Comments on: Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:59:51 -0800 hourly 1 By: QuantVC » Blog Archive » viagogo – series a http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2992581 QuantVC » Blog Archive » viagogo – series a Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:56:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2992581 [...] Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave [...] [...] Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave [...]

]]> By: Seatwave Gets More Investment | Blog YODspica Ltd http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2776972 Seatwave Gets More Investment | Blog YODspica Ltd Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:52:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2776972 [...] startup in the ticket reselling space, Viagogo, which raised over $65 million to date including an investment from tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. The primary reason it was selected is because the company reportedly saw its revenue rise 2203 per [...] [...] startup in the ticket reselling space, Viagogo, which raised over $65 million to date including an investment from tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. The primary reason it was selected is because the company reportedly saw its revenue rise 2203 per [...]

]]> By: Seatwave Scores $17 Million In Fourth Funding Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2776831 Seatwave Scores $17 Million In Fourth Funding Round Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:35:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2776831 [...] startup in the ticket reselling space, Viagogo, which raised over $65 million to date including an investment from tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. The primary reason it was selected is because the company reportedly saw its revenue rise 2203 per [...] [...] startup in the ticket reselling space, Viagogo, which raised over $65 million to date including an investment from tennis legends Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. The primary reason it was selected is because the company reportedly saw its revenue rise 2203 per [...]

]]> By: The Park Paradigm - Ticket & Markets, Part 2 (Copy, paste…embrace the inevitability) http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2660295 The Park Paradigm - Ticket & Markets, Part 2 (Copy, paste…embrace the inevitability) Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:56:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2660295 [...] Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave (techcrunch.com) [...] [...] Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave (techcrunch.com) [...]

]]> By: berlin http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2639444 berlin Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:15:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2639444 Gut! Gut!

]]> By: James Gray http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2624866 James Gray Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:24:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2624866 Thanks for the post Mike. I'm James Gray - one of two founders of GET ME IN!, no longer physically with the company, but still there spiritually =) What Hitwise should have pointed out, is that SoldOutEventTickets.com is also a GET ME IN/Ticketmaster website. While it's a very average looking website, it still gets a high volume of traffic. In fact if you combine the traffic of that site together with GetMeIn.com, you have as much or more market share of traffic as seatwave! While GMI maybe doesn’t shout for attention as loud as its competitors, the business is set to outpace both seatwave & viagogo - ESPECIALLY if the Live Nation / Tickemaster merger goes through! To get an idea of GMI's growth - have a look at Alexa for example, not the most accurate tool - but a decent measure nonetheless. Also I wanted to point out the other founder of GET ME IN is Paul Montagne from the Netherlands - and the business is currently run by US guy Andrew Blachman, former consultant to StubHub, and former European Director of (Qwikker) WideRay. Last note - while I've been a fan of Andre Agassi my whole life and have an enormous amount of respect for the man - I think one thing is for sure - he should stick to tennis! Thanks for the post Mike. I’m James Gray – one of two founders of GET ME IN!, no longer physically with the company, but still there spiritually =)

What Hitwise should have pointed out, is that SoldOutEventTickets.com is also a GET ME IN/Ticketmaster website. While it’s a very average looking website, it still gets a high volume of traffic. In fact if you combine the traffic of that site together with GetMeIn.com, you have as much or more market share of traffic as seatwave!

While GMI maybe doesn’t shout for attention as loud as its competitors, the business is set to outpace both seatwave & viagogo – ESPECIALLY if the Live Nation / Tickemaster merger goes through!

To get an idea of GMI’s growth – have a look at Alexa for example, not the most accurate tool – but a decent measure nonetheless.

Also I wanted to point out the other founder of GET ME IN is Paul Montagne from the Netherlands – and the business is currently run by US guy Andrew Blachman, former consultant to StubHub, and former European Director of (Qwikker) WideRay.

Last note – while I’ve been a fan of Andre Agassi my whole life and have an enormous amount of respect for the man – I think one thing is for sure – he should stick to tennis!

]]> By: not buyin it http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2620566 not buyin it Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2620566 "Then again both Viagogo and Seatwave stand to benefit in the recession, which is driving down prices for live events." Why would a secondary market benefit from prices collapsing in the primary market? Because less concerts will sell out? Because the uplift from reselling is lower??? Er...am i missing something? “Then again both Viagogo and Seatwave stand to benefit in the recession, which is driving down prices for live events.”

Why would a secondary market benefit from prices collapsing in the primary market? Because less concerts will sell out? Because the uplift from reselling is lower??? Er…am i missing something?

]]> By: QUANTITATIVC - viagogo - series a http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2619213 QUANTITATIVC - viagogo - series a Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:13:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2619213 [...] Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave [...] [...] Viagogo Raises $15 million Round And Signs Tennis Stars To Battle Seatwave [...]

]]> By: Not Jerry http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2618365 Not Jerry Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:14:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2618365 Looking online reveals some unhappy experiences with the delivery and guarantee of tickets. Seems like they tone down the brute force tactics and work on their approach at offering a better service. No amount of money can replicate company culture that drives happy customers to return. Looking online reveals some unhappy experiences with the delivery and guarantee of tickets. Seems like they tone down the brute force tactics and work on their approach at offering a better service.

No amount of money can replicate company culture that drives happy customers to return.

]]> By: shaun http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617913 shaun Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:19:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617913 Why does Baker need another $15m? I guess it's because he burns money with every ticket he sells. The deception of secondary ticketing is that tickets come from fans...they simply don't. Most tickets sold on Viagogo come from brokers. These brokers have zero loyalty and list across all the reselling sites. This is why Seatwave's traffic share of 35% really is the key metric. There's little to differentiate the players in terms of inventory so traffic is likley to equal sales. While Baker has signed exclusives with the likes of Madonna etc, rather than that setting him above the market it simply means he's had his margins screwed even lower. I can't wait to see the power of Steffi and Andre's roller decks...I'm sure they'll also have great tips on improving Viagogo's truly shocking UI! Viagogo's value..not much i'd say. Why does Baker need another $15m? I guess it’s because he burns money with every ticket he sells. The deception of secondary ticketing is that tickets come from fans…they simply don’t. Most tickets sold on Viagogo come from brokers. These brokers have zero loyalty and list across all the reselling sites. This is why Seatwave’s traffic share of 35% really is the key metric. There’s little to differentiate the players in terms of inventory so traffic is likley to equal sales. While Baker has signed exclusives with the likes of Madonna etc, rather than that setting him above the market it simply means he’s had his margins screwed even lower. I can’t wait to see the power of Steffi and Andre’s roller decks…I’m sure they’ll also have great tips on improving Viagogo’s truly shocking UI! Viagogo’s value..not much i’d say.

]]> By: David G http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617901 David G Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:54:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617901 Deadpool by 2010. These guys are clearly just burning through their funding with pretty disappointing returns. How can a company with a revenue-focused business model be valued at $300m on a turnover of $25m (no doubt at a loss). Crazy... Deadpool by 2010.

These guys are clearly just burning through their funding with pretty disappointing returns. How can a company with a revenue-focused business model be valued at $300m on a turnover of $25m (no doubt at a loss). Crazy…

]]> By: sosComputer http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617841 sosComputer Fri, 06 Feb 2009 09:40:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617841 ????? In the UK market, a “new” player will arrive soon, Play.com will offer as well secondary tickets… ?????
In the UK market, a “new” player will arrive soon, Play.com will offer as well secondary tickets…

]]> By: twitch http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617495 twitch Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:40:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617495 Combine the minty fresh taste of Twitter with Viagogo and boom.. what do you get? Tweetseats! No, it doesn't exist. I just made it up, because I'm like that. Combine the minty fresh taste of Twitter with Viagogo and boom.. what do you get? Tweetseats!

No, it doesn’t exist. I just made it up, because I’m like that.

]]> By: Eric is Bi-curious http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617488 Eric is Bi-curious Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:35:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617488 Nice comment, Eric! Nice comment, Eric!

]]> By: Curious http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617347 Curious Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:25:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617347 To viagogo's point though, I'm curious to why Seatwave never talks about revenue numbers. I have to assume that their revenues are less than viagogo, otherwise they'd talk about it, in which case the question is either (1) are the traffic numbers flawed or (2) why is viagogo's conversion rate so much higher. To viagogo’s point though, I’m curious to why Seatwave never talks about revenue numbers. I have to assume that their revenues are less than viagogo, otherwise they’d talk about it, in which case the question is either (1) are the traffic numbers flawed or (2) why is viagogo’s conversion rate so much higher.

]]> By: Chris http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617321 Chris Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:43:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617321 In the UK market, a "new" player will arrive soon, Play.com will offer as well secondary tickets... It becomes a crowded market already. In the UK market, a “new” player will arrive soon, Play.com will offer as well secondary tickets…

It becomes a crowded market already.

]]> By: valleymonger http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617171 valleymonger Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:59:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617171 why did you use an image of a ticket to a The Police concert in Rio de Janeiro in 1982? Doesn't seem that Brazil is one of the markets where viagogo will launch, and neither is possible to go to that concert, unless you can travel back in time... why did you use an image of a ticket to a The Police concert in Rio de Janeiro in 1982? Doesn’t seem that Brazil is one of the markets where viagogo will launch, and neither is possible to go to that concert, unless you can travel back in time…

]]> By: Sash http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617149 Sash Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:33:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617149 i thought ticket touts were illegal - oh that's right, not on the web. i thought ticket touts were illegal – oh that’s right, not on the web.

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="623650381">David Frame</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617144 David Frame Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:29:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617144 pretty cool concept; worth keeping an eye on this! pretty cool concept; worth keeping an eye on this!

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="505070242">Yasser Ismail</fb:name> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/05/viagogo-raises-15-million-round-and-signs-tennis-stars-to-battle-seatwave/comment-page-1/#comment-2617122 Yasser Ismail Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=41572#comment-2617122 this looks money! cooljobsalways http://tinyurl.com/7uj5ay this looks money!

cooljobsalways
http://tinyurl.com/7uj5ay

]]>