Sam Fenwick
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FIFA capped resale prices at face value and charged a maximum of 5%.
FIFA says its resale platform gives fans a safe and transparent place to sell on and that its fees are in line with industry standards across North America's sport and entertainment.
It warns that tickets bought from other secondary ticket sites might not be valid.
Jim McCarthy has spent more than 20 years in the live events business in the United States.
He advises football clubs around the world on ticket strategy and matchday revenue.
And the 30% combined cut?
So what does that look like in practice?
On a $10,990 final ticket relisted on FIFA's own platform at, say, $20,000, FIFA collects $6,000 from a single transaction on a ticket it had already sold once.
Four tickets behind the goal for the July 19th final in New Jersey appeared on FIFA's own marketplace at approximately $2.3 million each.
That's the secondary market at its most extreme.
The question for Jim is whether FIFA's pricing strategy created the conditions for it.
Every time that ticket changes hands, FIFA takes another cut.
Let's see where resale tickets leave our scoreboard.
Matt.
You're listening to Business Daily from the BBC World Service.
I'm Sam Fenwick, and today we're following the money behind FIFA's billions.
But here's the thing about ticket prices.
They're not FIFA's main business.
Broadcast rights, sponsorship.
These are where the serious money is.
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