There are two basic ways that you can make money selling event tickets: sell the tickets directly to customers for the profit, or sell the tickets as an affiliate for a company and get a commission for doing it. In this article we will look at both ways and you can decide which you prefer.

1. Try to always buy event tickets at a presale. This is a kind of mini sale that takes place before the tickets are put on sale to the general public. In the case of a football match, for example, the ticket presale would be for fans of both teams.

The fans will possibly get the tickets at a reduced price, but more importantly, they will get the first chance of getting a good front row seat. Usually a password is required before you can take part in a presale. You may be able to get presale passwords for event tickets at a website such as Awesome-Tickets

2. A Ticketmaster outlet can be found in most big towns and cities. If you live near one you can get your event tickets from there. One way to profit from doing this is to get a number of tickets for the best seats in the hope of selling them later at a profit to people who didn't manage to get seats in time, but would like to.

3. Usually events that take place in the city you live in have long lines at Ticketmaster. By the time you get to the ticket booth, all the best seats are gone. A better idea is to buy tickets for events that will take place in another city or town.

The lines at Ticketmaster are usually very short or non-existent and you can easily get some of the really good seats this way to sell for profit later. You can sell them to the people in the other city or town through a website. You will need to set one up for this purpose and promote it, marketing the fact that you have event tickets for sale.

4. If you prefer to make money selling event tickets as an affiliate, there are several websites that can help you in this. One of the best is StubHub. They have a very good affiliate program in place. You decide which events you want to promote, they will give you the special code to use in your promotional links, and you promote the even in any acceptable way you can.

5. You can set up a free website using one of the free blogging platforms such as Squidoo or Blogger. You will need to promote the website to help it rank well in the search engine results. Don't try to make a hard sale of the event tickets. This plan will work much better if you pre-sell the visitor and subtly nudge them in the right direction.

To make money selling event tickets you should always try to come across as professional as possible. People like to know that the person they are dealing with is genuine. Online the only thing they have to go by is how you appear to them. Look professional and act professional and you will do well.