What ticket camping is, and how to spot a scam
Ticket camping means holding a place before the on-sale, online or in a physical queue. How it works, what it costs, and six ways to check a service.
Guides
Guides to buying international concert tickets
Straight answers to the questions that come up most about buying tickets abroad — including whether to trust a booking service at all.
Basics
What a mini queue is, and why tickets vanish in two minutes
A mini queue means entering the online waiting room from several devices at the on-sale second. How random queue numbers work and why clicking fast is not enough.
Three ways tickets go on sale, and why each needs a different plan
How presale, general sale and lottery draws differ, and how to prepare for each. Preparing for the wrong one loses the ticket even if everything else is right.
Safety
Eight warning signs when buying concert tickets online
How to recognise a concert ticket scam, how to verify a seller, and what to do if you have already sent money. Written by a booking service.
Markets
Buying concert tickets in Thailand from abroad
Where concert, fanmeeting and fancon tickets in Bangkok are sold, what is required, and where overseas buyers usually get stuck.
Buying K-pop concert tickets in Korea from abroad
K-pop concerts in Seoul sell on Interpark, Yes24 and Melon Ticket. The real barrier is not clicking speed — it is the domestic account and payment.
Japanese concert tickets and how lottery draws work
Most Japanese shows sell by lottery rather than first-come-first-served. The registration rounds explained, and why a mini queue does nothing here.
Thai BL fanmeeting tickets: where to buy and why they are hard
Thai BL fanmeetings and fancons sell through ThaiTicketMajor, Ticketmelon or an organiser’s own platform. GMMTV organises the shows; it does not sell the tickets.
Glossary
What concert ticket tiers actually mean
CAT1, CAT2, standing, pit, soundcheck, meet and greet — the common tier names explained, and why they do not compare across shows.
Concert, fanmeeting, fancon, fanday: what differs
The difference between concerts, fanmeetings, fancons, fandays and fansigns — and why the label matters less than the benefit table.
Thai ticket market vocabulary, explained
The words you will meet in Thai fan communities: บัตรผี (scalped tickets), รับกดบัตร (booking service), อัปราคา (marking up), บัตรทิพย์ (tickets that never existed).
Practical
Everything an overseas concert trip costs
A full list of the costs of seeing a concert abroad, including the ones first-time travellers forget to budget for.
Why cards get declined buying tickets abroad
The usual reasons a card is declined at checkout for an international concert ticket, and how to fix each one before the on-sale.
Collecting concert tickets: e-tickets, paper and counter pickup
How international concert tickets are issued, how the methods differ, and why collection should be settled before booking.
Resale
Scalping, camping and passing: three things given one name
Scalping means buying to resell above face value. Camping means buying to order. Passing means handing on a ticket you can no longer use. Told apart by mechanism, not by label.
Black market concert tickets: why they cost more and why they are risky
Resale markets appear once official tickets sell out. Why prices inflate, the common frauds, and what to check before sending money.
Passing on a ticket safely, for both sides
How to pass on a concert ticket you can no longer use, how to receive one with less risk, and when not to do it at all.
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