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Ticket City Review

Ticket City prides itself on being the first ticket broker to sell tickets online. In business since 1990, they've now served over 90,000 satisfied customers in 68 countries. They specialize in a live ticket ordering technology that allows users to buy tickets direct from the suppliers in real-time.

On the downside, it's not as user-friendly and easy to search as many competing sites and their selection is smaller than most similar sites. Pricing is also at a premium for tickets, as the company offers a smaller service charge but seems to have bundled their margin at marking up the tickets from the secondary ticket broker marketplace. Also, less important but still worth mentioning is this: as much as we promote good customer support, especially by live web chat, a popup window on each page inviting visitors to contact customer support by live chat can get a bit annoying after a while.

The website boasts a number of nice features -- seating charts, Team and Concert schedules, future dates and locations -- but significant problems with the web design that made accessing those features problematic. Searching for events is sometimes difficult and cumbersome.

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Product Ratings:
Price 15 / 25
Service Charges 13 / 15
Customer Service 9 / 15
Inventory 10 / 15
Markets 7 / 10
Delivery Methods 8 / 10
Guarantees 5 / 5
Extra Resources 4 / 5
Overall Grade: 71%



 
Prices

Prices
TicketCity's pricing is more expensive than almost all other ticket brokers.

 

 
Service Charges

Service Charges
Ticket City has a 5% service charge over and above the pricing of the ticket.

 

 
Customer Service

Customer Service
TicketCity has toll-free customer service 7-days a week and also offers live chat with their customer service department.

 

 
Inventory

Inventory
Ticket City is not a member of a network such as the Ticket Direct Network; they are instead a ticket sales agency and while they are a member of the Better Business Bureau, they are not members of the National Association of Ticket Brokers.

 

 
Markets

Markets
Tickets to most North American and some European events.
Concerts (keyword search and browse alphabetical list of performers)
Sports (with an emphasis on College Football; also can browse NFL, Baseball, NBA, NHL, World Cup, and other College Sports lists)
Theater (browse featured shows, alphabetical list of New York/Broadway shows,  separate and smaller lists of Las Vegas Shows and other Shows in Various Cities -- all listed by Title)

 

 
Delivery Methods

Delivery Methods
FedEx ($11-$18 if U.S., $40 if International)

 

 
Guarantees

Guarantees
Ticket City has an excellent guarantee: Not only do they guarantee the tickets on time and that you'll be sent the tickets that you ordered, but they back it up with a 200% money-back guarantee should Ticket City fail to deliver the tickets on your invoice (provided it's their own fault). There are no exchanges or refunds on tickets ordered and delivered.

 

 
Extra Resources

Extra Resources
Toll-free telephone and live chat support
Basic keyword search bar
Browse Featured Events and Featured Cities
Search for Events and Performers alphabetically or by number
Regularly updated Specials on cheap seats to big events (listed as Under $25, Under $50, or Over $50)
Takes requests (if the event you're looking for isn't listed)
Buyer can choose from tickets already available and in their inventory or pre-ordered tickets that haven't been issued yet.