Comments on: 13 Reasons to Become a Ticket Broker http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/ Soccer Mom By Day...Ticket Broker By Night Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:09:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: susan http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-81 susan Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:33:12 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-81 is it customary to tip a broker, and if so, how much? is it customary to tip a broker, and if so, how much?

]]> By: admin http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-33 admin Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:53:39 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-33 Excellent point Aaron! Most Brokers sell a good bit of other Broker's tickets. So if you call me and I don't have it in stock, I call another Broker, and complete the sale. Sometimes this results in an additional mark up on the tickets - other times, the Broker you called just gets a commission from the Broker who actually has the tickets. Jessica PS...thanks for the email about the bug on my site! Excellent point Aaron! Most Brokers sell a good bit of other Broker’s tickets. So if you call me and I don’t have it in stock, I call another Broker, and complete the sale. Sometimes this results in an additional mark up on the tickets - other times, the Broker you called just gets a commission from the Broker who actually has the tickets.

Jessica

PS…thanks for the email about the bug on my site!

]]> By: admin http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-32 admin Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:50:54 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-32 Rick: Thanks for your comment. As far as your question how Brokers get 100's or 1000's of tickets for a show - the answer is that no single Broker buys that many tickets. The same 4 ticket rule applies for us on shows. The difference is - big brokers may have a staff of 10 people buying tickets at once. Small time brokers like me use 2-3 credit cards and have friends and family call buying tickets. The other thing most people don't know is that most ticket sites on the web are a combination of multiple sites. So the same tickets posted for sale on site A are also on B and C. So what looks like 10 sites with 100 tickets each is suall just 100 tickets relisted. Hannah Montana did not sell out due to brokers. Most Brokers had no idea until after it was too late what a hot tickets this was. The simple truth is that Hannah Montana has more fans than they sold tickets. I really beleive she is a bigger hot than even Disney or her management group knew - otherwise they would have had more shows. The only true Monopoly is Ticketmaster. They are the only groups that made money on every ticket. As for getting started, subscribe to my newsletter and be the first to know each week what is going on sale. Read the other posts to learn strategy and technique. If you are serious - join one of the sites that published event info and also has expert predictions on what to to buy for each event. If you have specific questions - let me know! Thanks! Jessica Rick:

Thanks for your comment.

As far as your question how Brokers get 100’s or 1000’s of tickets for a show - the answer is that no single Broker buys that many tickets. The same 4 ticket rule applies for us on shows. The difference is - big brokers may have a staff of 10 people buying tickets at once. Small time brokers like me use 2-3 credit cards and have friends and family call buying tickets.

The other thing most people don’t know is that most ticket sites on the web are a combination of multiple sites. So the same tickets posted for sale on site A are also on B and C. So what looks like 10 sites with 100 tickets each is suall just 100 tickets relisted.

Hannah Montana did not sell out due to brokers. Most Brokers had no idea until after it was too late what a hot tickets this was. The simple truth is that Hannah Montana has more fans than they sold tickets. I really beleive she is a bigger hot than even Disney or her management group knew - otherwise they would have had more shows.

The only true Monopoly is Ticketmaster. They are the only groups that made money on every ticket.

As for getting started, subscribe to my newsletter and be the first to know each week what is going on sale. Read the other posts to learn strategy and technique. If you are serious - join one of the sites that published event info and also has expert predictions on what to to buy for each event.

If you have specific questions - let me know! Thanks! Jessica

]]> By: Aaron http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-29 Aaron Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:57:12 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-29 She doesn't own 100's of Hannah Montana, she's listing tickets from other brokers as well as her own and making a cut of the sales if she sells the others. She might not even have any, just like you. She doesn’t own 100’s of Hannah Montana, she’s listing tickets from other brokers as well as her own and making a cut of the sales if she sells the others.

She might not even have any, just like you.

]]> By: Rick Beechy http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-26 Rick Beechy Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-26 I have a comment and a question. I own a business and I agree with everything you said. What I don't understand is how you as a broker get 100's or even 1000's of tickets to the Hannah Montana concert when I can't get 2 and they sell out in 3 minutes. I have to get a code to buy a max of 4 meanwhile you have 100's. It feels like a monopoly. Now, suppose I want to become a broker in my sparetime. I meet all your requirements but what do I do next and how do I get the opportunity to buy the front row tix like you do I have a comment and a question. I own a business and I agree with everything you said. What I don’t understand is how you as a broker get 100’s or even 1000’s of tickets to the Hannah Montana concert when I can’t get 2 and they sell out in 3 minutes. I have to get a code to buy a max of 4 meanwhile you have 100’s. It feels like a monopoly. Now, suppose I want to become a broker in my sparetime. I meet all your requirements but what do I do next and how do I get the opportunity to buy the front row tix like you do

]]> By: Jeff Gold - Buy Tickets Pro http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-19 Jeff Gold - Buy Tickets Pro Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:26:42 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-19 Selling tickets online can be a great source of income, if one puts the work into it. Great post! Selling tickets online can be a great source of income, if one puts the work into it. Great post!

]]> By: bloggingzoom.com http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-16 bloggingzoom.com Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:36:27 +0000 http://www.ticketstrategies.com/2007/11/05/13-reasons-to-become-a-ticket-broker/#comment-16 <strong>13 Reasons to Become a Ticket Broker...</strong> If you're making a ton on Adsense, or have more money than you need, there is no reason to read this article. Jessica takes a departure from her normal posts about Buying Tickets, and suggests there are 13 reasons you should become a Ticket Broker. ... 13 Reasons to Become a Ticket Broker…

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