Last week, we unveiled a list of brand new features on the latest version of the Beta Skiddle Promotion Centre (version 1.20). In this latest update, we’ll be running you through each of those recently made available facilities, explaining exactly what the new features mean for you and your events, how they can be used…
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Planning to run your own event? Looking to use social media sites, the likes of Facebook, to get the word out? If you answered ‘yes’ to both questions, we highly recommend making use of Facebook’s paid ads feature. Whether it be a stand up comedy show, a vintage craft or antique fair, a brunch event,…
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Image: Justin Bieber The House of Lords has proposed a number of changes to the Digital Economy Bill, which would have grave consequences for touts. The amendments (which you can read here) look to be a clear firming of the government’s policy towards the morality of secondary selling, the key one being people being outlawed…
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Photo: Robbie Williams Despite signing a Harvey Goldsmith petition which deplored the practices of the secondary ticketing market and its industrial scale exploitation of fans, it’s been alleged that Robbie Williams and his management team ie:music has been putting tickets for the singer’s upcoming tour directly onto Get Me In and Seatwave, at inflated prices. As investigated by the Victoria Deryshire…
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Photo: FanFair The world of the ticket tout, built on profiteering by shamlessly ripping off genuine music fans is being shaken once again with the arrival of the FanFair Alliance Declaration. Established earlier this year, FanFair was launched to bring together all those in the industry that stood opposed to the activities of touts on…
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Photo: Karen Bradley Credit: Flickr Following the discussion on the secondary ticketing market in parliament last month, culture secretary Karen Bradley has bowed to urges from the Culture, Media and Sport commitee to raise the issue with the Tax Office and investigate the suspected under-reporting of revenue from the sector. This comes after an investiagtion by…
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Image: Music Managers Forum The Parliamentary debate on secondary ticketing took place earlier today, involving questioning of three different panels with various stakeholders within the industry. The two-hour conference overran by close to forty minutes, and was essential viewing for anyone interested in a better policing of the secondary ticketing market – something we’ve been…
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Photo: Theresa May As leading musicians get collectively angrier about the secondary ticketing market and its exploitation of genuine music fans, new government legislation, if passed, could mean that touts using online ‘bots’ to secure vast quantities of highly sought after tickets could face jail time as a consequence of their actions. Following recent outrage from acts like…
Read MoreIn our quest to make customers and promoters as happy as possible whilst at the same time take away the power of the ticket tout (read about what else we’re doing about that here), we’re proud to launch an exciting new ticketing feature, Re:Sell, that allows ticket buyers to sell on unwanted tickets for sold…
Read MoreOn the back of growing public outcry over the extortionate reselling of gig tickets for bands like Radiohead and Adele, the government has just released an independent, 227 page review assessing the issues within the secondary ticketing market, detailing where touts and scalpers are causing the most damage, and what responsibilities secondary ticketing websites have…
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