Guide
What each marketplace actually takes
You list at $150 and $115 arrives. Here's where the rest goes.
There are two fees, not one
A buyer pays more than your listed price. You receive less than it. Both are true at once.
The buyer's fee is added at checkout and doesn't concern you. The seller's fee comes out of your side, and that's the one to price around.
Roughly what to expect
Seller fees on the major marketplaces generally land in the low double digits as a percentage of what you listed at. Ticketmaster's own resale, being the club's official channel, is often the cheapest place to sell, and payouts there can route back through your Account Manager rather than a separate deposit.
Check the current rate before you list. These move, and they vary by club and by whether you are selling into an official partnership or a general marketplace.
Why it matters more than it looks
On a $150 ticket a fee in the low teens is around twenty dollars. Across twenty games and four seats, that's the difference between a season that covered itself and one that didn't.
It also changes which games are worth listing at all. A weeknight going for $28 nets you closer to $24, which may be less than the hassle is worth to you. Knowing that in advance is the point.
What to do about it
Decide what you want to clear, then work up to a listing price rather than down from one.
And compare like with like. A price you see on one marketplace and a price you see on another are not the same number to you as the seller, even when they look identical.
Price the number you keep
The figure worth comparing against what you paid is what lands in your account, not what the listing said. Work backwards from it.
Free to keep the record: the schedule, who came, what you paid and what came back.