Market Report: Germany

Major secondary brands like Viagogo and StubHub have long had a strong foothold in Germany – and enjoyed strong demand – but legislative change may be afoot.

Key primary ticketers: CTS Eventim, DICE (owned by Fever), Ticketmaster Secondary ticketing situation: For-profit ticket reselling is legal in Germany. However, if the ticket’s terms and conditions include a resale prohibition clause, the ticket can only be resold for up to 25% above face value.

White label/D2C companies: ticket i/O, TicketPAY, Reservix, White Label E-Commerce GmBH (owned by AXS), vivenu

Taxes & charges: VAT: typically 7% but could be as high as 19% depending on the event

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