Battle of the bots: Solutions to scalper bots
How the industry is fighting back against the touts as ticketing platforms tackle scalper bots and protect sales for real fans
Feature By Francine Gorman | 1 September 2026
The battle between ticketing platforms and scalper bots has been ongoing for years, with technological advancements forcing vendors to continually find solutions to protect their inventory against scalper bots preventing legitimate fans from accessing sales.
“While bots are a problem across industries, ticketing has been dealing with them longer than most,” says Queue-it’s CEO Jesper Essendrop. “High-demand, limited-inventory on-sales are at the core of the industry, so ticketing companies have been among the first to adopt defences such as virtual…
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