US Federal Trade Commission to look into online ticketing

The FTC will explore "consumer protection and competition issues" in the online event ticket sales market in a workshop next March

News By | 4 October 2018

The workshop will feature opening remarks from federal trade commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter © Federal Trade Commission

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking input from the US entertainment industry and the general public ahead of a newly announced inquiry into the online ticketing market.

The FTC workshop, set for 29 March 2019, will explore “consumer protection and competition issues” related to buying tickets online – an area which has been a “frequent topic of consumer and competitor complaints”, according to the US competition watchdog.

The commission will tackle issues in both the primary and secondary markets, including transparency, lack of…

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