TicketNetwork has issued a statement in support of the industry-wide application of so-called “All-In” pricing for tickets as part of a wider program of reform to the ticket rights landscape.
“Millions of American consumers stand to benefit from the proposed rules that would require the full ticket price to be displayed up-front,” TicketNetwork spokesperson Sean Burns told TicketNews this week. “We stand in full support of the Biden Administration’s push for better transparency, which would prevent the hiding of required fees until late in the shopping process, which makes true comparison shopping needlessly difficult.
“Transparency is key for consumers shopping for event tickets,” he continued. “TicketNetwork has long supported an industry-wide requirement for such rules to be in place, rather than left to the discretion of individual marketplaces.”
“We hope that efforts to improve the consumer experience for buying tickets continues with much-needed reforms like transparency on ticket availability, bans on anti-competitive ticket transfer restrictions, and mandatory reporting of alleged violations of existing laws regarding the use of “bots”,” he continued. “All of [these reforms] have been proposed by forward-thinking legislators at both state and federal levels despite fierce lobbying opposition from the powerful companies that benefit from such harmful practices.”