Ticket Scalping is the practice of purchasing tickets to events and reselling them at higher prices. Modern scalping often involves automated bots and sophisticated techniques to circumvent purchase limits and security measures.
Common Methods
- Automated buying bots
- Multiple accounts
- Identity spoofing
- Proxy networks
- Payment manipulation
Technical Tools
- Ticket bots
- Account generators
- CAPTCHA bypass
- IP rotation
- Browser automation
Prevention Measures
- Purchase limits
- Bot detection
- Identity verification
- Queue management
- Dynamic pricing
Impact Areas
- Event access
- Price inflation
- Market distortion
- Consumer trust
- Venue revenue
Best Practices
- Anti-bot measures
- Verified resale
- Price caps
- Digital tickets
- Access controls
Ticket Scalping undermines fair access to events and requires sophisticated prevention measures from event organizers and ticketing platforms.