All posts belonging to the Touts tag can be found in the list below.
Four touts have had significant fines quashed on appeal despite admitting to UK consumer rights breaches over seat number requirements after officials failed to follow procedural rules. North Yorks...
Tags: Appeals, CMA, North Yorkshire County Council, Resale, Secondary, ToutsRoss Martin, Barclays’ head of digital safety, has warned ticket-buyers about touts ahead of the festival season, following new research from the financial services firm. The research found that ...
Tags: Barclays, Festivals, Fraud, Safety, STAR, ToutsThe European Union Parliament has today (Wednesday) voted in favour of a landmark ruling to ban ticket bots that circumvent purchase rules. MEPs discussed the resale issue for the first time, offic...
Tags: Bots, EU, face-value resale site, Legislation, Software, ToutsTouts are attempting to shift cinema tickets for sold-out shows of Avengers: Endgame on eBay for thousands of dollars. The film smashed the ticket pre-sale record in the US within the first six hou...
Tags: Avengers Endgame, Cinema, Ebay, Resale, ToutsFacebook claims it is “taking action” to stop fraudulent activity from taking place on its platform, after it was discovered that thousands of pounds have been stolen via ticketing scams in the pa...
Tags: Facebook, Fraud, Resale, Scams, Social Media, ToutsEurovision has frozen its ticket sales for the 2019 event, which will be held in Israel, due to supposed “irregularities” with the official ticket vendor. The Kan Israeli public broadcaster rep...
Tags: Eurovision, Israel, Resale, Scalping, Tel Aviv, ToutsTokyo 2020 is set to launch its international ticket sales in June, while domestic sales for Japanese fans are to begin in April. The June 14 date marks the same date that the new anti-scalping law...
Tags: Olympics, Sales, Tokyo 2020, ToutsBots account for 39.9 per cent of ticketing traffic in the United States, despite legislative action to counter touting, according to a new study. The report, How Bots Affect Ticketing, is by San F...
Tags: Bots, Primary Market, Resale, Technology, Touts, USMelbourne International Comedy Festival has been given major event status, giving the event an increased protection against scalping. Under Victorian law, sporting competitions and festivals labell...
Tags: Comedy, Legal, Major Event, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Scalpers, ToutsMobile-focused ticketing firm Dice has been appointed as NME’s live music listing partner. The Dice app locks tickets to a fan's phone, preventing any resale options on the secondary market...
Tags: Dice, Mobile, NME, Resale, Touts
