Tixel, Australian Face Value Ticket Exchange Platform, Expands to U.S. – Billboard

The platform allows fans to buy and sell resale tickets, with prices automatically capped based on the original purchase price. Tixel Michael Woods Australian face value ticket exchange platform Tixel is officially launching in the United States, where it has signed new partners including Burning Man Project, FNGRS CRSSD, Under the Big Sky and Vermont venue Higher Ground, the company announced Monday (June 23). Also announced as partners in the U.S. are primary ticketing platforms Eventbrite, Leap Event Technology and Prekindle. They all join an existing roster of major venues, promoters and artists in other regions, including Superstruct Entertainment UK and the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix.   Tixel enables the safe buying and selling of resale tickets with prices automatically capped based on the original ticket purchase price. Trending on Billboard “Buying a resale ticket in the U.S. is often synonymous with paying two, three or four times the original purchase price,” said Tixel founder and CEO Zac Leigh in a statement. “Scalpers and brokers skim the profit and the fan, artist and promoter lose. It doesn’t have to be this way. With Tixel’s entry to the market there is now a safe and fair place for fans in the
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