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Vivid Seats

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Author: Kalicia Bateman

LAST UPDATED: April 17th, 2022

Vivid Seats is a wide-ranging ticket reselling service, with access to all kinds of concert, theater, and sporting event tickets. It offers a buyer guarantee that its tickets will work and customer service via phone and chat. 

Vivid Seats formed in 2001 to provide fans with a safe and secure way to find affordable tickets to your favorite events. It has processed more than $1 billion in successful ticket transactions and successfully sends tens of thousands of fans to their favorite live events each and every day.

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The Good

  • Variety of Events
  • Skybox Tool for Ticket Sellers
  • Respectable Partners
  • Insurance & Guarantees

Variety of Events

As a resale platform, Vivid Seats has a wide range of events to choose from, including concert and theater tickets, as well as professional and college-level sports and one-time events, like monster truck rallies.

Some events that Vivid Seats specializes:

  • Sporting Events- Basketball, Football, Hockey, Rugby, Baseball, and more.
  • Concert Tours- Find tour dates and purchase tickets to hundreds of concerts throughout the year.
  • Theater Tickets- Buy mobile tickets for you and your family for shows like Dear Evan Hansen and Hamilton.
  • Local Events- Buy or sell tickets to a local festival or state fair.

Skybox Tool for Ticket Sellers

Unlike scalpers who must go and stand outside of the stadium buying and selling tickets, Vivid Seats has created a quick and straightforward way to sell your unused tickets. Both buyers and sellers can set up a personalized account through Vivid Seats. Sellers have the advantage of SkyBox by Vivid Seats, a free cloud-based tool that helps manage, price and sell your tickets. The software also integrates with StubHub and TicketMaster to allow consumers to manage multiple ticket sale accounts. 

It is entirely free to list your tickets on the site. When they sell, Vivid Seats will take a 10% commission. If you don't want to lose 10% from your original price, you have the freedom to set the price on your tickets and can charge that extra in the cost of your ticket.

Respectable Partners

A boost to the site’s credibility is their status as the official ticket partner for ESPN and many more fan-favorite organizations and teams. These partnerships allow for exclusive ticket and fan event programs. 

Insurance, Guarantees & Promos

Although ticket insurance isn’t available on every purchase, it is available for many through a third-party ticket insurance company. Pay attention at checkout to see if your ticket is eligible for this.

Vivid Seats offers a 100 percent Buyer Guarantee to ensure order accuracy, buyer privacy, and timely delivery of your tickets. This guarantee is for any ticket including concert tickets and sporting events. If tickets aren’t delivered in time, there is a money-back guarantee offering a full refund. 

Its ticket prices for its events consist of the service fees and the original price of the ticket, much like its competitors, but its buyer guarantee keeps many feeling secure with their purchase.

A Vivid Seats coupon, discount, or promo code is offered periodically through the company’s newsletter or via push notifications on the Vivid Seats app.

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The Bad

  • No Return or Exchange Policies
  • Vivid Seats Fee

No Return or Exchange Policies

All purchases are final sale. They cannot be returned or exchanged. If you are unable to attend your event, you will want to keep in mind that this is a ticket resale platform. If you cannot use your tickets, you can always resell them through the site. 

To clarify: Though tickets are final sale, the company still employs a buyer guarantee. If your event is canceled, you will be refunded. 

Vivid Seats Fee

Similar to other ticket reseller websites, Vivid Seats has a service fee that ranges from 20%-40%. Although this is high, this is also expected. Many online ticket sellers must charge these fees to ensure that its company will make a profit. Compared to the industry Vivid Seats fee is a little above average, but you also get all of the added perks of a secure company rather than risking fake tickets or significant issues.

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The Bottom Line

Vivid Seats offers many benefits, including official ticket partnerships, a large variety of ticket offerings, and easy-to-use software for sellers. So, if you are looking to find an Official Chicago Bears Ultimate Fan Package, or looking to resell unwanted tickets, this is a good option. The one thing to keep in mind is that all sales are final. 

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Kendra Hurd Highland, MI

I placed two orders within minutes of each other. Received in a reasonable amount of time a confirmation link to download the first ticket order. Now I’ve been waiting interminably long for the second one despite the tickets having been released by the venue, the seller has not released them to me. We are now needing to resell the tickets because of the Covid Delta variant and customer service will not reach out to the seller of the second order and ask them to immediately send us the tickets! The only timing guarantee is that I will get them by September 13, 2 days before the concert and that makes it highly unlikely to resell them. Arghhhhh. Not happy.

5 years ago

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Robert Hill

THIS ISSUE WAS RESOLVED AFTER POSTING THIS REVIEW I bought a ticket from VividSeats and they were unable to provide it, despite their "100% Buyer Guarantee". Customer service was very apologetic and provided me with a credit for a future order, as well as reimbursing me for what I paid. I was impressed by this, although when I then tried to use the credit, I was told the credit had expired and was no good. Customer service was no help this time, telling me it was my fault for not using the credit sooner. I was never told of any restrictions on the credit, including how long it was valid for. VividSeat buyers beware.

9 years ago

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N Canecel Secaucus, NJ

Noel assisted me with my tickets. I instructed him to add ticket protection which he said he would and it would be billed separately. I waited an hour to be notified by my credit card and it was not. So I reached out to Vivid Seats to see what was going on with it. I sent several emails and all the replies stated Noel did not sign me up for ticket protection and that it was to late to do so. I asked them to listen to our conversation and they could hear me asking for it. But that did not matter, Vivid will not help me. Kimberley

5 years ago

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Lisa Fitzgerald Chicago, IL

I"m sure they are fine if you don't have an issue. I had a typo in my email that I submitted -- there seemed to be no way to fix the problem easily . I"m sure I'm not the first person to have this issue -- I never got the ticket -- thank goodness it was only a VIP parking ticket - and the venue let me in with the printed receipt. I never got to talk to a human -- just chat on line.

5 years ago

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John Saraceno Chadds Ford, PA

Disappointed that I could not combine shipping on tickets I had to purchase individually. I received 4 out of 7 tickets from the same vendor and paid $14.95 per ticket to ship. How do I know they were from the same vendor? I purchased individual parking passes from a season pass holder. The venue puts an audit number on each ticket, sort of like a customer number. 4/7 were the same.

7 years ago

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Chip B Duanesburg, NY

Connor was very helpful. I was having a hard time getting the online order, so I called, and he helped guide me through and got my tickets. The only issue I have with Vivid Seats is my computer and phone is now loaded with their ads. Every page I go to there is a swarm of their ads circling like buzzards awaiting their prey! Not very conducive for becoming a repeat customer

7 years ago

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Judy Weiszhaar Idaho Falls, ID

Tickets I was.looking at I believe we're about $53. I asked Mark if the Thankful19 promo code would be applied and he said yes. That would make them $32. Add on the $15 ticket fee for 47. My confirmation shows each ticket was $64. How does that work out? Not very happy!

6 years ago

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Steve M Aurora, IL

A 10 percent discount email was sent to me with no restrictions; however, the sales associate that I called would not honor it.

4 years ago

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Don Eaton Moss Beach, CA

The service fees of $95.19 PER TICKET are OUTLANDISH.

5 years ago