There are no service, booking or delivery fees on The King of Tickets. The total price is the listing price times the number of tickets you pick, plus sales tax in states that charge it.
Compare the amount for the tickets you actually want: the same event, section, quantity and restrictions. A fee label alone does not tell you which offer costs less.
On The King of Tickets, advertised prices include mandatory fees. Prices are per ticket; multiply by your selected quantity and allow for applicable sales tax. See our pricing explanation for a worked example.
What does the FTC rule require?
Since May 12, 2025, the US rule requires live-event ticket sellers to display the total mandatory price upfront. It does not cap fees. Taxes and certain other permitted charges may be excluded from that initial total, with required disclosures before payment. Read the FTC guidance for the conditions.
Before May 2025, a seller could advertise a low sticker price and add charges on the final screen. The rule stops that for the mandatory total. It does not set a maximum fee, and it does not require every seller to price the same way. Reading the final total is still the buyer's job.
What should I compare?
Match the event date and start time, section and row, number of tickets, seating-together rules, view restrictions and delivery method. Then compare the total for your party. A lower per-ticket amount on a listing that requires four tickets is not necessarily the cheaper purchase for two people.
A real example
Arithmetic is easier with a real listing than with a made-up one. On September 20, 2026, the cheapest listed ticket to Disney Descendants, Zombies & Camp Rock at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, for the show on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 p.m., was $72.16 all-in (priced on September 20, 2026). That figure already includes every mandatory fee.
Two tickets at that price come to $144.32 before tax. Illinois is one of the states that does not currently tax ticket sales, so $144.32 would also have been the order total that day. In a state that does tax ticket sales, the same two tickets would show a tax line for that state's rate, added to the $144.32 subtotal and shown on the checkout page before payment. Prices move as listings sell, so treat $72.16 as what one seat cost on the day it was checked, not a promise for the next visitor to this page.
A simple quantity example
At an illustrative $100 per ticket, two tickets cost $200 before applicable tax. This is an arithmetic example, not a current listing or a quote from another marketplace. Check your selected quantity and final amount before payment.
Four tickets at that same $100 rate cost $400 before tax, not $400 minus a bulk discount. Resale pricing does not work like a wholesale club. Each ticket in a listing is usually priced the same, but a different listing for the same event can have a completely different per-ticket price, so recheck the total whenever you change quantity or switch listings.
One more wrinkle: sellers often list tickets in set quantities, such as listings marked "2" or "4," to avoid leaving one hard-to-sell seat behind. Some events also cap how many tickets one buyer can purchase, commonly four or eight. If the exact quantity you want isn't showing on a listing, use the quantity filter on the listings page to find one that offers it.
Why sales tax is not a fee
Sales tax is set by the state and county where the venue sits, not by us and not by the seller. It is a government charge on the sale, the same as tax on any other retail purchase in that state. We do not choose the rate and we do not keep it.
The rule that matters is where the event happens, not where you live. Buy a ticket to a Michigan concert while sitting in Texas, and Michigan's rule applies. Roughly a third of the states we sell in currently tax ticket sales; most add nothing at all. Either way, the tax line appears on the checkout page before you enter payment details, so the final number is never a surprise.
How a cheaper-looking price can cost more
A seller can advertise $80 and add a service fee, a processing fee and sometimes a delivery fee before the final screen, a pattern called drip pricing. Add those charges up and an $80 sticker price can land well above a $100 all-in listing for the same seat.
The FTC rule now requires the mandatory total to be shown up front everywhere, which narrows this gap. It does not make every seller's total equal. The only way to know which is actually cheaper is to look at the final number for the same section, row and quantity, not the first number you see.
What the price does not include
The all-in price covers the ticket itself: the seat and any mandatory charge tied to buying it. It does not cover parking, food, merchandise, a hotel room or travel to the venue. Those are real costs of the night out, and they belong in your own budget alongside the ticket total.
It also does not include anything optional you add during checkout, such as an add-on or upgrade a seller offers separately from the ticket. An add-on price is shown next to the base ticket price, not buried inside it.
What if a number changes?
Refresh the listing and confirm the price, quantity and notes before continuing. Resale listings can change or disappear. If the checkout amount does not match the selected offer and disclosed tax, contact support before paying.
To restate the rule plainly: No service, booking or delivery fees; sales tax applies in some states and is shown before you pay. That sentence describes every listing on this site, not just the examples above.