Comments on: Meet FanSnap, Search Engine For Live Event Tickets http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: muhammad ali http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-970700 muhammad ali Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:25:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-970700 <p>A meta search engine backed by google yahoo msn ask . its also use o watch th youtube video and download them.its help cutomer to search any news and during its search its only use news paper.with all these services its a search engine which u can use to find rapidshare.you can search rapidshare files and also download them. so please use the www.infoox.com and also make it your home page.</p> A meta search engine backed by google yahoo msn ask . its also use o watch th youtube video and download them.its help cutomer to search any news and during its search its only use news paper.with all these services its a search engine which u can use to find rapidshare.you can search rapidshare files and also download them. so please use the http://www.infoox.com and also make it your home page.

]]> By: 7 Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should | Search Engine Optimization & Internet Marketing (SEO & SEM) Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-961362 7 Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should | Search Engine Optimization & Internet Marketing (SEO & SEM) Blog Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:00:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-961362 <p>[...] to shop than visiting the individual web sites of that many ticket brokers. To borrow a comparison Om Malik recently made, it’s like Zillow for event [...]</p> [...] to shop than visiting the individual web sites of that many ticket brokers. To borrow a comparison Om Malik recently made, it’s like Zillow for event [...]

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]]> By: Tiny Updates about FanSnap & Lijit - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-916713 Tiny Updates about FanSnap & Lijit - GigaOM Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:55:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-916713 <p>[...] FanSnap, a vertical search engine for live event tickets secured $5.5 million in new funding from previous investor, General Catalyst Partners, bringing the total to $10.5 million. They also signed a deal to bring Ticket Network to their service which is only going to boost their utility. I wrote about them earlier this Fall. [...]</p> [...] FanSnap, a vertical search engine for live event tickets secured $5.5 million in new funding from previous investor, General Catalyst Partners, bringing the total to $10.5 million. They also signed a deal to bring Ticket Network to their service which is only going to boost their utility. I wrote about them earlier this Fall. [...]

]]> By: FanSnap - a vertical sports tickets search engine « Livekick Blog http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-905577 FanSnap - a vertical sports tickets search engine « Livekick Blog Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:48:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-905577 <p>[...] FanSnap - a vertical sports tickets search engine Gigaom reports on the funding and launch of a new sports tickets vertical search engine FanSnap [...]</p> [...] FanSnap – a vertical sports tickets search engine Gigaom reports on the funding and launch of a new sports tickets vertical search engine FanSnap [...]

]]> By: KillerStartups.com - FanSnap.com - Search Engine For Live Event Tickets http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-905406 KillerStartups.com - FanSnap.com - Search Engine For Live Event Tickets Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:20:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-905406 <p><strong>FanSnap.com - Search Engine For Live Event Tickets...</strong></p> <p>I found your entry interesting do I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)...</p> FanSnap.com – Search Engine For Live Event Tickets…

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]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-905135 Alex Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:41:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-905135 <p>very nice site and user friendly. However, either they need more computing power, burstable bandwidth or better api code because serving up the data was very slow. Sports is a great area to in whether the economy is up or down. Thumbs up!</p> very nice site and user friendly. However, either they need more computing power, burstable bandwidth or better api code because serving up the data was very slow. Sports is a great area to in whether the economy is up or down. Thumbs up!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-905127 Om Malik Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:11:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-905127 <p>@Sachin Agarwal there are aggregators like TicketStumbler and there is FanSnap which is tapped into the databases of ticket sellers, which puts it at an advantage in terms of the inventory access and also more ancillary data around the tickets. In the end, it will be about the UI.</p> <p>As @TravisV says, I think it is about finding things easily. I agree with him. Low level scalpers via Craigslist are cheaper but there is a risk factor of not knowing if those tix are authentic or not.</p> @Sachin Agarwal there are aggregators like TicketStumbler and there is FanSnap which is tapped into the databases of ticket sellers, which puts it at an advantage in terms of the inventory access and also more ancillary data around the tickets. In the end, it will be about the UI.

As @TravisV says, I think it is about finding things easily. I agree with him. Low level scalpers via Craigslist are cheaper but there is a risk factor of not knowing if those tix are authentic or not.

]]> By: October 15, 2008 | next media update http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-905122 October 15, 2008 | next media update Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:34:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-905122 <p>[...] Meet FanSnap, Search Engine for Live Event Tickets GIGAOM FanSnap is a vertical search engine for live event tickets - everything from sports to concert tickets to theatre tickets. Just like Zillow helps consumers sift through real estate listings across the web by offering meta search results in a markedly user experience than a typical all-purpose search engine, FanSnap finds listings of tickets that are on sale.The company, which will launch its beta service tomorrow, lists chief executive officer Mike Janes as its co-founder. Janes in past life worked for FedEx and Apple and most recently 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 this company. Source> [...]</p> [...] Meet FanSnap, Search Engine for Live Event Tickets GIGAOM FanSnap is a vertical search engine for live event tickets – everything from sports to concert tickets to theatre tickets. Just like Zillow helps consumers sift through real estate listings across the web by offering meta search results in a markedly user experience than a typical all-purpose search engine, FanSnap finds listings of tickets that are on sale.The company, which will launch its beta service tomorrow, lists chief executive officer Mike Janes as its co-founder. Janes in past life worked for FedEx and Apple and most recently 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 this company. Source> [...]

]]> By: TravisV http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-905083 TravisV Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:40:04 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-905083 <p>I really like the UI, based on the screenshot. Looks like far better nav than what one usually experiences on Ticketmaster or StubHub.</p> <p>But what I don't get about these ticket exchange destinations is why anyone is willing to pay the idiot tax. The tickets are always 50% or more than if you just buy them off a ticketholder on craigslist. I've been to many playoff games and other tough to get tickets ... and I've not once bought those tickets from StubHub or similar.</p> <p>Instead of partnering with the ticket resellers that have such ridiculous mark-ups, why not partner with the teams / concert venues more directly? As a consumer I'm not interested to have better access to awful ticket prices from a wider range of resellers. I want better access to the direct venues' prices, and better alerting for when tickets go on sale.</p> I really like the UI, based on the screenshot. Looks like far better nav than what one usually experiences on Ticketmaster or StubHub.

But what I don’t get about these ticket exchange destinations is why anyone is willing to pay the idiot tax. The tickets are always 50% or more than if you just buy them off a ticketholder on craigslist. I’ve been to many playoff games and other tough to get tickets … and I’ve not once bought those tickets from StubHub or similar.

Instead of partnering with the ticket resellers that have such ridiculous mark-ups, why not partner with the teams / concert venues more directly? As a consumer I’m not interested to have better access to awful ticket prices from a wider range of resellers. I want better access to the direct venues’ prices, and better alerting for when tickets go on sale.

]]> By: Mark Towfiq http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-904952 Mark Towfiq Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:26:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-904952 <p>@Brian -- Thanks for your comment; for the game in question there are tickets available from multiple providers on our site, including ones you mention. Try using the checkbox filter on the left to see results from a specific provider.</p> <p>It may have been that some of the cheapest tickets in the list on the right were from Stubhub and you didn't notice the list was paginated? As this is a beta, we are still experimenting with how to empower people to best sift through the different options.</p> @Brian — Thanks for your comment; for the game in question there are tickets available from multiple providers on our site, including ones you mention. Try using the checkbox filter on the left to see results from a specific provider.

It may have been that some of the cheapest tickets in the list on the right were from Stubhub and you didn’t notice the list was paginated? As this is a beta, we are still experimenting with how to empower people to best sift through the different options.

]]> By: Brian http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-904943 Brian Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:25:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-904943 <p>Looking at the 10/15 Dodgers game, all of the listings are from Stubhub. I know for a fact that 714tickets and Barry's tickets who are mentioned as suppliers on their website have tickets for that game. So where are the rest of the suppliers? If they are successful what happens to Stubhub? Within the industry people speculate that 70%-80% of their listings are the brokers whom Fansnap is listing. Fansnap will be sending people directly to the broker owning the tickets and the consumer will end up paying 20%-25% less for the same seat than on Stubhub.</p> Looking at the 10/15 Dodgers game, all of the listings are from Stubhub. I know for a fact that 714tickets and Barry’s tickets who are mentioned as suppliers on their website have tickets for that game. So where are the rest of the suppliers? If they are successful what happens to Stubhub? Within the industry people speculate that 70%-80% of their listings are the brokers whom Fansnap is listing. Fansnap will be sending people directly to the broker owning the tickets and the consumer will end up paying 20%-25% less for the same seat than on Stubhub.

]]> By: Brian Dear http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-904940 Brian Dear Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:13:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-904940 <p>Om, another service that predated FanSnap by years was FatLens ... launched at DemoFall 2005. Pure-play vertical search engine for tickets nationwide.</p> <p>Here's their original press release:</p> <p>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-19-2005/0004109992&EDATE=</p> Om, another service that predated FanSnap by years was FatLens … launched at DemoFall 2005. Pure-play vertical search engine for tickets nationwide.

Here’s their original press release:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-19-2005/0004109992&EDATE=

]]> By: Brian http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-904936 Brian Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:59:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-904936 <p>I meant the 10/14 Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium.</p> I meant the 10/14 Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium.

]]> By: Sachin Agarwal http://gigaom.com/2008/10/14/meet-fansnap-search-engine-for-live-event-tickets/#comment-904931 Sachin Agarwal Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:48:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=24856#comment-904931 <p>I'm a bit surprised you haven't heard of TicketStumbler or SeatQuest - both of them aggregate feeds from the major sites. TS was a YC company, even.</p> I’m a bit surprised you haven’t heard of TicketStumbler or SeatQuest – both of them aggregate feeds from the major sites. TS was a YC company, even.

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