ticket this morning, the activated my ad….as I was standing there.
Another disclaimer. I had awesome luck with selling my section 208 tickets this morning for session 1. Before I got home from dropping off the tickets, I got an email from Stubhub that they’d been sold . I haven’t got anything yet for my session 2 or 3. There is less demand for session 2 (you’ll see that when you access their website and it helps you price your tickets) , so I may go back into the website and lower price this evening. I’m going to wait on session 3….a lot will depend there on which teams wins on Thursday. I did hold back a couple tix for session 3 as I'll be downtown Saturday and will just try to sell myself.
Hope this is helpful for some. I just hate to see people get stuck with tickets or taking too big a hit so wanted to share my experiences…especially if some are hoping to help fund Tulsa trip with this. It is a bit painful giving StubHub 10% of the purchase price, but your potential buyer pool is large enough that ideally you make that up vs what you can get trying to sell yourself.
