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Goldstar Seats You With Friends With New Ticketing Feature

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Pasadena-based Goldstar , the half-price, entertainment ticket retailer headed by Jim McCarthy, said Monday that it has launched a new feature which lets users easily get seats next to their friends on events. The new feature was launched just as the firm hit its five millionth ticket sold through the service.

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Interview with Wes Brodsky, SaveFans

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We are an offer-based platform that allows users to negotiate the price they buy and sell tickets for, on the secondary market. Wes Brodsky: The ticketing industry, since its inception, has been on a fixed price model. For example, at an event, say at the Staples Center, of the 20,000 seats they might have four or five price groups.

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Why Hopscotch Is Behind Your Favorite Mobile Sports App, with Laurence Sotsky

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We're the official mobile app for whatever our customer is. We also do lots of things in-venue, including mobile ticketing, integrating with Ticketmaster, Comcast, and many other ticketing providers. Previous to this, I ran a custom, mobile application development shop. What do your apps do? How did you get into this?

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The Story Behind ScoreBig's Live Entertainment Tickets, with Adam Kanner

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But, how do you do that in a way that doesn't cannibalize your full price tickets and screw up your brand? On the flip side, over the last several decades, ticket prices have appreciated every year. An example of that is in travel and hotel chains, where there is full dynamic pricing. That's your retail channel.

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Former Madison Square Garden President Scott O’Neil Joins ScoreBig Advisory Board

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O’Neil said, “ScoreBig.com is the only business that offers consumers deep savings on tickets in a way that protects the brand of the property and the integrity of full-price sales.” Problem Solved. He added,” I’m thrilled to be joining the team at ScoreBig.com and look forward to supporting its continued growth and success.”.