SeatGeek is a Startup That is Shaking Up Online Ticket Sales
Two major players have long dominated online ticketing: Ticketmaster and StubHub. Ticketmaster controls the market for direct purchase of tickets from venues and performers, while StubHub controls the market for secondhand tickets and resellers. However, a cool product that has recently popped up that might change the online ticketing marketplace up with some innovative features and concepts. This cool product is SeatGeek. SeatGeek does online ticketing, but acts as a search engine rather than a direct seller or reseller. The company aggregates every ticket deal for any live event that it finds on the Internet. Users can search for the best deals in live entertainment from the SeatGeek web page. SeatGeek aggregates ticket deals for sporting events, live music, theater and even comedy shows. The website provides visitors with a simple interface involving a large search bar, similar in design to major web search engines such as Google and Bing. All a user has to do is type in what they are looking for and SeatGeek scours the net for the best possible deal for that event, artist, or venue. It’s unlikely someone will need help to navigate the website with this design, but there are remote tech support services available if someone does have trouble. Read more »
