FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Last Updated: March 11th, 2019

General Info

FestFriends is a bid and ask marketplace designed for users to buy and sell tickets at a fair market price in a secure and convenient transaction. FestFriends fosters a safe environment for festival-goers to buy and sell tickets for popular music festivals. What makes us unique is that we act as an intermediary party in the transaction, and authenticate all tickets to ensure validity. Once a buyer and seller have been matched, the seller sends us the ticket in the mail to verify its legitimacy. Once we do that, we ship it off to the buyer and release the money to the seller. No more sketchy meet-ups in Walmart parking lots.
FestFriends is a bid and ask marketplace designed for users to buy and sell tickets at a fair market price in a secure and convenient transaction. FestFriends fosters a safe environment for festival-goers to buy and sell tickets for popular music festivals. What makes us unique is that we act as an intermediary party in the transaction, and authenticate all tickets to ensure validity. Once a buyer and seller have been matched, the seller sends us the ticket in the mail to verify its legitimacy. Once we do that, we ship it off to the buyer and release the money to the seller. No more sketchy meet-ups in Walmart parking lots. If there is an event that you think we should feature, you can submit a request. Please keep in mind that we will not make any exceptions for events (or products related to events) that are not featured. And no, we will not list Fyre Festival tickets.
Even though FestFriends does store information via your buying/selling profiles, transactions are completely anonymous. There is no way for a buyer to know from whom they are receiving a ticket from and vice versa.
Nope! The market prices of the festival tickets are set completely by you and other festival goers. This is what is so amazing about the FestFriend marketplace.
At the moment, the FestFriends market only supports transactions in USD. If we decide to accept other forms of currency, we will let you know!
Even though FestFriends does store information via your buying/selling profiles, transactions are completely anonymous. There is no way for a buyer to know from whom they are receiving a ticket from and vice versa.
We’re always looking to grow and add more passionate and talented festival lovers to our team. For a list of openings, head over to our Jobs page and apply. If you don’t see the position you’re interested in, send an email with your information and what you’d like to do to jobs@festfriends.app.

Buying

ou can purchase tickets on FestFriends through one of two options; you can either choose to place a “Bid,” which is an offer to buy a ticket at a price you designate. Alternatively, you can choose to “Buy Now” by accepting the Lowest Ask available active in the market. If/when a user on the other side of the transaction matches the price of your offer, our platform will automatically and anonymously match you and set the transaction. Once you place a Bid or Buy Now, all that’s left for you to do is relax and wait to receive your ticket! The seller sends us the physical wristband ticket the mail so we can authenticate it and make sure everything is correct, for your protection. Once we do that, we send it off to you.
our payment method stored on file will be charged for the total amount once your bid has been matched with a seller’s ask and the transaction is completed. If you opt for the Buy Now option, this will be once you click the confirm button. If you place a bid, you will be charged when a seller places an ask at the same price and the platform matches you with them.
Waiting on a festival ticket can be extremely exciting, and also nerve-wracking. We get it, we’ve been there before. FestFriends will always make sure to keep you up-to-date, and inform you if there is a chance of your ticket not arriving in time, and take appropriate action. Note: Sh*t happens. We will always do whatever is within our capacity to get you a legitimate ticket in time for the start of a festival. This may include arranging for in-person pickup near the festival venue, or coordinating with a FestFriends Grounds Team member to get you your ticket. We will communicate with you and be fully transparent to provide you with the best possible service and experience.
To maintain the fairness, consistency, and legitimacy of the marketplace, we cannot cancel your order after it has been placed. When you place a bid, you are making a binding offer to purchase the ticket at the price you designate. Please be sure to read our buying terms and policies, and be sure you want to purchase a ticket before placing a bid. If you have an issue with the items you ordered, please email support@festfriends.app with a description of your concern.
our payment is what reserves the ticket for you in our marketplace. There is a high number of users looking to purchase tickets, and it is important
We always make sure to hold our sellers accountable to our seller policies; sellers will have 2 days to ship the ticket(s) for authentication by our team, once we are aware they have received the ticket from the festival operator. We make sure to prevent any sales that would cause the buyer to receive the ticket(s) after the event has officially started. For sales taking place close to the event where there’s a risk of not being able to deliver in time, we may arrange for in-person pick-up options. We will communicate this with you clearly to make sure you know exactly what’s going on.
Send an email to support@festfriends.app, include your number in the subject in your email and attach an image of the items with a description of the concern(s) to the email. If we feel that the item(s) need to be returned to FestFriends, we will work to provide options for reimbursement, discounts, returns and other similar options.
Authorizations holds are used to make sure that the sale goes through when your bid is accepted.
FestFriends will always try to make sure that your ticket gets to you as soon as possible. For transactions made before the festival’s ticket Send Out Date*, we must wait until the seller receives his or her ticket in order to begin the exchange process. Don’t worry, there are rules and regulations in place to make sure that the seller is accountable for the product he or she has sold. We will also be sure to notify you along the way. *Send Out Date: This is the date that the festival operator sends out the actual wristband tickets to the initial buyer (the seller in our transactions).

Selling

You can list items your would like to sell on FestFriends by one of two options; you can either choose to place an “Ask” which creates an offer to sell at a price you designate. Alternatively, you can choose to “Sell Now” by accepting the Highest Bid active in the market. If/when a user on the other side of the transaction matches the price of your offer, our platform will automatically and anonymously match you and set the transaction. All you have to do then is send your ticket wristband to us in the mail for authentication. Once we’ve received and confirmed everything is good to go, you get paid!
We cannot cancel an order after it has been place to maintain fairness throughout the marketplace. All sales are final, and by placing an Ask, you are making a binding offer to sell a ticket at a particular price. Please review our terms and be sure you want to sell your ticket(s) before placing an Ask.

If you have an issue with the items you sold, please email support@festfriends.app with a description of your concern.
Yes. You can list tickets for an event that has not started yet. However, please take note of when you will be required to ship us the tickets after your ask has been matched with a bid. We will provide sufficient time for you to receive the ticket from the festival operator or ticket distributor.
Once your Ask is accepted and a transaction is placed, we will send you instructions with the next steps. A shipping label will be automatically generated when the time comes so you can send us the ticket in the mail for authentication. You are responsible for packaging the ticket, exactly as advertised in your listing, so that it arrives to us intact and undamaged, within the required timeframe to avoid any penalties.
You must properly package your item so that it can safely arrived to our facilities for authentication. A padded envelope from UPS would work fine. Ask a UPS employee what they recommend if you’re unsure.
Creating a safe buying and selling community for festival goers is the FestFriends team’s top priority. We take fake, altered, stolen, tampered and/or damaged products very seriously. If we determine that the received item falls into one of the aforementioned failure categories, the necessary actions needed to provide the best customer service possible to the buyer will occur at the discretion of the FestFriends authentication team. These actions could result in a loss of the item(s) as well as additional charges incurred. See our Terms for more details.
The only thing you need to include is the item sold. However, you must use the shipping label we provided you.
Patience, young grasshopper. We will release funds as soon as your sold item passes our verification tests and is ready to be shipped out to the buyer.

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