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Is StubHub owned by Ticketmaster?

StubHub was founded in 2000 by Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr. The company was acquired by eBay for $310 million in 2007, and again acquired in 2020 by Viagogo.



No, StubHub is not owned by Ticketmaster; in fact, the two companies are major competitors in the ticketing industry. StubHub is currently owned by StubHub Holdings, which was formed after the company was repurchased from eBay in 2020 by Viagogo, a ticket marketplace led by StubHub's original co-founder Eric Baker. The deal was valued at approximately $4 billion. StubHub went public as an independent entity in 2025. Ticketmaster, on the other hand, is a subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment. While both platforms allow for the resale of tickets, Ticketmaster primarily functions as a primary ticket seller for venues and artists, whereas StubHub is almost exclusively a secondary market (resale) platform. The two have historically been involved in legal disputes over exclusivity deals and the right to resell "paperless" tickets, further highlighting their competitive relationship rather than any corporate affiliation.

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The fees essentially are the money that StubHub receives for providing a service to the customer (buyer or seller, there are fees on both sides). This is to pay for fraud protection, integrations with partner's ticketing systems, operational costs ,and to obviously profit.

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