Scalping

NSW Fair Trading claims it has already received 36 complaints against the controversial ticket resale platform in 2021.

Anti-touting group FEAT (Face-value European Alliance for Ticketing) has published a guide for agents and promoters to stop scalping. Stop Touting: A Guide to Personalised Tickets in Europe features…

Viagogo have issued a response to recent attempts by members of the Australian music industry to have the controversial resale site banned. It's no secret that Viagogo have a reputation as one of the…

Live Nation's ticketing giant Ticketmaster is investing in blockchain technology. The ticketing software and services company has acquired live events blockchain platform UPGRADED, which makes…

Ticketmaster U.S. has rejected claims that it is effectively colluding with scalpers through a software program that makes it easier for bulk buyers to resell thousands of tickets on the secondary…

Ticketmaster's allegedly deep entanglement in ticket scalping will be tested in a United States court. As previously reported, an undercover investigation published by Canada’s CBC and the Toronto…

Music fans hoping to attend this year's Meredith Music Festival will be given a bit of extra protection from the Victorian Government, amping up penalties for scalpers after declaring the festival "a…

New legislation in the UK makes it a crime to use automated software bots to scoop up concert and sporting tickets.

AXS Marketplace allows fans to resell unwanted tickets, but only at face value with a maximum 10% admin fee. It also simplifies the process of transferring names.

Ticket scalping is currently the biggest threat to Australia's live music industry. The fight is being fought in the public eye with music fans on the sidelines; and it's already hit one reseller,…