Buying Tickets
It’s 9:55 AM and you’re sitting in front of your laptop, waiting for the clock to strike 10:00 AM. You’ve got the event page open, the seats all picked out in your mind, knowing full well where you want to sit and who is going to be joining you.
Your friends are waiting for that text message saying you managed to lock down those tickets and you’re all about to have the best time of your lives. Nothing will stop you from seeing your idol in concert!
9:59:59 AM
Away you go with refreshing the page, trying to be first in line to search for tickets.
By 10:10 AM, you feel like the entire world has come crashing down as you couldn’t even manage to secure a single ticket. You do a quick Google search and see the same tickets you were trying to buy listed for hundreds or thousands of dollars on secondary market websites.
Dejected and ticketless, you close your laptop screen and proceed to draft that depressing text message to your friends telling them the dream is dead. No fun for you. No fun for anyone!
What went wrong?
What just happened here? Let’s review some of the most common mistakes:
- You only used your computer/laptop to perform the ticket search
- Your friends all relied on you to find tickets
- You refreshed the ticket page but it didn’t load the ticket search page right away, so you refreshed again
- You typed in the presale code
- You selected a price point and seating category in the search criteria
Some/none/all of these things apply? Let’s just blame the bots!
Unfortunately, the blame game doesn’t really help with your current situation. No tickets simply means no fun, and nobody is about that life here. If you are though…you’ve certainly come to the wrong place. Why would you want to have no fun, when you can have all the fun?
How to Prepare
There is obviously no way to guarantee tickets on the primary market, but if you can set yourself up for success beforehand, you’ll have a leg up on the competition once the next must-see concert or event goes on sale. The best way to do this is by:
- a) Thinking like a ticket broker to learn the ins and outs of searching for tickets through Ticketmaster and other primary ticket websites
- b) Staying informed with upcoming technology, trends, and relevant industry information
- c) Navigating through secondary ticket websites to find the best deals
If you’re looking to develop these necessary skills to secure tickets for your favourite artists, teams, or Broadway productions, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll learn the methods necessary to not only search for tickets like a ticket broker, you’ll even be able to think like one! Should you just use the knowledge to get into that Taylor Swift concert at face value though, that is still living the More Fun Life. Be the hero your friends know you are!
Welcome to the jungle of More Tickets More Fun. Are you ready to embark on the journey that will change your ticket-buying experience forever?
Let’s roll.
