Receiving user feedback is one of the best parts about working on a product that looks to solve a real, everyday problem: making online ticket-buying easier. So we were thrilled to hear from Charles Snyder of 510 Tickets, who made our day when he made a YouTube fan video (really, we didn't pay him!) letting the universe know just why SeatGeek is, for him, the only place to go for fans dying to go to a live event.
510 Tickets…
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by Chad Burgess on November 27th, 2012 No Comments
The Book of Mormon has been the most successful Broadway show in recent memory. Previously we covered it's tremendous success in NYC which received uncanny demand and pushed The Book of Mormon ticket prices up on the secondary market. It's popularity also resulted in expansion to new locations including performances of The Book of Mormon in LA and Chicago.
Well now, it's our turn to get some unintended reciprocal coverage apparently…
by Chad Burgess on August 30th, 2012 No Comments
I had previously alluded to the coming of this part of the SeatGeek Blog, but now it's "official". We are doing this now because we have accumulated a lot of research, analysis and other "assets" that pain me to see sit in email, Dropbox and hard drive purgatory. Plus, seeing other's like Rand Fishkin effectively reusing internal content to be more transparent has been an ongoing influence.
Although there will be some randomness…
by Chad Burgess on August 30th, 2012 No Comments
This is a question that comes up frequently so I figured I would quickly put it down in a post for people wondering. We make money from two main sources outlined below.
SeatGeek is a ticket search engine that aggregates tickets from TicketsNow, TicketNetwork, Ticket Exchange, RazorGator, TicketCity, ViaGoGo, Empire Tickets, eBay, and dozens of ticket broker sites. When someone comes to our site and clicks to buy a ticket they…
by Chad Burgess on August 10th, 2012 No Comments
As I write this there are 32 minutes left before the 2012 SeatGeek Summer Internship program comes to an end1. It is internally but hopefully not eternally mind-melting the perceived recency of partying ways with my 2011 intern class, but now I must do it again.2
To all this year's interns (Alex, David, Eric, Gina, Isaiah, Jason, Kristen):
I thank you for the time which is clearly valuable and commitment this Summer. I am…
by Chad Burgess on August 6th, 2012 No Comments
Excerpt: What educational requirements are you looking for?
Response: Hey, I typically look for current undergraduates that are interested in any of the following: SeatGeek, marketing, PR, SEO, startups, tech et cetera.1
You can read more here:
http://seatgeek.com/jobs/marketing_intern/
We are going to start sharing some internal emails, discussions etc.2 in quick style posts for those that are curious about the inner workings…
by Chad Burgess on August 3rd, 2012 No Comments
This just happened (well about 2 hours ago). It was both entertaining and frightening as you can tell from our reactions1. As I stated at the time while I was writing another post "we got surprised by a mariachi singer dressed as a chicken for Eric Waller's (CTO) and Jose Gonzalez's birthdays."
Happy Birthday Mariachi Chicken Singing from SeatGeek on Vimeo.
1 Or lack there of
