secondary market Archives - Wakeman Consulting Group

The BIG Ticket: Brokers are Bad. Unless?!

Hi! I’m in Upstate NY for a few days. Spring Break! Hello to all the new subscribers. Thanks to Scott Friedman for plugging the newsletter and sharing some of my notes about the StubHub S-1. I’ve gone through three edits of my analysis of the S-1. I may get it out today. Maybe tomorrow. While […]

The BIG Ticket: Vivid Seats Releases Fourth Quarter Results

Fuck! I bought some stock in Vivid Seats a few years ago. At $10.55. It is at $3.70 right this second. Nothing huge. I just like to have a touch of skin in the game. This is why I don’t buy individual stocks very often! (Not investment advice.) This week, Vivid released its Fourth Quarter […]

February 24, 2025
wakemanconsulting
No Comments

Hi! Fighting a cold today. So I am getting here later than normal. Last week, I had a few things I was looking into because people sent me notes. Then, one floating around the ‘Talking Tickets Slack Channel’ made it onto Twitter. This built off of Friday’s note about antitrust enforcement. And, some questions folks […]

December 14, 2023
wakemanconsulting
No Comments

Hi! Share Talking Tickets! You know me: I’m always looking for an opportunity. I was excited to do a little research for my upcoming secondary market conversation and talk about things ticket brokers love to see when a show goes on-sale when I found this interview with Zac Leigh of Tixel. What drew me in were […]

December 14, 2023
wakemanconsulting
No Comments

(The picture is of Baby Macky after he had found us two tickets on “the walk”.) That’s the question that someone dropped into my inbox after the recent piece I wrote about True Ticket’s report on the secondary market around the world. That got me thinking about the question. I’m going to do a special holiday edition […]

December 5, 2023
wakemanconsulting
No Comments

Hey! I’m doing a “First Wednesdays with Dave on Wednesday” where we talk about planning for 2024. To the Tickets! South Korean official calls ticket scalping “cancerous”: Another example of how differently the secondary market rolls in different parts of the world. Current South Korean law makes resale illegal at public venues, transportation hubs, and […]

October 3, 2023
wakemanconsulting
Comments: 2

Hi! Tomorrow night, Matt Wolff from Ticket Time Machine is hosting a Happy Hour in DC at the Rocket Bar from 5-7. I’ll be there for a few minutes so swing by if you are in the area. My blog was just named one of the top 50 “business growth” blogs in the world by […]

secondary market

The BIG Ticket: Brokers are Bad. Unless?!

The BIG Ticket: Vivid Seats Releases Fourth Quarter Results

The BIG Ticket: Rumors Say: StubHub Could Buy Vivid Seats?

Resale as a Service?!

“What Do Scalpers Love to See in a Ticket On-Sale?”

Total Tickets Looks at the Global Resale Market While a South Korean Official Calls Scalping “Cancerous”!

Is the Art/Team More Important Than the Paying Customer?

…