How to track ticket prices on Ticketmaster, StubHub and other sites
See the free trackers, the price alert steps for each site and what a tracker cannot show you. Price moves are from 5,419 tracked Vivid Seats events.
A ticket price tracker saves the listing price for an event over time. It alerts you when the price changes. The free ones track secondary listing prices. None that we checked showed how many primary tickets are left. A listing price is not a sale.
If you only want the steps for 1 site, go to how to track ticket prices on each site.
What a ticket price tracker does
A tracker checks an event's listings again and again and saves the lowest price each time. The saved prices go on a chart.
The number it saves is normally the get-in price (the cheapest listing for the event).
Across about 36,000 US concerts on Vivid Seats, the median get-in price was $68 with fees ($49 before fees). Half of concerts had a get-in price between $51 and $91. Those are asking prices on 1 site. The cheapest listing can be a single seat or a poor seat.
Primary is the original seller (Ticketmaster or AXS). Secondary is where ticket holders list their tickets for sale, such as StubHub, Vivid Seats or SeatGeek.
Free ticket price trackers compared
Each row shows how the site described itself on its own pages. The first 4 are ticket sites that track their own listings for free. The last row is ours, and it is a paid broker tool.
| Tool | What it tracks | Alerts | Price history | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SeatGeek | Its own listings | Price alerts by email or app push | None stated | Free |
| TickPick | Its own listings | Price alerts in the app | Minimum and average price trends in the app | Free |
| Gametime | Its own listings | Price notifications for teams and artists you favorite | None stated | Free |
| Ticketmaster | Its own events | New shows, onsales and low availability. We found no price alert on its help pages. | None found | Free |
| TicketFlipping (ours, paid broker tool) | Primary ticket counts on Ticketmaster and AXS, secondary inventory, get-in price | Drop alerts and low alerts on Ticketmaster and AXS, on Expert ($189/mo) and above | For the events you favorite | Paid, from $99/mo |
Checked October 1, 2026. Plans change, so check each site.
If you are a fan buying 2 tickets, the free tools are enough. Use the alert inside the app you buy from.
How to track ticket prices on each site
A site's own alert only covers that site's listings.
Add the artist or team to your Ticketmaster favorites
Ticketmaster's favorites alerts cover new shows, onsales and low availability. We found no price alert on its help pages. To track a price, open the event page and write down the lowest price each time you check.
No price alert foundCheck the StubHub app for a price alert
We could not confirm a price alert on a StubHub help page on October 1, 2026. Open the event in the app and look for it.
Not confirmedTurn on price alerts in SeatGeek
SeatGeek sends price alerts by email or app push. SeatGeek also gives tickets a Deal Score from 1 to 10 (10 is the best).
Email or app pushTrack the event in the TickPick app
Use Track Events in the TickPick app. It sends price alerts and shows minimum and average price trends. TickPick says it charges buyers no service, delivery or hidden fees.
In the appFavorite the team or artist in Gametime
Do this in the Gametime app. Gametime says it then notifies you when prices come down or new inventory appears.
Works by team or artistVivid Seats is not in the steps because we did not confirm a price alert inside it.
How much do ticket prices move before the show?
In about 8 of 10 tracked events (83%), the lowest listing price moved 10% or more inside a single week. We counted 5,419 Vivid Seats events with shows in September 2026. We looked at the final 30 days before each show.
A move counted only when it held for at least 2 daily readings. A move can be up or down. The lowest listing is 1 seller's price.
The listing count comes from 5,753 tracked events. 95% of them had fewer listings at the last tracked count than 14 days before. That count is taken 17 to 22 hours before the start. A count taken 24 hours or more ahead gives 39% fewer, not 52%. Fewer listings shown does not mean tickets sold. A listing leaves because it was bought, pulled or cut off.
What a ticket price tracker cannot show you
A listing price is not a sale
A tracker saves the price each seller is asking. That is not the price a buyer paid. Some listings are priced far above the rest. Just 1 of them can pull the average up. We checked about 66,000 Vivid Seats events with 5 or more listings. On 82% of them, the average listing price was above the median. If your tracker shows both, go by the median (the middle listing).
The get-in price is 1 seller's listing
When the cheapest listing is bought or pulled, the get-in price goes up. No other seller changed a price. Filter for the number of seats you need before you compare 2 get-in prices.
Fees change the number you are comparing
On Vivid Seats, the price shown with fees was about 37% above the seller's price before fees. It was higher on cheap tickets (about 50% under $25). We sampled 428 events from September 28 to 30, 2026. We did not run a checkout, so tax is not included.
Since May 12, 2025, an FTC rule has required US ticket sites to show the total price with mandatory fees up front. Ticketmaster, AXS, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats and Gametime each say on their help pages that the first price shown includes mandatory fees.
A price chart does not show the primary side
A price chart does not show tickets remaining on the primary, or tickets added after the onsale. About 1 in 3 shows (33%) added tickets after the public onsale. That is 21,205 of 65,012 concert, comedy and theater shows from October 2025 to September 2026. The median drop was 81 tickets. The numbers are from our Drop Report.
Ticketmaster's own alerts cover part of the primary side. They tell you about new shows, onsales and low availability. They do not give you a ticket count.
What brokers track besides price
- Tickets remaining on the primary. The steps are in how to see how many tickets have sold.
- Tickets added after the onsale (drops).
- Vivid Seats listings. Check how many are listed and if that count is falling.
Our ticket data guide shows where each number comes from.
- Price moves and listing counts are from tracked Vivid Seats events with shows in September 2026. Each had 10 or more listings at the start of the window. Prices are asking prices with fees. Samples are 5,419 events for price moves and 5,753 for listing counts.
- The get-in price and the average and median comparison use Vivid Seats prices taken once, in late September 2026. They cover US events dated October 2026 to March 2027. Parking and add-ons are removed and tax is not included. Samples are about 36,000 concerts and about 66,000 events with 5 or more listings. A shopper on Vivid Seats may see prices about 2% above what our tracker stores.
- The fee figure is from 428 Vivid Seats events. The tickets added figure is from 65,012 concert, comedy and theater shows we tracked.
- We do not cover sale prices, or price moves on any site other than Vivid Seats. These are past patterns, not predictions.
- Data as of October 1, 2026.
Questions people ask
Is there a website that tracks ticket prices?
Yes. SeatGeek, TickPick and Gametime send price alerts for their own listings, for free. Each one covers only its own site.
Is there a way to track concert ticket prices?
Yes. Set a price alert in SeatGeek or TickPick, or favorite the artist in Gametime. Each works as a concert ticket price tracker for that site's listings.
Can you set up price alerts on StubHub?
We could not confirm it on a StubHub help page on October 1, 2026. Check the app on the event you want. Without an alert, a StubHub price tracker is you checking the event page and writing down the lowest price each time.
Does Ticketmaster have a price alert?
We found no price alert on Ticketmaster's help pages. Its alerts cover new shows, onsales and low availability. To use Ticketmaster as a price tracker, open the event page and write down the lowest price each time you check.
Do ticket prices go down closer to the event?
For concerts, the lowest listing price was lower in a little under half of tracked concerts (about 47%). It was higher in a little over half (about 51%). We compared the price 1 day before the show with the price 14 days before. The sample is 5,192 Vivid Seats concerts. Those figures take out a one-time, site-wide price change on Vivid Seats 5 days before each concert. See do ticket prices drop closer to the event.
Brokers need to track the primary side too
Toolbox is a Chrome extension. It shows the remaining ticket count on a Ticketmaster or AXS event page. Flare tracks the events you favorite over time. Drop alerts and low alerts on Ticketmaster and AXS are on Expert ($189/mo) and above. This is a paid tool for brokers.
See what Toolbox showsSee which venues and artists add tickets after the onsale
In 65,012 tracked shows, about 1 in 3 (33%) added tickets after the public onsale. The Drop Report names the venues and artists that did it.
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