Eras Tour, Ticketek: Urgent warning to Australian Taylor Swift fans trying to buy tickets at work
STOP buying Taylor Swift tickets at work: Urgent warning to Swifties using a shared network to access Ticketek – here’s what to do instead to boost your chances
Taylor Swift fans in Australia trying to buy tickets for her Eras Tour concert dates could be sabotaging their chances by using the Ticketek app or website at work.
Ticketing platforms such as Ticketek generally consider a single IP address as a single user when processing ticket sales.
Ticketek is known to employ security measures such as IP address tracking to ensure fair distribution and prevent scalpers or bots from purchasing large quantities of tickets.
But this can mean that several different users on the same network – such as employees in a shared office – can be blocked from purchasing tickets.
Ticketek treats all users coming from that IP address as a single user, meaning your chances of getting through the queue are higher if you use Wi-Fi at work.
The best way around this problem is to leave your employer’s network and access the internet using your mobile data.
IP addresses can also be masked or changed using various techniques, but this is a more complicated process.
More to come.