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TicketStumbler.com (YC Summer 08): a new way to find tickets
- hooande 18y agoOne thing I like about ticketstumbler? They are going to be very profitable very quickly. Nice investment by YC
- fallentimes 18y agoWe already are profitable - ramen profitable :).
- netcan 18y agoRamen Profitable - Great term.
- rms 18y agoExpanding to concert tickets in the near to far future?
- fallentimes 18y agoDepending on how you figure things...near. 1-2 months tops.
- ian 18y agowe (Songkick) have already built an aggregator for concert tickets - covering 17 ticket vendors in the UK and US. If you're looking for gig tickets I'd love your feedback. Thanks
- fallentimes 18y agoYes - definitely check Songkick.com out. TS is never going to be a music recommendation site or community. And Songkick's database of information and uncanny accuracy of its Itunes plugin download are unsurpassed. We have no interest in being everything to everyone (it's why Oyaka.com and fatlens.com failed) and Songkick does a lot of stuff we'll never try to do. Originally, the plan was to stick to Sports tickets for at least a year and then maybe add concerts (if at all). However, right after we launched, despite having "sports" and sports leagues plastered all over our site, more than half our search logs were concert related. Additionally, numerous publications said they would cover us if we had concerts and we received email after email demanding concert and theater listings from our users.
- rms 18y agogreat, thanks, you have the most thorough gig listing for Pittsburgh shows I've seen in one place. I was actually price hunting for Radiohead tickets for tomorrow in Toronto. ;) I think they are a bit out of my pricerange everywhere, the worst tickets are selling for twice as much as I scalped my extra, amazing tickets for Philly.
- fallentimes 18y agoConcerts are up!
- truebosko 18y agoI really wish there was more to it then just sports but it's a good start. I love the interface Do you guys plan to expand into other markets?
- fallentimes 18y agoConcerts and theater are coming ASAP. Just has been hard with demo day and VC/angel stuff.
- ryanb 18y agoI think once this is added you guys will be money. I'm excited, as a consumer!
- fallentimes 18y agoThank you! I'm a former financial analyst too. The change was worth it 1000x.
- netcan 18y agoConcerts & theatre would sell it to me. I've been complaining there is no decent way to find something to do online (especially if you're visiting a city) for a while. I'm not 100% sure, but I think some of the best options down here a government run.
- colvt 18y agoI like the geo cities feature. It's great to be able to see what's going on in my area without having to do a thing!
- fallentimes 18y agoCustomized user profiles are coming soon too!
- vaksel 18y agoYou are going to run out of space real soon as you add new categories, if you keep your current layout. Maybe change it to "Sports" | "Concerts" | "Theater" . And then on mouse over display the actual sub categories(NBA/NFL/NCAA etc)
- fallentimes 18y agoDefinitely. Look at Ticketmaster.com. That's what we're going to mirror in many respects with more customization, more accurate geo tracking capabilities, better search (which we already have) and happy customers (instead of TM's angry/disgruntled customers). Once this happens (hopefully in 1-2 months) please email me and let me know what you think: dan@ticketstumbler.com
- DaniFong 18y agoBuild a better mousetrap, basically?
- fallentimes 18y agohaha sort of. Ignoring the TicketsNow conspiracies, which I'll elaborate on at another time, Ticketmaster doesn't do secondary tickets directly from their main site until an event is sold out. They can't list specific tickets (sections, row, seats) for purchase - they assign it all to you after you pick a price level or section and enter the Captcha crapshoot. But I have to hand it to them, they did a really really good job on their new design. The main problems with the secondary ticket market are fees, stigma and safety, which are our three main priorities. And SEO of course: http://is.gd/1pQx http://is.gd/1pQx
- DaniFong 18y agoAnd presumably, once you handle those, the market becomes more efficient, and almost everyone, including you guys, come out smiling. :-)
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- zacharye 18y agoLiked the site a lot when I checked it out. My only complaint was that I want to see stadium seating charts before I pass to partner sites. Hated having to go back and forth. Did I miss the chart links? Otherwise it is indeed some great work.
- fallentimes 18y agoDue to strong demand, we added those within two days (although we are still working out some seating chart bugs). http://is.gd/1qVd http://is.gd/1qVd We take our users very seriously. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions.
- zacharye 18y agoIt took two whole days huh? ;) Looks like my stubhub bookmark gets replaced tomorrow. Thanks for letting me know!
- fallentimes 18y agoDelicious "adds" are very much encouraged. http://is.gd/1qW4 http://is.gd/1qW4 Not only do their users tend to visit 3-4 more pages than the average user, we've received a consistent flow of delicious traffic ever since appearing on their front page. http://i37.tinypic.com/20ghaom.png http://i37.tinypic.com/20ghaom.png We have more delicious "adds" than Stubhub. Thanks guys.
- zacharye 18y agoI'll see your delicious add and raise you some blog coverage.
- fallentimes 18y agoUmm - Wow! You have no idea how much we appreciate this: http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/14/ticketstumbler-putting-aggregation-to-good-use/ http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/08/14/ticketstumbler-put... More (and better) traffic from you guys than Techcrunch yesterday. Thank you.
- dallasrpi 18y agoI assume you have seen Ninjatickets.com which essentially does the same thing. Competition never hurts.
- fallentimes 18y agoYep and seats.com, seatservant.com, seatquest.com, ticketshock.com, ticketwood.com, and tickex.com and some other ones that I'm not supposed to know about who are in stealth. Well, we’ve been launched about a week and we’re already profitable. Also, we receive more traffic than about half of them and definitely have one of the better user interfaces. Luckily this market is so massive that there’s room for many players (e.g. think of all the travel sites out there). Although we like to think we can be the best one. :)
- stcredzero 18y agoNot only is the market massive, there's tons of inefficiency to exploit for profit potential. I'm very jealous!
- netcan 18y ago& it's about selling stuff. If you're between buyers & sellers because buyers like you, you've got a business model.
- dmpayton 18y agoLove the interface, but just sports? Concerts and other events would be spectacular (though I'm assuming those are already in the plans for he future). Also, what about allowing users to sell their own tickets? I have a PAX badge that I wont be using and would like to give to someone so it doesn't go to waste.
- fallentimes 18y agoI agree - we're working very hard to get concerts and theater events added asap. Regarding selling tickets, then we have to add our own massive customer service department and handle outgoing payments, both of which I have no idea how to do and have no interest in doing. However, Stubhub is pretty great for selling your own tickets. https://www.stubhub.com/sell-tickets/ https://www.stubhub.com/sell-tickets/ Email me if you need any help.
- fallentimes 18y agoConcerts are up!