That football league match you have been waiting for months is just around the corner. Ever since you heard of the match you have been saving money to buy the ticket and enjoy the match you have been looking forward to. You search online if there are any options for you to buy ticket and finally you found one on a random website. The ad states that someone wants to sell their ticket and that too at a relatively lower price than the original ones you saw on the official website of the event. You are extremely delighted and can’t wait to purchase the ticket. You want to contact the buyer and just want to have that ticket in your hand. But wait a minute!! Before taking any step further are you sure of the website displaying the ad? Are you sure that the buyer is honest and there won’t be any problem? You may be wondering what problem are we talking about, right? Well when it comes to selling event tickets online you should know that there is always a room for ticket fraud. So you should always be careful while making such purchases online as the ticket you are buying can be a stolen ticket or a fake one. In that case let us guide you with some tips to help you avoid ticket fraud.
Risks involved in purchasing tickets online:
Before moving on with the tips, let’s first understand what kind of risks are involved when purchasing tickets online or what kind of frauds you may have to face.
- You found a good deal online, you contacted the buyer and made the payment. The buyer was supposed to deliver your tickets within 2 days but unfortunately you never got them. Now you are contacting the buyer requesting for your ticket but you are getting no response. Well you just fell to ticket fraud.
- You found a seller online but the price of ticket is way more than original one. The problem is that if you don’t know the original price then even if the tickets are legitimate, you are paying too much and you don’t even have a clue about it.
- You don’t want the seller to deliver the ticket but instead meet him in-person. You have already made the payment and now are waiting for the seller to show up. But the seller didn’t show up and again you have fallen to a ticket scam.
- You are supposed to meet the seller, the seller shows up but with a fake ticket. You made the payment and you are happy that you got the ticket but when you went to the event venue you are not allowed to go inside as the ticket is fake.
- Seller shows up at the meeting place but this time with a stolen ticket and once again you are not allowed to attend the event. Again a ticket fraud.
So what can you do to avoid such frauds?
Tips for Avoiding Ticket Fraud:
We discussed some ticket frauds above now let’s begin with the tips to avoid such ticket frauds:
- Buy as early as possible, that way there will be less chance of ticket fraud or buying fake tickets.
- The tickets are all sold out as mentioned on the official website of the event and even then you saw some people online claiming that they have the tickets, then you know it’s a fraud.
- You should be aware of the original ticket price in order to avoid buying tickets at a higher price.
- Make sure that the one selling the tickets is an authorized person. For example if you found someone selling the tickets, first verify it with the event organizers if you can. And don’t trust everyone online especially on social media platforms.
- While buying tickets online, check reviews of the vendors first.
- Check the details mentioned on ticket like seat number, row number, date and time as without these details you know that the ticket is fake.
- If you are purchasing a ticket through a third party website then first thing to check is the URL; you need to check if the URL has “https” in it or not which tells if the website is secured or not for making payments online.
- While buying tickets online, always do it digitally. It means use your credit card while making the payment. In this way the credit card provider company is also liable for the purchase and if you fall to any kind of scam or fraud, you can get your money back.
- Don’t transfer money directly to an individual’s bank account as if the seller was a fraud, you will not be able to recover your money.
- Don’t share your tickets online as barcode on your ticket can be replicated and then your ticket won’t be valid anymore if someone uses the barcode before you.
The main point is you should be really careful when buying tickers online as reselling a ticket, be it any concert ticket, sports tickets or any other kind of ticket is really normal and so are the online frauds. Thus in order to avoid ticket frauds just keep in mind the tips we mentioned above. In future if you want to buy or sell tickets online then do give Sell Ticket a try and we promise that you won’t be disappointed.
