Ticket Scalpers
Ticket scalpers are bots or organised groups that use automated tools to purchase large quantities of event tickets the moment they go on sale, then resell them at significantly higher prices. These operations exploit ticketing platforms by mimicking legitimate user behaviour, bypassing purchase limits, and overwhelming systems before genuine fans can buy tickets. Ticket scalping causes financial harm to consumers and reputational damage to event organisers and ticketing platforms.
What are Ticket Scalpers?
Ticket scalpers are bots or organised operations that automatically purchase large volumes of event tickets as soon as they become available, with the intent of reselling them at inflated prices. These operations use sophisticated automation to bypass purchase limits, solve captchas, and simulate genuine user behaviour at scale.
Prosopo helps ticketing platforms defend against scalper bots by providing [privacy-first] CAPTCHA solutions combined with rule-based access controls that detect and block suspicious purchasing behaviour before damage is done.