"We’ve listened and we hear you: secondary sites just don’t cut it anymore…"
In what is extremely promising news from Ticketmaster UK, the brand have announced they will be shutting down their secondary ticketing sites, GET ME IN! and Seatwave.
"That’s right, we’ve listened and we hear you: secondary sites just don’t cut it anymore and you’re tired of seeing others snap up tickets just to resell for a profit," they've said in a statement, instead presenting a new fan-to-fan ticket exchange on their website, where "you can easily buy tickets or sell tickets you can’t use through our website or app, at the price originally paid or less".
Ticketmaster boss Andrew Parsons expands on the news: “We know that fans are tired of seeing others snap up tickets just to resell for a profit on secondary websites, so we have taken action. Closing down our secondary sites and creating a ticket exchange on Ticketmaster has always been our long-term plan. Selling tickets through Ticketmaster is really simple: We do all the hard work and outline the maximum that can be charged for the ticket – and it doesn’t cost fans a penny to sell them.”
GET ME IN! and Seatwave will officially shut in October, however as of today (August 13) no-one will be able to list any new events on the website.
See more on Ticketmaster's fan-to-fan ticket exchange below:
Other secondary ticketing sites – such as StubHub and Viagogo – are (unfortunately) still active, but here's hoping Ticketmaster's move could potentially encourage these websites, and we can put an end to tickets being sold at massively inflated prices.
