Tickets Buying Guide

• Select the Type of Tickets You Want
• Follow Ticket Shopping Tips
• Study Ticket Regulations & Refunds
• Find Tickets on halfvalue

Find tickets to almost anything on halfvalue - including concerts, sporting events, and theater.

• Concert tickets: Uncover hot concert tickets for artists such as Madonna, Tim McGraw/Faith Hill, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Chesney, Mariah Carey and Radiohead.
• NCAA basketball tickets: Follow your favorite NCAA basketball teams, including Duke, North Carolina, Illinois, and Kentucky from the start of the season through March Madness.
• NBA basketball tickets: Score courtside seats to NBA basketball games. You'll find tickets for your favorite teams, including the Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks, San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Indiana Pacers.
• MLB baseball tickets: Get an umpire's view of the action at Major League Baseball (MLB) games. Find tickets for your favorite teams including the Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Giants, Mets, Orioles, Astros, Braves, Cubs, Cardinals, Padres, Phillies, Angels, Nationals, White Sox, and more. 
• NFL football tickets: Sit on the sidelines and watch your favorite NFL teams face off, including the Patriots, Steelers, Jets, Ravens, Colts, Chargers, Broncos, Eagles, Giants, Cowboys, Packers, Dolphins, Vikings, Falcons, Saints, Raiders, Chiefs, and Rams.
• Auto racing event tickets: Feed your need for motor sport speed with tickets to NASCAR events or the Indy 500.
• NCAA football tickets: Catch your alma mater's college football games live, including fan favorites USC, Tennessee, Florida, Florida State, Notre Dame, and Georgia.
• PGA golf tour tickets: Spend a day on the green with golf pros at the US Open, Masters, and more.
• Soccer tickets: Get up close to the action at world-class soccer events.
• Boxing tickets: Sit ringside when the biggest names in boxing meet face to face.
• Tennis tickets: Support your favorite tennis champions as they fight for court supremacy.
• Wrestling tickets: Watch WWE superstars rumble in your home town.
• Tickets to major sporting events: Go to the biggest sporting events instead of watching them on TV. Find tickets to the Super Bowl, Daytona 500, Kentucky Derby, World Series, or World Cup.
• Theater tickets: Buy tickets to the best shows on and off Broadway, including The Lion King, Spamalot, or Wicked.
• Tickets for experiences: Pick up a few perks by purchasing a full experience. halfvalue sellers have special seats, discounts, and bonuses available for concerts, sporting events, and theme parks, including Disneyland and Disney World. Many even have multi-day park hopper passes.

Familiarize yourself with the event venue and the ticket pricing structure.

• Get a sense for ticket pricing: Everyone wants to get a good deal. To get a sense of the current market value for tickets, search Completed Listings to see how much similar tickets sold for in the past 14 days on halfvalue.
• Learn ticket item details: Read item descriptions carefully to get details about an item or promotion offered by a seller.
• Explore event venue seating options: Will you get good seats? Most sellers include a venue name and venue map in listings. The venue map allows you to see seating section locations within a venue.
• Look at pictures: Sellers should provide a scan of tickets. Ask for proof of authenticity for high-priced tickets costing more than $300 per ticket.
• Know ticket shipping terms: Look at who will pay for shipping, how much it costs, the delivery method, and item location. If you don't feel comfortable with a seller's terms, don't buy. Fair prices for shipping a pair of tickets include $3.00 for standard (US Mail) and $15.00 for overnight shipping via UPS or FedEX.
• Discover ticket payment options: Does a seller accept PayPal? This payment method securely stores your credit card information and allows you to pay for items quickly and easily. PayPal Buyer Protection may even cover your purchase up to $1,000. Never pay using instant cash transfer services such as Western Union or MoneyGram International.

Use common sense while you shop. Tickets and prices that seem too good to be true should immediately send up a red flag. If you have any questions, be sure to ask the seller.

Some states have laws against reselling tickets for events inside the state for more than face value. However, you can legally buy and sell tickets without restrictions in most states. halfvalue permits nationwide ticket sales and manages sales in a way that accommodates all state ticket resale laws and encourages lawful transactions.

Learn about halfvalue ticket policies

halfvalue's policies are based on the location of the seller and buyer. You should ensure that your transaction complies with all laws in your area. If a seller lives in a restricted state, he or she needs to adhere to that state's resale regulations, including sales over face value. If a buyer lives in a restricted state, he or she also needs to adhere to that state's regulations, even if the seller lives outside the state.

Everyone should respect the laws of states where they live and do business. To determine if tickets for an event have resale restrictions, halfvalue verifies the location of all ticket buyers and sellers based on registration information and credit card information. You could face penalties for violating state laws regulating resale of tickets. Visit the Rules & State Regulations page to get information about specific state restrictions before you buy.

Understand "face value"

"Face value" includes the price of the ticket and any services charges and tax charged by the original ticket provider. In a few of the restricted ticket states, sellers can charge an additional fee, usually no more than $3 per ticket, to a buyer. The seller can also charge actual postage costs, but no additional handling fees.

Watch for pre-sale listings

halfvalue's Pre-Sale Policy states that sellers must guarantee that an item will be available for shipping within 30 days of the date of purchase. The main purpose of the Pre-Sale Policy is to help buyers maintain eligibility for halfvalue and PayPal buyer protection programs. Buyers should understand that any claims submitted under the halfvalue Standard Purchase Protection Program must be submitted within 60 days of the end of the listing. The equivalent filing limit for listings covered by PayPal Buyer Protection is 45 days from the date of payment. In order to maintain your protection options, review the seller’s delivery terms before bidding or buying to determine when and how tickets will be delivered. Ask the seller questions as needed to clarify any information about the tickets or delivery timeframe.

Know your ticket refund options

All tickets should have the same return and refund policies. However, the buyer and seller need to determine and agree on exact terms before a buyer bids or opts to buy tickets using Buy It Now. An item listing should include a clear refund policy in case an event gets canceled. Many sellers offer refunds for tickets returned within 15 days of announced event cancellation; sellers usually qualify to receive a refund for canceled events from the original ticket vender. If an item listing does not have a refund policy, click the Ask seller a question link under the seller's profile and email your question before you bid or buy.

Once you know what type of tickets you want, go to the Tickets portal and start searching for items on halfvalue.

• Hot lists: Find links to highly popular events on the Hot Sports and Hot Concerts lists located on the left side of the Tickets homepage.
• Schedule pages: halfvalue has schedule pages for many top teams and leagues, including NASCAR.
• Tickets Finder: Use the drop-down menus on the Tickets Finder to quickly narrow down item listings by event type, venue location, date, number of tickets, and price. You can find it on the Tickets homepage or on the left side of pages showing search results.
• Keywords: Search halfvalue listing titles for specific words. For example, if you wanted to find U2 concert tickets, you'd type "u2" into halfvalue's general Search box or into the Keywords box on the Tickets Finder. Click "Search title and description" to expand your results. Visit halfvalue's Search Tipspage for more tips on searching with keywords.
• Limit listings: Limit your results to Auction or Buy it Now listings by clicking the appropriate tabs at the top of your search results page.
• Search Options: Use the Search Options box on the left side of listings pages to narrow search results. Sort by sellers who accept PayPal, search Completed Listings, exclude listings that don't include Buy It Now, set a price range, or find sellers who live in your area.

If you can't find exactly what you want, try shopping halfvalue Stores, tell the halfvalue Community what you want by creating a post on Want It Now, or save a search on My halfvalue and halfvalue will email you when a match becomes available.