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Spotify completes marketplace strategy with SeatGeek partnership
Spotify's new partnership with SeatGeek allows fans to purchase primary event tickets without leaving the app, completing what Dean McElwee describes as a full marketplace strategy. The premise: streaming is lead generation that hauls in traffic, while additional revenue comes from the broader fan economy.
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Unlike previous link-outs that led to cart abandonment, this integration enables frictionless, native in-app purchases. The partnership focuses on primary tickets rather than resale, positioning Spotify as a discovery-to-purchase platform for live events. For artists and event promoters, Spotify's audience data combined with native ticketing creates a powerful distribution channel.
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Spotify completes marketplace strategy with SeatGeek partnership
Spotify's new partnership with SeatGeek allows fans to purchase primary event tickets without leaving the app, completing what Dean McElwee describes as a full marketplace strategy. The premise: streaming is lead generation that hauls in traffic, while additional revenue comes from the broader fan economy.
Unlike previous link-outs that led to cart abandonment, this integration enables frictionless, native in-app purchases. The partnership focuses on primary tickets rather than resale, positioning Spotify as a discovery-to-purchase platform for live events. For artists and event promoters, Spotify's audience data combined with native ticketing creates a powerful distribution channel.
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