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...The ticket platform StubHub experimented in 2015 with both all-in pricing and delaying fees until checkout, and found that its revenues were 20 per cent higher with the latter....
...On Thursday, tickets to Swift’s Eras tour dates in New York were listed on StubHub for between $580 and $28,000 each....
...This has included selling its classifieds business for $9.2bn and its ticket reselling company StubHub for $4.05bn. The move to a narrower focus seems to have impressed analysts....
...Stephanie Burns General counsel, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) Stephanie Burns joined PlayStation, Sony’s gaming division, from Amazon having previously worked for ticket reseller StubHub...
...The deal would lead to Eric Baker, Viagogo founder and chief executive, winning back control of StubHub, which he co-founded....
...Ebay subsequently announced in March 2019 that it would seek buyers for both its StubHub ticket-reselling business and its classifieds group....
...Yet add the $4.05bn cash deal to sell StubHub and the potential $12bn for classifieds and the total is less than the sum that Amazon spends on shipping in just six months. Deeper pockets are required....
...Buying StubHub, the largest US ticket reseller, is a neat solution. Ebay bought StubHub in 2007 for $310m. That is a return on investment to boast about....
...Last year eBay sold its ticket reselling company StubHub to rival Viagogo for $4.05bn....
...Ebay, which is under pressure from activist investors Starboard Value and Elliott Management and sold its StubHub business to Viagogo for $4bn last year, has been considering its options for several months...
...Smart reads Unfortunate events Eric Baker bought StubHub 15 years after he was fired from the ticketing company he had co-founded....
...Ebay acquired StubHub in 2007 for $310m....
...eBay subsequently announced in November it had agreed a $4.1bn deal to sell ticket reseller StubHub — which it bought in 2007 for $310m — to London-based Viagogo....
...The company has already sold its online ticket subsidiary StubHub to rival reseller Viagogo for $4bn and has been evaluating a sale of the classifieds business, which analysts estimate could be worth between...
...Late last year, eBay agreed to sell its online ticket subsidiary StubHub to rival reseller Viagogo for $4bn and has been evaluating a sale of its classifieds business, which analysts estimate could be worth...
...Ebay paid $310m for StubHub when it acquired the company in 2007. 4....
...Ticketing site StubHub is now eBay’s fastest-growing unit, but this does not mean it can replicate PayPal’s success....
...The company had spun off both Skype and PayPal, but under Mr Wenig hung on to its classified advertising and the StubHub ticket sales operations, drawing fire from Wall Street critics....
...And it said it was “actively reviewing the role and value of StubHub and Classifieds in its portfolio to determine the best path forward to maximise shareholder value.”...
...Today, eBay announced an interim CEO and said the review was ongoing, while a look at “its asset portfolio, including StubHub and eBay Classifieds Group, is continuing to move forward with the assistance...
...Elliott argues half of that should be ascribed to StubHub and the classified ads unit. The effective ebitda multiple of core eBay would then be less than six times....
...The StubHub ticketing business, for which eBay paid $310m in 2007, makes up about 11 per cent of revenues....
...The review announced on Friday will focus on the group’s ticket reselling company StubHub and its online classified business....
...The review would be focused on a sale of the group’s ticket reselling company StubHub and its online classifieds business, although an outright sale of the core marketplace business could be considered,...
...By comparison, 12 per cent of Bruno Mars’ and 6 per cent of Ed Sheeran’s tickets were listed on StubHub over the same time....
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