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Oct 10

Ticketmaster fail

by David Wharram
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After the long awaited release of Take That’s new tour tickets surely Ticketmaster would ensure their servers wouldn’t fall down and are prepared for the levels of traffic which comes with a major band selling tickets? Apparently not! The site has been struggling all morning and now seems to have succumbed to the sheer numbers of excited fans.

There is another theory however, it’s a bit cynical, but could it be that the hype generated with frustrated fans simply boosts Ticketmasters online presence? I’m not suggesting this failure is intentional of course but does it really hurt their sales, they have an allocated ticket allowance after all...
 

About the author

David has worked in the Business Development team at Coast Digital for more than four years. He has a real passion for digital and a strong B2B background, having previously worked for a global manufacturing organisation.

David is responsible for new business at Coast Digital, having become Sales Manager in May 2011.
 

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Posted By Tom | 09 Dec 2010 10:18:13
They are always crashing!
Posted By michael healey | 29 Oct 2010 07:17:43
b:0;
Posted By paul daniels | 29 Oct 2010 05:48:41
Utterly hopeless service!!Tried now for 8 hours. So, poor it beggers belief.I wonder if the band know or care how bad this is?
Posted By Brian Sharman | 29 Oct 2010 04:42:38
An interesting thought, judging by the conversations on Twitter and Facebook this afternoon they've not come across well. Long term I doubt that it will do much damage though, but does seem a gamble if it was intentional.
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