Buying tickets

Resale marketplace

Sell tickets you can't use and buy from other attendees — safely tracked through Ithas Fire.

When an organiser enables resale on an event, you can list your ticket for sale, or buy one from another attendee. Every transfer is tracked — no screenshots, no scams.

Selling a ticket

Eligibility — the ticket must be:

  • Status VALID (not refunded, transferred, or already listed)
  • On an event that hasn't started
  • From a ticket type where the organiser enabled resale

You also need a Stripe Connect account with payouts enabled to receive the money. Set it up from /account/settings if you haven't already.

Steps

  1. Open the order at /my-tickets or the hub at /sell/listings.
  2. Click List for Sale on an eligible ticket.
  3. Set an ask price. If the organiser set a resale cap, you'll see the maximum.
  4. Confirm. Your ticket status changes to LISTED.

Track listings as Active, Held (buyer in checkout), Sold, Cancelled, or Expired in the /sell/listings dashboard.

When you get paid

You don't get the money immediately. Ithas Fire holds the funds through a 3-day buyer-protection window after the event ends. If no claim is filed, the payout releases to your Stripe account.

Buying a resold ticket

On any event page, resold tickets appear below the primary tickets with their ask price plus estimated fees. Click a listing to see detail, then checkout.

  • A 15-minute hold starts when you enter checkout
  • On successful payment, the QR code is regenerated — the seller's original code no longer works, only yours does
  • Ownership transfers to your account; it shows up at /my-tickets like any other order

What can go wrong

  • You can't buy your own listing — the system blocks this
  • Price caps — if the organiser set a resale cap, you can't list above it
  • Listings expire at event start time — you can't list for events that have already started
  • Original ticket code stops working the moment a sale completes — don't try to use both

Fees and organiser royalties

Buyers pay the ask price + booking fee + tax. Sellers receive the ask price minus a platform fee. If the organiser opted in, they also earn a creator royalty — a small percentage of each resale, separate from the platform fee.

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