SeatSmart is a sports ticket search engine. They highlight available tickets from outlets such as: StubHub, RazorGator, TicketsNow, ebay, and Rallytix.com. The interface of the site is pretty spartan. The site/software is currently in beta, so I’m not sure if that will be enhanced or if this is what they’re planning on sticking with. I think time and money spent developing the user interaction of this site would go a long way to making it a really valuable site.
As a person who shops for tickets to sporting events I know that it’s easy to get stuck in a rut of always going to the same site or broker, just because it’s easier than visiting a bunch of different sites to find the best deal. It seems that SeatSmart has made this easier by pulling a bunch of ticket sources together.
Their about section talks about the reason that the site was started was to “get more fans in the stands on game day”. That seems a little too altruistic to me. The site was obviously started to create a service that would be beneficial to sports fans, but definitely to make money in the process. I don’t have a problem the site making money. If it’s a site that I like, I want it to make money and stay around. But to do it under the banner of improving the “game day experience for everyone – except for ticket brokers”, is a little much. They’re essentially acting as another tier of ticket brokering.
So overall, I’d say it’s a good idea. Think of it as an Orbitz for ticket brokering. The site needs some polish. I hope that it will get it.
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