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Policy overview
You can resell tickets to entertainment events, including sporting events, concerts, and plays. However, when you list a ticket on eBay, you're responsible for making sure that selling your item doesn't violate any applicable laws. Make sure that you follow the specific guidelines for ticket resale prices in your area.
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Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.
What are the guidelines?
Allowed |
You can resell event tickets as long as you make sure that the transactions don't violate any laws. |
Restricted |
Primary ticket sales
Primary tickets are tickets sold directly by the artist, team, promoter, or organizer of the event. Primary ticket sales are exempt from state ticket resale regulations.
You must clearly and explicitly state in the listing that it is an authorized first sale of the ticket to the public and that it’s being listed directly by the artist, team, promoter, or organizer.
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Ticket packages
Ticket packages are exempt from state ticket resale regulations. You can list ticket package sales on eBay as long as they qualify as a ticket package.
To qualify as a ticket package, you have to sell a ticket with one of these combinations:
At least one item or experience of significant value that relates to the ticket event that you've coordinated with the event artist, team, promoter, or organizer.
Here are some examples:
A meeting with the performer An "experience" like being a ball boy at a baseball game
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A complete travel package for the event that includes:
Air transportation to the event location Commercial lodging for at least one night
Note: You must include both the air transportation and the lodging with the event ticket. |
U.S. and Canadian resale regulations
Here's a summary of the U.S. states and Canadian provinces that regulate event ticket resale prices.
No matter where you live or on what eBay site you are registered, listings for events that take place in regulated locations must comply with the guidelines below.
Face value, mentioned in the table, includes the price of the ticket and any service charge and tax charged by the original ticket provider that is printed on the ticket.
Alberta (Canada) |
No more than face value |
Arkansas (U.S.) |
No more than face value |
Florida (U.S.) |
No sale of multi-day or multi-event tickets that have been used at least once for admission |
Georgia (U.S.) |
No more than face value unless you're a:
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Kentucky (U.S.) |
No more than face value |
Manitoba (Canada) |
No more than face value |
Massachusetts (U.S.) |
No more than face value plus $2.00
Exception: Ticket brokers licensed by the state may charge for certain additional expenses related to acquiring and selling a ticket. |
Michigan (U.S.) |
No more than face value |
Mississippi (U.S.) |
No more than face value for these events:
Events held on state-owned property Athletic contests at Mississippi colleges and universities
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Missouri (U.S.) |
No more than face value for sporting events |
New Jersey (U.S.) |
No more than face value plus the greater of the following:
Exception: Registered ticket brokers or season ticket holders may accept a premium of up to 50% of the price paid to acquire the ticket. |
New Mexico (U.S.) |
No more than face value for college athletic events |
North Carolina (U.S.) |
No more than face value plus $3.00 |
Ontario (Canada) |
No more than face value |
Rhode Island (U.S.) |
No more than face value plus the greater of these:
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Why does eBay have this policy? eBay encourages all ticket sellers to follow the guidelines and laws for ticket sales.
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