{"id":456149,"date":"2022-08-11T09:58:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T07:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=456149"},"modified":"2022-08-11T10:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T08:00:42","slug":"spotify-testing-direct-ticket-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/456149-spotify-testing-direct-ticket-sales.html","title":{"rendered":"Spotify testing direct ticket sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotify is trialling a new website aimed at selling concert tickets directly to fans instead of linking them to external ticketing platforms, according to a Music Ally report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The new website \u2014 Spotify Tickets<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 currently features a small number of events, including concerts for artists such as Limbeck, Annie DiRusso, and Four Year Strong.<\/p>\n

Notably, the website’s terms and conditions specify that Spotify sells event tickets on behalf of “Event Partners”, including artists, fan clubs, event promoters, and venues.<\/p>\n

As a result, Spotify doesn’t set pricing for tickets sold on the website and charges a booking fee, which is presented to customers when checking out.<\/p>\n

Those who wish to use Spotify Tickets to book their spot at events will need to create a Spotify account to do so.<\/p>\n

The initiative doesn’t support printable tickets, and its terms specify that buyers must present their email confirmation and a valid ID at the venue to gain access.<\/p>\n

“You may not resell, assign or transfer a Ticket,” the company adds in its terms and conditions.<\/p>\n

However, it does allow the resale of tickets for events located in “Permitted Transfer States” in the US, including Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New Tork, and Utah.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Elon Musk accuses Twitter of hiding key witnesses in deal battle<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spotify Tickets will sell concert and event tickets on behalf of third parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":456155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[70347,80529,7927,80531],"class_list":["post-456149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-live-events","tag-music-concerts","tag-spotify","tag-spotify-tickets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456169,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456149\/revisions\/456169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}