It’s been a while since I wrote about reselling. In the past, I’ve sold concert tickets and items using Amazon FBA. The main reason I try different reselling techniques is to help meet spending requirements on credit cards. Sometimes, you can make a nice profit too. A few months ago, I got extremely lucky reselling…
Reselling Tickets? Keep This in Mind Come Tax Time
Reselling concert tickets is one of my favorite ways to meet spending requirements to earn credit card sign-up bonuses. Whether you make a profit or not, any income from reselling tickets should be reported come tax time. For taxes, StubHub isn’t required to send you a 1099-K unless you make you have more than 200…
Six Tips for Reselling Tickets
Reselling concert tickets is a good way to earn a little cash or meet a spending requirement on a new credit card. However, it can be risky and one bad purchase can blow all of your profit. Here are some tricks and tips I’ve picked up when buying and selling concert tickets. Tips for Buying…
Sold Tickets on StubHub? Here’s What Happens If the Event Is Canceled
Selling tickets on StubHub is one of my favorite ways of meeting a spending requirement on a credit card. But what happens if you already sold your tickets and the event is canceled? This has happened to me a few times so far. Sometimes it’s a good thing because I bought a pair of seats that weren’t…
StubHub Scam or Weird Coincidence? The Billy Joel Incident of 2017
I know reselling tickets on StubHub can be controversial, but I primarily use it as a means to meet spending requirements to get credit card sign-up bonuses. Once in awhile, I’ll score some great seats and end up making a bit of cash (this is where the “controversial” part comes in…). Anyway, earlier this year I scored…
Here’s What Happens When StubHub Tickets Get Lost in the Mail
Selling tickets on StubHub is a great way to make a small profit or meet a spending requirement on a credit card. Buying PDF tickets is preferable since you can easily upload them and get paid quickly. However, certain seats at some venues are only issued as hard stock tickets. This requires shipping the tickets to the…
Reselling Bummer: Amazon FBA Returns
Reselling on Amazon FBA can be a lucrative side business or a way to meet spending requirements on credit cards. Selling on Amazon is all fun and games until you get a return. Returns are an inevitable pitfall of selling on Amazon, but not something that should deter you from pursuing a business through Amazon…
Adventures in Reselling: Tickets on Ticketmaster
I recently posted about how I got into reselling concert and theater tickets on StubHub. While StubHub is my primary venue for reselling tickets, I’ve recently started selling tickets on Ticketmaster as well. Ticketmaster resale is not an option for all tickets, but when it is available, I tend to favor it over StubHub. Here’s…
4 Ways Venues Try to Prevent Ticket Reselling
I’ve previously admitted that people hate when you buy tickets with the purpose of reselling. Some artists or venues will try really hard to prevent this from happening. Eric Church even canceled 25,000 tickets purchased by scalpers and re-released them to fans. But for those in the resale biz, it’s a real bummer when you…
Adventures in Reselling: Concert and Theater Tickets on StubHub
I know what you’re thinking, “You’re that person that drives up the ticket price for people that actually want to go to events!” And I’ll admit, this is partially correct. However, the main reason I started selling tickets on StubHub was to meet credit card sign-up bonus spending requirements. I think we can all relate to the…