end scalping 2k22

I heard that the k-pop groups loona and seventeen are going on tour here in the USA, so out of curiosity, I took a look at the prices for the venues near me and my god... what these resellers are doing should qualify as actually criminal. i've seen some tickets go for over $2000! that's insane... it's really unfair to the genuine fans who just want to go see their favorite groups perform 🙁

i'm not sure how ticket companies handle this kind of thing, to be honest... i guess this is why, in the end, the fanclub lottery ticketing system that johnny's uses is the best. the probability of tickets going to actual fans (not those who just joined the fanclub to scalp tickets) is much higher and it's more fair. on the other hand, it would also kind of be annoying to join a fanclub of every single artist or group you want to see perform, especially if you're just a casual fan, so having general public ticket sales has that upside to it.

i think the most perfect balance possible would be to have some quantity of general public tickets available, while also reserving a certain number of seats for registered fans, or at least allowing registered fans to pick their seats first for a period of time. hopefully, more companies will adopt this method because it's really sad to see tickets sell out in like 10 minutes only to go back up at hyper-inflated prices