going live!
Live at 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT. Today's lineup:
- @MorganKrupetsky, @avax / @avalabs
- @rpasquinjr, @CryptoworthApp
- @oxranga, @solomon_labs
- Brian Luscombe, @zeroclick
- @saunders3000, @xpticket
The Great Rail Shift Report
- Mark Walsh and Jack Luttrell, Delos Financial
- @berhanko, @keyrails
- Bassam Elshorafa, @ARPdigital_io
- Alex Garn, @borderlessxyz
- @davistrazza, @lightspark
- @chrismaurice, @yellowcard_app
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Michael Saunders retweeted
Live Nation told investors ~95% of its shows don’t sell out. ~35M unsold tickets.
Most agentic commerce talk is still about scarce inventory. But the products that shipped are mostly about discovery. Ticketmaster’s ChatGPT app helps answer “what should I go to?”
Discovery shows what’s for sale. It doesn’t show what buyers are willing to pay.
That’s the missing piece.
Agents can see asks. They need to see bids.
Michael Saunders retweeted
Together, Together tour update as of 8/21
5 days out from the first show. Harryween continues to climb, up from $599 to $653 in just over a week. $200+ premium to every other Saturday show.
Wednesday still the best value night. September 2nd + October 14th the only nights still under $300.
Michael Saunders retweeted
Ticketing needs new underlying technology rails and industrywide standards.
A seller should only be able to list a ticket they actually have, and it should automatically transfer to the buyer immediately after they buy it.
He bought seats to the game a year ago, but ended up ticketless standing outside the stadium. This was just the beginning of his StubHub debacle. on.wsj.com/4fRpooV
Michael Saunders retweeted
Company origins often trace back to a personal pain point. For @xpticket founder @saunders3000, it was an Olivia Rodrigo concert and a wrong-date ticket he couldn't resell anywhere.
"I bought tickets for my girls to Olivia Rodrigo and I bought the wrong date. It was annoying. And I'm stuck with these things and I'm like, this is just dumb. I'm on Twitter, just being like, who wants these? And then my DMs were all weird. StubHub was just... it was the worst. It was just a bad experience."
The tickets never made it to a marketplace at all.
"I ended up giving it to a coworker. Him and his girlfriend bought my kids some swag."
Michael Saunders retweeted
fun part of this @snapbacksports partnership has been watching people respond to tweets thinking we cut Casey a deal to make us look good
reality is he’s just buying direct from a fan, like anyone else on XP’s fan-to-fan platform.
the disbelief is honestly the best proof of pmf there is
when the tech lets fans trade directly and safely, buyers and sellers both feel like they got deals.
tickets go back to being about seeing the game, not crazy prices, high fees, or scammers.
This is what $400 gets you at BC Place for Colombia vs. Switzerland
Another steal trading with fans on @xpticket
Michael Saunders retweeted
⚽️ World Cup tickets are now live.
Together with @xpticket, we've loaded 16 sets of World Cup tickets into the Sports 100 Gacha.
16 chances to score a seat at the biggest sporting event on earth.
Michael Saunders retweeted
Bump on this.
Narrative was “FIFA overpriced everything, seats going empty.”
Category-style primary means teams price 4 tiers instead of 50k seats. Better demand signal. Prices land closer to actual demand. Secondary market gets real liquidity.
Underrated factor in all this.
.@FIFAWorldCup did a lot wrong to create this ticket mess ahead of the World Cup.
But the category-style primary sale is actually a pretty brilliant mechanic. If artists leaned into this mechanic for primary releases, it’d help fix a lot of what’s broken in ticketing today.
Michael Saunders retweeted
Hidden fees. Fake listings. Waiting for someone else to go first. Buying a ticket shouldn't feel like negotiating a hostage exchange.
@saunders3000 on rebuilding ticketing with @XPticket on Solana.
Michael Saunders retweeted
someone’s gotta know someone interested in a deal on courtside Knicks tickets for tomorrow
any serious offers hit my DMs!
Just in and taking offers on XP: courtside seats for NBA Finals Game 5 in San Antonio
New York Knicks vs San Antonio Spurs - G5, 6/13
Section 28
Row 5
2 tickets
Available for bidding NOW on @xpticket!
Michael Saunders retweeted
WE PUT THE WORLD CUP IN A GACHA MACHINE. 🌎🏆
We're working with @XPTicket to drop real pairs of World Cup tickets into the Sports Gacha:
🇨🇻🇺🇾 Cape Verde vs Uruguay — 6/21, Miami
🇵🇦🏴 Panama vs England — 6/27, New York
🇺🇸🇹🇷 @gachasports may have some exclusives too...
Rip a pack, pull the tickets, and 2x seats are yours.
Take your +1 to the match — or sell them back in seconds.
Three matches. Three pairs of seats. In the machines right now.
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Michael Saunders retweeted
I do not envy whoever is in charge of pricing the Knicks "Fan First" presale
Game 4 get-in is $14,756 today. Was $3,659 on June 2nd.
Go too high (>$10k) → massive PR backlash on a sale literally called "fan first"
Go too low (<$5k) → leaving potentially millions of dollars on the table, and probably still dealing with backlash for charging several thousand dollars for something called fan first
REPORT: The Knicks are still expected to hold a “Fan First” presale for NBA Finals tickets, per @PIX11News.
Details are expected this weekend, but there will be no general public sale for NBA Finals tickets at MSG.
Michael Saunders retweeted
Relationship status: Long courtside, short marriage....
Shoutout to @xpticket
🤖 Made with AI
Michael Saunders retweeted
Unreal tickets just came through @xpticket desk.
Entire Private Theater Box for Game 1 and Game 2 of Spurs vs Knicks, NBA Finals in San Antonio - owner can’t make it and looking for offers.
• 6 tickets (4 seats + 2 SRO)
• All-inclusive food, beer & wine
• 2 VIP parking passes
Hoping the algorithm can help find the fan in the market for an entire Finals suite.
DMs open!
