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by calciphus 1070 days ago
Many artists, venues, and ticketing companies prohibit transferring to resale sites but allow "fan to fan" transfers. You transfer the ticket to Stubhub via a reasonable but generic sounding email, then they transfer it to the final buyer later.

The domains help Stubhub obscure that they are involved

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The particular concert this was for (Illenium at Merriweather Pavilion on 7/15) had resale disabled on Ticketmaster itself per an agreement with the artist.