 All right, there's just there's no there's there's too many options There's two in different places you can go and buy tickets stubhub tickpick vivid seat seat key There's just so many too many. How do you decide where to actually go buy your tickets? Let's discuss. What's up guys? Welcome back My name is Shrez here on thumbs up run where we talk about buying tickets selling tickets and making sure that you have all the Fun with your tickets be sure to hit that subscribe button and a little bill icon below to make sure that you never miss out on any Weekly videos ever ever again. I just got back from a little trip to the Caymans You know go do all my secret tax dealings and all that no no just got back from a family vacation Got a little R&R in time though time to get back to the good stuff We got to get back talking tickets because tickets wait for no one We've got five things you need to look for when you're looking to buy tickets online from any different resale website What are they? Let's discuss. All right. All right. All right first off We got ourselves number one the fan guarantee slash refund policy It is the number one thing you need to make sure that any resale website has before you go ahead and buy those tickets The way a ticket resale website works is that generally they don't actually own any of the inventory on that website They're all about individual fans and brokers who are looking to sell their tickets Whether it's for a lot of money a little money no money at all They're just trying to sell those tickets through the platform the platform is just making money off the service charges So it's in their best interest to sell as many tickets as possible to as many fans as possible and not run into any issues I'd say there won't be any issues, but that is why the fan guarantee is so so important How do these guarantees work is they're gonna guarantee that the tickets you buy are gonna get you into that event If they don't if they do not get you in one They will either make sure they get replacement tickets to get you into that event regardless or They will give you a 100% money back guarantee on your tickets Give you a full refund if there are any issues should range any issues contact customer service right away They'll be able to get you all squared up into the event good to go Make sure any resale website you go to you go ahead look for either a fan guarantee buyer guarantee refund policy anything along those lines Look for those words look for them in their FAQs They will generally try and advertise this as you know right away right in front of you because they want to make Sure that you are gonna get the tickets you're looking for will make sure you're gonna have a great time You have a great experience and so it's in their best interest to make sure that you get the tickets that you're buying Barnard if this does not exist do not see it if it's nowhere to be found I would stay away 100% wouldn't even jump into the next tip because it doesn't matter if you're out protecting when you're buying those tickets Where is the trust when you're actually gonna go ahead and try and get into that event? There is none therefore only shop at places where you're getting a full 100% guarantee for your tickets So again, make sure you have a fan guarantee a buyer guarantee a 100% money back guarantee should there be any any problems whatsoever without this do not buy tickets alright number two the next thing I look for when trying to buy tickets online is the fees Fees are always going to be built into the process take a recent website survive and thrive off of these fees They're charging you tons and tons of money So it's important for you to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into obviously these fees You are not in control of them So it's important that you know you shop around take a look see what they are Compared of a different websites each website will have their own different way of organizing these fees and how they actually display them to you Some places like to put in all-in pricing so you actually don't see the fee broken out immediately Other places like to show you list prices without any fees in them and then tack them on as you move through the checkout process Some of them might also just throw them in as you kind of move along midway So they'll have the list price then they'll show you the delivery fee and then they'll show you the transaction fee And then they'll show you the fee fee. It can be a bit You know frustrating to see them all but again if you take a look go through all the fees get through all the steps Get to the checkout. What is the total cost going to be to you from list price to actual purchase price? It's important to see all of that up front if you can't see it all up front again Get through the checkout process see how much the fees actually are and that will then impact how you make your decision Sometimes you're willing to pay a 25 to 40 percent fee other times You're not willing to pay a 25 to 40 percent fee other times You might be willing to pay a 100 percent fee or more. I don't know who you are if you are come talk to me I have something to sell to you But in general you want a fee that is not going to be super exorbitant exorbitant exorbitant Obviously don't be paying any excessive fees So again finding ways to minimize these fees as cost is obviously gonna help you in the long run when buying those tickets Number three is just actually having a nice user interface with lots of different features And that includes you know things that allow you to sort and filter being able to search for the specific events You want and then also having a nice interactive map Which gives you a general idea of where your seat is located as well as a view from where your seat is all these things They're not hundred percent required in each website and each app and each location where you're buying these tickets around They'll have different set of features available to you But having all these tools enabled for you when you're going to buy those tickets It really helps in the ticket purchase process gives you a bit more comfort a bit more understanding where you actually be sitting What's near you what you can see what you can't see there's any disclosures that needs to be made and then being able To kind of filter and sort through all these different options This is key to be able to make sure that you can find the tickets you want So again if these websites all have these different types of features These are great things to be able to help you find the exact seats you need and it obviously makes you feel a bit more comfort saying hey You know what these people they're trying to help me buy these tickets So maybe I will help them by helping me buy those tickets for myself and by me I mean you number four number four number four What is number four number four is actually just having a strong app presence Obviously a lot of things are moving to mobile regardless So having that mobile app available to you makes it a lot easier generally they add in a whole bunch of other features Specifically for their app and so it makes searching for tickets again a lot easier a lot simpler And that's just a lot more convenient not all ticket resell companies will have an app available to them Sometimes going through a mobile browser isn't always the same process going through on the mobile app itself So having a mobile app obviously is a great feature to have definitely helps when trying to buy those tickets having them all Obviously installed in your phone can be a bit of a pain to have them all But again, if you have any favorites you can go ahead download them and just start searching for tickets immediately that way So again having a strong app while not a requirement is Definitely a great way to give you some more reassurance at this company They're trying to give a very positive user experience And so the best way to do that is be able to give you the features right in your hands immediately give you all that satisfaction when trying to find those seats and lastly number five not the most important one But definitely a nice to have I would say it's a very very nice to have being able to buy tickets in your local Currency obviously a lot of these companies especially in North America are all geared to the US market and we'll sell everything in US dollars And so it can't be a bit of a pain for us, you know above the fold essentially up in Canada We'd like to buy things in Canadian dollars We don't like to have to go through the whole FX for an exchange nonsense We'd like to be able to spend our Canadian money and somehow to convert it So it's nice when we don't have to go through any foreign transaction fees and then our credit card fees It might be on top of that and what other fees that can just be added into everything buying tickets is already enough fees to have To deal with being able to buy best just a little bit of them. It helps. It's nice It's nice, you know with all that being said though. There's a new segment coming up on this channel We're all be doing a deep dive on a bunch of the ticket resale marketplace players We're gonna go through all these different things see how they all rack up and stack up against each other We're gonna be able to crown the number one best place to buy tickets online this year There'll be new companies and new reviews come out every single week So stay tuned for that if you don't want to miss out on any of these reviews Be sure hit that subscribe button right now so you don't miss out Also, let me know in the comments below which companies you want to have a full deep dive review of I have a list of about 8 to 10 companies already which I'm gonna be able to go ahead and do but obviously if there are any ones that I missed or any of That you think you want to see let me know because I'll make sure I give you guys the best information possible When you're going ahead and actually trying to buy those tickets online with all that being said Thanks again for watching be sure to stay tuned to all the different reviews coming up and see you guys next time