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Entries from March 2008

Death Cab for Cutie Ticket Presales

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I just got an email update announcing new Death Cab for Cutie tour dates in May and June with corresponding ticket presales and thought I’d share. Death Cab ticket sales have been surprisingly strong thus far in the tour, even in some of the larger venues, and I expect some of these shows […]

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Top Selling Tickets - Week of 3/23/08

March 28th, 2008 · No Comments

As an update to my post a couple weeks ago on the top selling tickets, here’s an update as reported by Ticket News. The top selling event tickets for the week of 3/23 are as follows:
1. Wicked
2. Jimmy Buffett
3. Jersey Boys
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Tags: Top Sellers

Philadelphia Flyers Playoff Ticket Presale

March 27th, 2008 · No Comments

As a broker, I never focused much on hockey ticket sales  (and I’ve been away from it for a while now) so I’m not sure how they’ll do for resale, but there is a Philadelphia Flyers playoff ticket presale going on right now that is not supposed to start until tomorrow (Friday 3/28).  I just […]

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Tags: Presales

Ticketmaster American Express Gold Card Presales

March 26th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’ve spent any reasonable amount of time on ticketmaster.com you’ve noticed the multitude of American Express Gold Card presales. Ticketmaster has a partnership in place with American Express where they offer presale tickets to Amex gold level cardholders for many popular events. This is a great perk for Amex gold card members, […]

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Tags: Presales · Ticketmaster Tricks

Using eBay Sellers to Research Events to Sell

March 20th, 2008 · No Comments

One of the most frequently asked questions I get from new ticket sellers is “how do I find out which events to buy and sell tickets for?” I’ll cover a number of excellent ways to research which events to buy for in upcoming posts, but one great way is to see what successful eBay […]

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Tags: Research Events · eBay

Presale - Death Cab for Cutie at Red Rocks

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I only have a couple minutes to write as I’m about to board a flight, but I just got an email about this Death Cab for Cutie presale for their show at Red Rocks in Colorado. Tickets have been selling well for the shows that have gone onsale so far this tour (mostly […]

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Tags: Event Tips

Yahoo! Search Marketing $100 Off

March 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I recently came across this $100 off credit that Yahoo! Search Marketing is offering to any new advertisers on their search engine. I have never seen a credit of more than $25 or $50, so this is a great way to get $100 in free clicks to your website.
For those who aren’t familiar, search […]

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Tags: Coupons & Discounts

Hannah Montana Law in New York City?

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Despite bigger problems in New York such as Governor Eliot Spitzer allegedly spending $80,000 on a high end prostitution ring, New York City councilman Leroy Comrie has proposed new legislation dubbed “The Hannah Montana Bill” that would ‘protect’ consumers from ticketing shortfalls for popular events.
TicketNews reports that
Under Comrie’s proposed bill, publicly funded venues would be […]

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Top Selling Tickets - Week of 3/9/08

March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As reported by Ticket News, the top selling event tickets for the week of 3/9 are as follows:
1. Wicked
2. New York Yankees
3. Jimmy Buffett
4. James Taylor
5. Jersey Boys
6. Kenny Chesney
[…]

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Tags: Top Sellers

StubHub $10 Off Coupon

March 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Occasionally I’ll post any relevant ticket coupons or discounts that I stumble across on the web. While I generally prefer to buy tickets for any events that I attend directly from Ticketmaster, occasionally when I don’t get the tickets that I want, I buy my tickets from secondary ticket sources just like everyone else. […]

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Tags: Coupons & Discounts