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It’s ALWAYS been difficult to get your hands on a ticket for a sports event of music gig. For Instance, the whole U2 have just sold 2.5 million tickets for their 2009 tour of the US. So how on earth can a person who’s got a full time job get to buy a ticket if they sell out so quick?

Go to the second-hand market.

In the dismal days prior to the internet, you had to purchase your second-hand ticket via a tout at the actual event. This meant getting ripped off, or even perhaps given fake tickets which would likely be recognized as such as you tried to enter the event – meaning you not only miss the game or concert, you’ve lost a lot of money in the process.

However, matters have gotten much better for sports and music devotees. With much thanks to the internet, the ticket resale niche has improved remarkably in the last decade. These days there is so much competition to resell tickets on the internet, the industry has actually become self-regulating. You’re offering the ticket for HOW much money?! I’ll buy cheaper on another website. And so many vendors provide insurance if the music gig / sports event is cancelled. And with tough competition online, resale tickets have come right down in price to the point that it can sometimes be you’re not paying much more than the face value price.

Today you can buy tickets for many kinds of concerts and sporting events. From soccer to basketball matches to cricket, right through to getting hold of decent seats for a world famous band; secondary tickets offer up a 2nd chance to go to the event you want to see. So how to get hold of tickets online? Simply use a search engine and enter in your keywords like V 2009 tickets, and you will see a huge array of resale ticket agents who have the ticket you’re looking for.

Not everyone is happy with resale tickets however. For example, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails calls secondary ticket agents “parasites”, and he’d like to see an end to the resale of event tickets. However, he’s missing the point of resold tickets : people simply do not have the time to queue up for tickets. They’re more likely working when the tickets are on sale, and physically cannot be in the right place at the right time to get hold of the ticket they want in that precious 60 or so minutes it takes for an entire tour to sell out.

While there is strong competition between secondary ticket agents, we believe this is a much needed service for true fans who were unable to buy the tickets the first time around.

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