Comments on: eBay Scalps StubHub

By: Meet FanSnap, Search Engine For Live Event Tickets - GigaOM

Meet FanSnap, Search Engine For Live Event Tickets - GigaOM — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:01:26 +0000

[...] was chief marketing officer at StubHub, an online ticket reseller that was acquired by eBay in January 2007 for $310 million, Mark Towfiq, former CTO of Flock, Rishi Garg (VP of Biz Dev) and Payne are other co-founders of [...]

By: Ticketmaster Wants a Cut of Online TicketsNow - GigaOM

Ticketmaster Wants a Cut of Online TicketsNow - GigaOM — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:00:41 +0000

[...] giant had long complained about online ticket brokers, but perhaps eBay’s success after buying StubHub back a year ago, the grim performance of its online TicketExchange platform, and its [...]

By: Todd Mitchell's Personal Blog

Todd Mitchell's Personal Blog — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:48:42 +0000

eBay getting into the ticket scalping business…

Looks like eBay is on the run a little. And rather than trying to invest in starting new units in foreign countries, they’re snapping up seemingly profitable companies. Om Malik is reporting that eBay has acquired e-scalper and now StubHub. …

By: Dave McClure

Dave McClure — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:20:04 +0000

well, the accurate interpretation of that headline would mean that they're buying StubHub at a low price and can later sell to someone else for higher. hmmm…

By: michael arrington

michael arrington — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:34:10 +0000

oooh…good title. :-)

By: Web X.0

Web X.0 — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:56:32 +0000

StubHub acquired by eBay - you heard it here first… …

About 7 months ago I predicted that eBay would eventually buy StubHub, the wonderful ticket marketplace. Well - looks like the day has come and eBay has acquired StubHub for $310M. From TechCrunch:they are announcing the deal earlier than expected…