TicketStumbler.com (YC Summer 08): a new way to find tickets
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Do you guys plan to expand into other markets?
I've been complaining there is no decent way to find something to do online (especially if you're visiting a city) for a while.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think some of the best options down here a government run.
BTW, I'd love to see the long tail get taken care of properly. That's what I'm really interested in. I'd probably use a 'what's on tomorrow' page for small shows 100X more then a 'what's on this month' page for $100 + shows.
Any way crack away at the RIAA thing.
We started with sports because the event information is less prone to fluctuation, but currently I consider TS as more of a proof of concept than anything; this technique can be applied to all sorts of categories and we plan to branch out into concerts and theatre as soon as we've worked out the current bugs in the system.
As Dan has said, look for concerts and theatre within a month or two!
Also, what about allowing users to sell their own tickets? I have a PAX badge that I wont be using and would like to give to someone so it doesn't go to waste.
However, Stubhub is pretty great for selling your own tickets. https://www.stubhub.com/sell-tickets/
Email me if you need any help.
Otherwise it is indeed some great work.
We take our users very seriously. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Looks like my stubhub bookmark gets replaced tomorrow. Thanks for letting me know!
Not only do their users tend to visit 3-4 more pages than the average user, we've received a consistent flow of delicious traffic ever since appearing on their front page. http://i37.tinypic.com/20ghaom.png
We have more delicious "adds" than Stubhub. Thanks guys.
More (and better) traffic from you guys than Techcrunch yesterday. Thank you.
Look at Ticketmaster.com. That's what we're going to mirror in many respects with more customization, more accurate geo tracking capabilities, better search (which we already have) and happy customers (instead of TM's angry/disgruntled customers).
Once this happens (hopefully in 1-2 months) please email me and let me know what you think: dan@ticketstumbler.com
They can't list specific tickets (sections, row, seats) for purchase - they assign it all to you after you pick a price level or section and enter the Captcha crapshoot. But I have to hand it to them, they did a really really good job on their new design.
The main problems with the secondary ticket market are fees, stigma and safety, which are our three main priorities. And SEO of course: http://is.gd/1pQx
But it doesn't really matter since we're not doing it for the $$.
Well, we’ve been launched about a week and we’re already profitable. Also, we receive more traffic than about half of them and definitely have one of the better user interfaces.
Luckily this market is so massive that there’s room for many players (e.g. think of all the travel sites out there). Although we like to think we can be the best one. :)
If you're between buyers & sellers because buyers like you, you've got a business model.
Originally, the plan was to stick to Sports tickets for at least a year and then maybe add concerts (if at all). However, right after we launched, despite having "sports" and sports leagues plastered all over our site, more than half our search logs were concert related. Additionally, numerous publications said they would cover us if we had concerts and we received email after email demanding concert and theater listings from our users.
I was actually price hunting for Radiohead tickets for tomorrow in Toronto. ;) I think they are a bit out of my pricerange everywhere, the worst tickets are selling for twice as much as I scalped my extra, amazing tickets for Philly.