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Ticket resale fee calculator,
compare StubHub, SeatGeek & Vivid Seats.
Enter your ticket’s list price to see what each platform actually keeps and what you’d take home — StubHub’s rate is adjustable since it isn’t fixed, SeatGeek and Vivid Seats are both a flat 10%.
StubHub doesn’t publish a fixed rate — it commonly runs 10-15% depending on demand and timing. SeatGeek and Vivid Seats both charge a flat 10%, shown below for comparison.
SeatGeek nets you $3.75 more (2.5% of list price) than StubHub at this price.
Fee guide
How much do StubHub, SeatGeek, and Vivid Seats actually keep?
Plans change, a friend can’t make it, or the seats you bought months ago just don’t work anymore — reselling tickets is common, but the three biggest marketplaces don’t all charge sellers the same way, and none of them make the exact number obvious until you’re already mid-listing. Two of the three charge a simple flat rate. The third is deliberately variable, and knowing that going in changes how you should price your listing.
StubHub: no fixed rate
StubHub does not publish a single seller-fee percentage. Its fee is dynamic — commonly landing somewhere in the 10-15% range of your list price, adjusted by the platform based on event demand, category, and how close to the event date the ticket actually sells. This calculator defaults StubHub’s rate to 12.5%, the middle of that commonly-cited range, and lets you drag it anywhere from 5% to 25% to model your own listing. The honest takeaway: budget for the higher end of the range if you want to avoid being surprised by your payout.
SeatGeek: flat 10%
SeatGeek charges a flat 10% commission on whatever price you set, with no tiers and no demand-based adjustment. List a ticket for $200 and SeatGeek’s fee is a predictable $20, paying you $180 — every time, regardless of how close to the event you sell or how in-demand the event is.
Vivid Seats: flat 10%
Vivid Seats also charges a flat 10% seller commission, structured the same way as SeatGeek’s: no listing fee, nothing charged if the ticket never sells, and the same rate applied uniformly whether you’re reselling a single concert ticket or a season-ticket pair.
A worked example
Say you list a ticket at $200 on all three platforms at once (a common strategy, since none of them charge a fee unless the ticket actually sells). SeatGeek and Vivid Seats both net you $180 — a $20 fee either way. StubHub depends on where in its range your sale lands: at the low end (10%) you’d also net $180; at the high end (15%) StubHub’s fee is $30, netting you $170 — a real $10 difference on the exact same ticket, decided entirely by StubHub’s own demand-based pricing rather than anything you control.
Other factors that affect your real payout
- Price drops as the event nears: resale prices for most events trend downward as the date approaches (unless demand is unusually high), so listing early at a stable price often nets more than waiting and discounting late.
- Payment timing: payouts are typically sent after the event takes place (to protect buyers), not immediately at sale — factor that lag in if you’re counting on the cash by a specific date.
- Listing on multiple platforms: since none of the three charge a fee for an unsold listing, cross-posting the same ticket is common — just remember to delist everywhere once it sells, to avoid a double-sale situation.
Disclaimer
This calculator reflects each platform’s seller-fee structure as commonly reported today. StubHub’s rate in particular is not fixed and can vary from what this tool models; all three platforms can change their fee structures at any time. Always verify the exact fee shown at checkout on the platform itself before finalizing a listing — this tool is for planning and comparison, not a guaranteed quote.
Rates are checked against each platform's own seller-fee disclosures rather than a single authority — no one company's page covers all three, and StubHub in particular doesn't publish one fixed number at all. For comparison, see the fee comparison above.