How I did on those Ed Sheeran tickets

Introduction

I wrote a few weeks ago about the Ed Sheeran concert and the process with mobile tickets.  When I originally wrote the article, the only options to deliver tickets were either PDF or paper, which made no sense since they were ONLY delivering mobile tickets.  A reader then commented saying they had updated the show to now enable a mobile delivery ticket option.  I then deleted my current listing and re-listed it with the official mobile delivery option.

 

Waiting for sale

I had bought a pair of floor Houston tickets since I liked the ratio of stadium size to population in Houston.  I was lucky enough to get middle floor seats although in the back.  I would have gotten even better if I didn’t find out the code was tied to account.  The cost of those seats were $298 all in.  I then listed them on SH for $238 gross per ticket.  The market was pretty saturated and so I waited.  Eventually they sold on Thursday, a week after I had posted them for a take home of $428.  That meant I made $130 for the pair (44% ROI.)  I think I had picked a good price.  You don’t want to be too high and you’re stuck floating them for a year nor do you want to price them too low and sell them ASAP (money left on table.)  Looking back, I do think I under priced those Pink tickets (those tickets are like red wine – should only get better with age.)

 

Process of transferring tickets

I went onto Stubhub and saw the buyer’s name and email:

Then went onto Ticketmaster and got this:

I entered in the buyer’s email and name and pushed TRANSFER.  I then went back to SH and clicked on “Confirm Delivery.”  Couldn’t be any easier than that.  I got a confirmation from TM about the transfer, so if there are issues with SH, I have proof for SH.

 

Conclusion

Mobile tickets require a few extra steps, but not as bad as I imagined.  I actually like these better since this gives an extra barrier to entry.

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