Ban the resale of event tickets on secondary ticket sites

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Sites such as Viagogo allow 'affiliates' to resell tickets, often to sold out events, on their site for an inflated price. This encourages ticket scalpers (people who buy tickets with the sole purpose of reselling) to purchase multiple tickets, pricing out real fans.

This issue was raised on 13th July by Kevin Brennan MP.

The government should legislate that tickets can only be resold through the site they were originally purchased from, with the max resale value being the face value that the ticket was originally sold for (as is the case on some sites). This would completely eradicate ticket touting whilst allowing fans the opportunity to resell the tickets for any events they can no longer attend.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Make the resale of event tickets for more than face value illegal

Timeline

13 Jul 2023	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jul 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Jul 2023

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