Wall Street Journal — Scoring World Series Tickets Gets Easier

TicketsNow opens it site only to licensed resellers. These tickets are backed by a 100% guarantee and their 10% fee is slightly less than the fees charged by some other re-sellers. See entire article.


USA Today — 10 Great Places for a Hot-ticket View of Sports

Sports aficionados are fantasizing about those primo vantage points that seem to belong by birthright to the scions of season subscribers, celebs and political or business bigwigs. Premium tickets, they're called, and ticketsnow.com (800-927-2770) can snare some guaranteed-authentic ones for you, even if you are not a high roller. See entire article.


Kiplinger’s Personal Finance — Score Great Tickets

Many ticket resellers, such as TicketsNow.com, let you buy online, offer guarantees of valid tickets or your money back, and have good records with the Better Business Bureau. See entire article.


Daily Herald — Crystal Lake Company Excels With Online Ticket Sales

TicketsNow customer Bill Brady, 40, of Schaumburg says he goes to the Web site whenever he wants to find front row seats at a reasonable price. “The service is outstanding and the inventory of ticket listings they have is always great,” he said. “the main thing about TicketsNow is integrity — you get what you pay for.” See entire article.


cbs2chicago.com — Ticket Resale Now A Mainstream Business

TicketsNow requires all sellers to be licensed brokers. On StubHub, anyone can post. See entire article.


The Seattle Times — It’s Already a Seller’s Market for Playoff Tickets

Another option is to get tickets through companies such as Ticketsnow.com, which deal with licensed brokers. TicketsNow says it screens these brokers by having them provide three references. The company doesn’t buy directly from season ticket holders because it doesn’t want to take the chance that tickets they sell are fraudulent. See entire article.


Seattle Post-Intelligencer — With Ticket Prices Sky High, NFL Cautions Against Scams

TicketsNow sells tickets from licensed retailers only and screens them before putting their products online.


New York Times — New Era of Ticket Resales: Online and Aboveboard

“We’ve been doing this awhile and people still often ask “Is this legal?’” said Kenneth Dotson, Chief Marketing Officer for TicketsNow in Crystal Lake, Illinois. “The fact that AOL is making such a big splash with this is an indication to people that not only is it legal, but it’s legitimate, and a great alternative if they can’t get the tickets they want. With the street corner scalper, you have to pay cash, there’s no way to get your money back and the guy won’t be there after the game to help you if you’ve gotten a counterfeit ticket,” Mr. Dotson said.

By contrast, he says, TicketsNow opens its site to only licensed ticket re-sellers and screens them as an extra precaution. Furthermore, he says, TicketsNow guarantees the authenticity of all tickets it sells — an important consideration for, say, a business executive who invites a prospective client to a baseball playoff or big musical event. Being turned away at the door might make a bad impression and “just getting your money back doesn’t solve the problem,” he said. See entire article.


Scripps Howard News Service — Buyer Beware When it Comes to Super Bowl Tickets