New York Comic-Con is still months away, but the largest convention on the East Coast has announced a new way to sell tickets and fight scalpers.
Fans who want to attend New York Comic-Con will have to undergo a “fan verification” process to protect tickets from being resold at higher prices and to make sure the maximum number of tickets go to the fans.
"At ReedPOP we put our fans first and this process is to get as many tickets into the hands of those fans, plain and simple," said Lance Fensterman, global senior vice president of ReedPOP in a press release. "We know it is a little more work for our fans but we hope they will happily work with this new system if it helps to thwart ticket brokers and ticket resellers."
The fan verification process will launch on Friday, May 20, and fans can fill out a profile to be eligible to purchase NYCC tickets when they go on sale. Fan Verification will close Monday, June 13, and anyone who has not completed a Fan Verification profile will be unable to purchase tickets. For the first time, purchasing tickets will only be possible online through the NYCC Ticket website and there will be no retail sales.
Here are the details regarding NYCC’s fan verification. Let us know what you think of the new way to purchase NYCC tickets in the comments section below.
1. Fan Verification is required for NYCC 2016. Everyone who would like to attend NYCC (whether you are buying Tickets yourself or someone is buying them for you) must fill out a Fan Verification profile.
2. Kids who will be ages 6-12 at the time of NYCC 2016 and will be using a NYCC 2016 Adult Ticket or Sunday Kids Ticket do not need a Fan Verification profile for their NYCC 2016 Ticket.
3. Fan Verification will be open from Friday, May 20 at 12:00 PM EDT to Monday, June 13 at 11:59 PM EDT . Fill out your Fan Verification profile correctly and completely - there’s no need to rush through it.
4. All NYCC 2016 Ticket Types will go on sale at the same time on a first-come, first-served basis. Fan Verification does not guarantee NYCC Tickets.
5. We will no longer be selling VIP Tickets for NYCC.
6. NYCC 2016 Tickets will only be sold online. NYCC Tickets will not be on sale at retailers or any events leading up to NYCC 2016.
7. All Fans who filled out a Fan Verification profile will be notified via email 48 hours prior to NYCC Tickets going on sale.
8. The email you receive with the NYCC on-sale date will include a unique link where you will have the opportunity to purchase Tickets first-come, first-served when they go on sale. There is a one transaction limit per link.
9. If you are purchasing Tickets for you and your friends or family, you must assign each individual Ticket to a person using the name and email address they created their Fan Verification profile with. If you are purchasing a Ticket for a kid ages 6-12, you will add their name and age to the Ticket.
