What Is a Ticket Broker?
A ticket broker sells tickets for various events that are available at a particular venue. What sets them apart from ticket agencies is that for a fee varying from $5 to $20, a ticket broker is quite often able to obtain seats for a buyer to an event that is advertised as being sold out. In addition, a ticket broker can sometimes arrange for a buyer to receive better seating that he could have gotten by purchasing the tickets through a ticket agency.
Ticket brokers are required to be licensed in the state in which they operate. This provides a bit of protection to those that are purchasing from them. While it may cost you a bit more to work with a broker, you still have the advantage that they are able to provide you with hard to get and very good seating for events that you are interested in.
How many events have you attended that was advertised as a “sell out” only to get there and find the arena only half or three-quarters full? Either that or the ticket agency told you there were no tickets available, but you took a chance at the door, bought the “last” seat in the highest area of the arena and found there was plenty of “select” seating remaining? These are the kind of event attendees that the ticket brokers service many times, namely those who are willing to pay a little more money in order to secure one of the “sold out” seats.
Ticket brokers often hold season tickets to events or have the ability to purchase large amounts of tickets and then sell them to those that would otherwise not been able to get into the event.
Provided you check out the reputation of the ticket broker with whom you decide to do business, you will benefit from the experience by being able to purchase tickets to events that you may otherwise have thought had no remaining seats to be purchased. Use the methods that are available such as the Better Business Bureau and recommendations of friends, and you will be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.