How profitable are scalpers? Jay Chou's concert is hard to find, and Eason Chen bluntly said that he wanted to be a scalper

On February 27, Jay Chou's 2023 Carnival World Tour tickets began to be pre-sold, and they were snatched up in less than 30 seconds after they went on sale, although many fans had long been prepared to grab tickets in advance and ran to the area with the strongest network signal to squat, but they still grabbed a loneliness.

Looking back at the barley data before the pre-sale, the number of people who "want to see" has exceeded 10 million, so it is understandable that there is a "one vote is difficult to find" second-kill situation.

The disappointed iron fans almost crushed their teeth in the back, and the lost mood could only be vented on the Internet, which led to a string of complaints about the same illness, and the iron fans complained that even if the seconds were in vain, they almost cried in the toilet.

The tears of Zhou Dong's fans here have not yet been wiped clean, and the scalpers on the other side of the network sharpened the knife, and the general ticket was sold for 900 yuan to 2380, which is said to be a preferential price.

Scalpers are competing with each other while shouting: If you don't believe it, they sell four thousand plus on salted fish, and we are already conscientious sellers. If you really want to see the prime file, there is still 20880 yuan, and it does not support return and exchange.

The difference in the starting price of sitting on the floor is so large that the police can't look past it, and the official friendly reminder "refuse scalpers."

But they couldn't resist the enthusiasm of fans who wanted to see the concert, they asked everywhere, and it was true to see that it was not fake, in addition to selling four thousand on the Internet, there were also sold for ten thousand.

So fans ran back to find the original conscientious seller, paid for the ticket and did not forget to say "hard work to grab tickets, thank you".

To say that this scalper is really profitable, even Eason Chen worships them.

On January 15, at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong, Eason Chan's concert tickets were fried from 1,000 scalpers to 8,000 plus, which shocked the Prince of Love Songs to instantly innovate emojis.

He said he stopped singing and wanted to be a scalper. Even the stars are envious, and I wait for melon farmers to gnaw melon skins.

What is the sacred nature of scalpers, and why can't fans squat to grab tickets, but they can easily get their hands on them? Among them, there are too many "industry insiders" unknown to outsiders.

There are three main channels for scalpers' tickets, the first is the organizer's free tickets, which are not directly given to scalpers, but the organizers in order to thank the cooperation of various units, such as venues, sponsors and ticketing networks.

The organizer will thank these units and will generally provide VIP tickets for the other party to laugh.

However, the party receiving the free ticket is not necessarily very happy, after all, not everyone likes to listen to the concert, and the other party is not necessarily the star's iron fan. Therefore, if you don't want to see the ticket, most of them will sell it to scalpers at a low price.

The second method is the battle chicken in the scalper, they have a close connection with the organizer, when a website ticket is not sold out, it will be returned to the organizer, and then the organizer will find a close relationship scalper and sell it to them at a low price.

In addition, fans who are waiting on the scene for something suddenly can't see the concert to refund the ticket, of course, this chance is still very small, but all iron fans, I am afraid that the knife in the sky will also go to see the idol, and it is easy not to think of refunding the ticket.

Speaking of which, do you think that the ticket was speculated to 18,000 is a sky-high price? It's "superficial" to think so.

The above-mentioned Zhou Dong and Eason Chen are already Mesozoic idols, let's take a look at the value created by the small fresh meat in the past two years for scalpers.

For example, Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, who are now in a mess, the price of their event tickets has been speculated to seven or eight thousand, and crazy fans have really laid blood in order to meet their idols, just to be able to take a photo with their idols.

There is also Hunan Satellite TV's New Year's Eve party at the end of 2022, and traffic stars such as Wang Yibo, Wang Junkai, and Zhang Yixing were also invited to participate.

Earlier, someone learned through a relationship that the ticket for the party was about 1,000, but because of the participation of these small fresh meat, the ticket price was finally fried to 20,000 by scalpers. This change of hands, a net profit of 19,000, a few hours of the party, spent an ordinary melon farmer's harvest for a year, a little incredible.

Envy, envy and hatred can no longer represent the mood of melon farmers at the moment, reincarnation is a technical job, you can't be a star can be a rich fan, you can't be a rich fan as a scalper.

At this time, the scalper who earned 19,000 yuan couldn't bear it, and he looked down on you who had never seen the world, and I earned 19,000 yuan to blind your eyes, and then reveal it to you a big melon.

As the saying goes, ginger is still old and spicy, and this is also true in the entertainment industry. Andy Lau's concert tickets were speculated to 200,000 plus that year, and Faye Wong's VIP tickets were sold by scalpers to over 1 million plus.

Hearing this, the melon farmers can only sigh, these astronomical figures have exceeded their understanding, all dispersed, go back to wash and sleep, wake up and continue to plant melons.

Then some people said, being a scalper is so rich, a star concert can go directly to the well-off, tomorrow we will not carry cement, simply join the scalper.

It is also "superficial" to say this, and scalpers are not just one person can do it.

To be a scalper, you must have a lot of qualities, you must have an analyst certificate, you must be able to analyze which star will not lose money, you must have a fool master certificate, and you must be able to fool fans to your heart.

If you catch up with which scalper is not good at learning and stepping into this industry, you will not be allowed to lose your underwear in minutes. Because looking at a profitable transaction, in fact, like any investment, there is also a high risk.

In 2021, Xue Zhiqian's "Exotic Object Tour" was held in Guangzhou University Town Sports Center, and soon the tickets were snapped up, and Xue Fan, who did not buy a ticket, was so anxious to jump off the building, at which time the scalper would appear at the right time.

A ticket is two thousand yuan, and if you want it, you have to hurry up, Xue Fan, who has a lot of money, will immediately grab it in seconds, and other financially tight Xue Fan can only cast envious eyes.

At this time, another scalper offered a price of 1,400, which was six hundred cheaper, and the fans immediately felt that pie had really fallen from the sky.

As a result, I managed to scrape together enough money to buy a ticket, but it turned out to be a fake ticket at the performance site, and I really wanted to cry beyond words.

This time Xue Zhiqian's concert made scalpers make a fortune, who knows that in a few days, the scalpers regretted beating their chests, the same person, how to say paste is paste.

For example, recently a certain star likes to be a father, we still take Xue Zhiqian as an example, in order to earn milk powder money for the child, he once again opened a concert, and the scalpers who ate sweetness were enough tickets to save up tickets, hoping to make another big profit.

Who knows that people are not as good as heavenly calculations, this star does not know when it suddenly cools down, the concert is not cared for, this time it is the turn of the scalper to jump off the building, in order to recover the loss, the scalper sells tickets at a discount for various reasons.

Some say that the daughter-in-law ran away with someone, some said that she was unwell, some said that the child was going to have a parent-teacher meeting, and there were real people, so they said that they really couldn't find an excuse to discount, please do well.

In short, it is all kinds of "clearance and fire sale, tears and vomiting blood", many scalpers worked hard and finally paid money, losing a lot.

In the first two years, when Luhan was the hottest, the scarcity of concert tickets was comparable to Jay Chou on these two days, and the vast majority of them were pinched by scalpers.

I thought that the transaction would be stable and unrelenting, but the Beijing Xiaoye officially announced the relationship regardless of it, causing a big chaos.

Weibo backstage technicians are solving the platform paralysis failure, and only fans are crying for the loss of exclusive idols.

There are also scalpers who staked on their wealth to hoard tickets, and found with a confused look that the original price of more than a thousand tickets, not to mention the high price of huge profits, now even a hundred yuan can not be sold.

The official announcement of the relationship, Lu Han harvested Guan Xiaotong and love, and the scalper harvested the blood without return...

Countless examples have proved that being a scalper is not a steady profit or loss, just as the so-called "scalper has risks, please be cautious when entering the industry".

For the existence of scalpers, fans love and hate, love the scarce tickets in their hands, hate their high-priced mouths. The stars who are "parasitized" by scalpers to make money under the halo, although it is not good to publicly condemn scalpers for using their own fame to soak their fans' wool, but the unhappiness in their hearts must be certain and certain.

Scalping, in the short term, must be for the stars to gather popularity, is not the artist team to pay the price of publicity, the cost is definitely worth it.

However, any star is not a master who only knows how to lower his head and make money, but if his brain is still a little sober, he can figure out whose fundamental interests the scalper harms, and who is the one who really pays for the scalper in the end.

It is because of this understanding that there will be more and more friction incidents between stars and scalpers.

For example, Lin Junjie once imitated the Spring Festival ticket sales enlargement, and the concert tickets implemented a real-name system, limiting the number of tickets purchased by one ID card.

There is Liu Haoran in blood, and the security guard and the scalper fight at the birthday party, and the intensity of the scene is comparable to a martial arts drama.

The wise one is Andy Lau, who made a promotional video for ZF in a certain place, calling on everyone to refuse scalpers and tickets of unknown origin.

In the fight against scalpers, stars and teams are opening their minds and making surprising moves, not seeking good scenes, but asking scalpers to get out.

The star effect cannot be stopped, there is a demand for fans to chase stars, there will be a market for scalpers to appear and exist. Therefore, if you want to eliminate scalpers from the root, fans are the most critical festival.

Correct the social influence of celebrities, do not "deify" stars, guide fans to chase stars reasonably, and do not be overly fanatical. This is probably the most important rectification in the entertainment industry, the general environment is good, and the "parasite" of scalpers will naturally be less.