By popular demand, FanSnap’s ticket results now include tickets from our newest partner, eBay.

Fans have been buying and selling tickets on eBay almost from the moment the pioneering web site launched.  Many ticket sellers only sell their tickets on eBay, so this announcement means lots of new ticket choices for you.

This brings us to 57 ticketing companies who have integrated with our FanSnap TicketData^sm system, giving “fans of FanSnap” by far the most comprehensive, accurate view of available tickets and prices from the best of the web.  Many, many thanks to the FanSnap and eBay teams that made this possible!

Mike

Before 116 wins, before they knocked the Kingdome down, before Seattle even became a baseball town with the Mariners’ ‘95 playoffs upset of the Yankees, there was Junior.  The Kid.  Ken Griffey.  Watching his acrobatic catches and that sweet swing was the best thing in Seattle besides Ivar’s clam chowder.  One of the sweetest nights was July 28th, 1993.  Griffey had “gone yard” seven games in a row, the Kingdome was rocking, and every TV in the Pacific Northwest was tuned to that night’s game against the Twins.   In the eighth inning, Junior tied Donny Baseball’s 1987 record of homers in eight straight games with a four hundred foot blast.  Seattle exploded in celebration.

I was at my friend Don’s place near Pike Place market.  We had a great time watching Griffey make history, then I left for home.   I promptly found myself in gridlocked traffic downtown for two and a half hours as the town went nuts.

It was worth it.

Welcome back, Junior.  We look forward to opening day!

Mike

Eric Fisher of the SportsBusiness Journal wrote today about FanSnap and our great new partners, Bleacher Report and YardBarker, which display FanSnap results in really useful ways to their amazing sports communities.  In the article, our partners said of our relationship:

““This is another important step in our providing an all-around experience,” said David Nemetz, co-founder of Bleacher Report. “This fits with what a user expects to see on a sports site, but the great thing is that it’s not just a limited stream of inventory from one provider but an open range of options, which fits in directly with our philosophy.”

Said Pete Vlastelica, Yardbarker chief executive, “Aligning with FanSnap was about more than just offering a ticket solution to our users. We can do that with any number of partners. … We think FanSnap has solved some of the hard problems related to searching for tickets on the Web, and they do it with an elegant user interface that delivers satisfying results.””

Thanks Dave, Pete, and Eric!

Mike

Many thanks to James Wagner of the LA Times for the FanSnap “shout-out” in his new article To find a ticket bargain, Los Angeles sports fans need to be patient. He says, “As an alternative, I suggest FanSnap.com, which compiles tickets prices from a multitude of websites” !  You can find the article here.

Charles Knight was kind enough to ask us to author a guest post on his AltSearchEngines blog today.

Our opus starts, “Ticketmaster has been at the center of the news this past week both as a result of Bruce Springsteen’s open letter, and the rumored merger plans with Live Nation.  For those who haven’t been following the industry, or who wonder what all the fuss is about, a little background may be in order…”

The rest follows here .

Thanks, Charles!

Mike

Fortune editor/writer Stephanie Mehta put together a nice article today chronicling the state of the live event tickets market. In it, she outlines how the ticket resale market has gone online, gone ‘legit,” and is rapidly growing.