The Profit Chain of Stealing Concert Tickets on Behalf of Others
The formation mechanism of the profit chain
Technology driven automatic ticket grabbing tools (such as “crawler software”) can grab ticket sources at millisecond speed, and the cost of a single operation can be ignored.
Proxy IP pools evade platform traffic restrictions, and the technical team invests less than a thousand yuan per month, yet they are able to monopolize popular ticket sources.
Humanized operation
Huangniu accurately reaches fans through social media and charges a double fee of “proxy fee+premium” (such as raising the original ticket price from 800 yuan to 3000 yuan).
Some studios colluded with the venue to lock in the front seats in advance, with a profit sharing of up to 50%.