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SeatGeek is a web application that forecasts sports and concert ticket prices on the secondary market, analogous to what Farecast (now Bing Travel) does for the airline ticket market. For ticket buyers, this application helps them determine whether they should buy a ticket now or wait until the price drops. For sellers, it helps them identify the optimal time to sell their tickets increasing their profits margins. SeatGeek's crawlers have compiled millions of ticket transactions and have also aggregated other factors that influence ticket prices. SeatGeek's patent-pending technology uses this data in an algorithm that accurately predicts ticket prices. SeatGeek currently offers a free version for ticket buyers that they monetize through affiliate fees. In October they are launching a premium subscription service for brokers and other ticket sellers.

News & Updates

Dec
08
SeatGeek and Bloomberg to support 30 treasured arts groups in NYC
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by Harrsion Weber

SeatGeek, a leading ticket search engine based in NY, and Bloomberg Philanthropies, a non-profit foundation by NY Mayor and Entrepreneur Mike Bloomberg, just announced the Discover New York Arts (DNyA) Project. The project hopes to help connect the best performing artists with an entirely new audience, and here’s how they’re going to do it:

Now when anyone visits SeatGeek to search for tickets for anything from a Giants game to the Rockettes at Radio City, they will also be provided information about exciting yet lesser-­‐known arts experiences throughout the five boroughs.

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Oct
21
SeatGeek Launches Columbus Event Discovery Engine
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by Jennifer Van Grove

SeatGeek, makers of an online service that aggregates event tickets in a fashion similar to Kayak, is expanding beyond its humble origins with the beta launch of Columbus, an event discovery engine that uses social data to predict events SeatGeek users might like.

“SeatGeek is best-in-class when you know what event you want to attend, but prior to Columbus, wasn’t great at surfacing new events for the user who wants to find entertainment,” SeatGeek co-founder Russell D’Souza said in an exclusive interview with Mashable.

“So we created Columbus to serve as a dashboard for entertainment options … and you can come back on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.”

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