How to Save on ticket prices

There are two types of ticket sellers: primary and secondary. Always check the primary ticket sellers first; unless the event is not sold out or becomes very unpopular, the ticket prices you can get directly from the primary sellers will often be the best value. Ticketmaster is the most well-known and largest primary seller of event tickets, but there are others such as LiveNation.com and Tickets.com.

The secondary ticket market is a great place to look for either sold-out tickets or for tickets in sections that do not have tickets available directly through the primary ticket sellers. The two largest ticket resellers are StubHub.com (now owned by eBay) and TicketsNow (now owned by Ticketmaster; incidentally, Ticketmaster also has their own ticket reseller program, called TicketExchange). There are many others too -- both national and regional.

There are also other secondary markets like eBay and CraigsList. While these can offer great values, buyer beware. You do not have the same protections that you get with a service like StubHub or TicketsNow, where there is a "middleman" responsible for ensuring that you get the tickets as promised. source>>>

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