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2 Minutes That Will Save You Time & Money on Concert Tickets

“Sold out” is a term concert ticket buyers hear all the time. Sold out used to mean there are no more tickets available to the hottest live events. Not anymore. Today, there is a thriving ticket market – much like the stock market – where fans and professionals buy and sell tickets right up to the start of the event. (check concert tickets on FanSnap)

“Sold out” is now a term that refers to tickets sold on the “primary market,” which means from the box office. Most fans know that scoring tickets to the hottest events through the box office can be a bit like winning the lottery. Dedicated fans might join fan clubs or sign up for credit cards that have pre-sales in the hopes of getting tickets to their favorite band prior to when the tickets go on sale to the general public. When the tickets do go on sale to the general public, there just aren’t that many left so they can sell fast.

It’s usually at this point that fans turn to the ticket market. There’s no shortage of websites where fans can find tickets. The better question for fans isn’t where to find tickets, but rather, where can fans find tickets at the best value.

FanSnap is a ticket search engine that was designed to make it fast and easy for fans to find exactly the tickets they want – at the best value. FanSnap searches dozens of ticket sites representing hundreds of thousands of ticket sellers. This ensures fans are getting a comprehensive look at the market.

FanSnap then plots the tickets on a map of the venue — by row — so fans can see all the available tickets at once as well as see the price of each ticket. Some ticket sellers are highly motivated and offer great values compared to other available tickets. Other ticket sellers fully plan on attending the event but list their tickets for sale just to see if someone will offer top dollar.

For most events, within any given section, there are 25% to 50% and even 100% differences in prices. FanSnap makes these huge variations in asking prices obvious via our color-coded FanSnap Maps. This way fans can easily see where the best values are – just by looking at the map. We then take finding best values a step further by calculating the price variations of every ticket in the venue. This lets us show the tickets that are prices lowest compared to the surrounding tickets. We designate those tickets with blue stars on our FanSnap Maps to make it even easier for fans to buy best values.

Next time you’re looking for concert tickets, check out FanSnap first.

Christian

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