Ticketmaster seller fees explained

How Ticketmaster resale works for sellers

For events where resale is enabled, Ticketmaster generally lets you:

• Select your event and choose tickets to list from your account.
• Set a list price within event-specific rules or caps.
• See an estimated payout and fee breakdown before confirming.

Not every event allows resale, and some use special programs like face-value exchanges with different fee rules. That's why the listing flow is the authoritative place to see what applies to your tickets.

Fee patterns and why they vary

Ticketmaster's legal and help pages emphasize that fees can include multiple components — for example service fees, order processing fees, and sometimes delivery-related charges. Resale fees can be influenced by:

• Agreements between Ticketmaster, venues, and promoters
• Event type and demand
• Ticket price and section
• Whether a face-value exchange is enabled

Some third-party guides attempt to reverse-engineer ranges (for example, suggesting fees increase in tiers as sale price rises), but those are summaries of select events, not official rules for every listing.

Estimating your Ticketmaster resale payout

If you want to plan before you list, one approach is:

1. Look at past Ticketmaster resales you've done for similar events.
2. Note what percentage of the sale price you actually received.
3. Use that as a rough range for comparable future events.

You can then plug your expected sale price and an estimated fee percentage into the ticket resale payout calculator to see how your Ticketmaster payout might compare to StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats, and others. When you actually go to list on Ticketmaster, always rely on the payout preview shown there.