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Overview of How to Buy and Sell MLB Playoff Tickets

The boys of summer eventually become the boys of fall — and that’s when MLB playoff tickets come into high demand. From sold-out crowds to walk-off hits to elimination games, the emotion and stakes are high as teams look to play their way into the World Series. Because of this hype, MLB playoff tickets are often quite expensive. So when will MLB playoff tickets go on sale? Let’s take a look.

It really depends on whether your team has secured a postseason bid. Teams may not clinch a postseason berth until the very last day of the regular season. Tickets tend to be posted when playoff berths are secured, so be on the lookout for playoff ticket information soon after your team clinches the division or a Wild Card berth. Season ticket holders are able to sell MLB playoff tickets as soon as those tickets are activated in their account.

How to Get MLB Playoff Tickets

When do MLB postseason tickets go on sale and how do you get MLB playoff tickets? It’s something that’s far easier said than done. Do season ticket holders get MLB Playoff tickets? If you’re already a season ticket holder, then you’re likely to get first dibs on them — and at the lowest possible price.

Not a season ticket holder? There tends to be an opportunity to purchase tickets or at least enter your name into a ticket lottery depending on the demand. You’ll likely have to act fast to give yourself a chance. Buying tickets directly from the team and avoiding the secondary market is always likely to be the most affordable option.

If you’re going to buy MLB Playoff Tickets on a resale marketplace, be sure to check out multiple marketplaces before purchasing. Different marketplaces have different prices, which can make answering the “how much do MLB Playoff Tickets cost” question difficult. Here’s a quick look at 5 of the top resale marketplaces to get MLB Playoff Tickets:

How to Get World Series Tickets

Unlike the Super Bowl, the World Series is not at a set location. The date, locations, and matchups of each game won’t be set until after the ALCS and NLCS are over. Do season ticket holders get World Series tickets? If you have a season tickets, then you’re likely to get first dibs on them at the lowest possible price.

For non-season ticket holders, there is sometimes an opportunity to purchase tickets or at least enter a World Series ticket lottery depending on the demand. Act as fast as a baserunner trying to steal a base off of Yadier Molina to give yourself a chance. Buying tickets directly from the team and avoiding the secondary market is likely the most affordable way to get World Series tickets.

How to Sell MLB Playoff Tickets

Selling NBA playoff tickets is often much harder than regular season tickets. Believe it or not, it’s very easy to lose money if you don’t stay on top of the very volatile NBA playoff ticket market. Not only do you have more dollars at stake, given the cost of playoff tickets, but the market is more dynamic, given the compressed time windows to sell tickets. Too often, the day, time, and opponent are only announced 48-72 hours before tipoff, which is terrible for fans trying to resell NBA playoff tickets. The same goes for those trying to sell NBA Finals tickets. It’s often a firesale trying to sell out a whole stadium in that short period.

MLB Wild Card games can be the most challenging to sell as they are often the last spots to be clinched. To make matters worse for those trying to resell Wild Card tickets, the window between the last game of the season and tip-off of MLB Wild Card games is ~48 hours. All facts that are not good for those trying to resell MLB Wildcard tickets!
The Division Series isn’t much better, as it also has compressed timelines. Game times and opponents often won’t be sorted out until ~48 hours in advance if play-in teams are involved. That doesn’t leave much margin for error when trying to sell your MLB playoff tickets.
Fans of teams expecting to make deeper playoff runs or have made deep runs in the past may choose not to buy Wild Card tickets or Division Series tickets.
“If-necessary” games (games 5/6/7 in a longer series and games 4/5 of a Division Series) can also be challenging to sell if you don’t list early. For these games, there are early sales at high profits to be had when the series is first locked in. If you miss that window, sales for if-necessary games often don’t happen at high volumes until the game is locked in, which potentially leaves just 48 hours to resell MLB playoff tickets.
Game 7’s can create resale problems for the next round. If the winner would host the next round, that can lead to just a 2-3 day turnaround to sell tickets for Game 1 of the following series.
Lastly, buyers are becoming more comfortable with last-minute ticket buying each year. Technology to make last-minute buying smooth is advancing, and the secret is out that buying tickets last minute is, on average, cheaper.

For tips on how to price MLB Playoff Tickets, check out our guide on How to Sell MLB Tickets.

How to Sell World Series Tickets

Life happens, and you might not be able to make it to the World Series games you hoped to attend. If you have a need or desire to sell World Series tickets, try to sell them as soon as possible, beating the flood of tickets onto the secondary market.

For tips on how to price MLB Playoff Tickets, check out our guide on How to Sell MLB Tickets.

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One of the biggest benefits of being a season ticket holder is being able to be first in line to purchase playoff tickets.

And if you have tickets and can’t make the game, it’s only natural to want to get them to someone who can attend. That’s where TiqAssist comes in. At TiqAssist, we make MLB ticket resale simple by getting them to fans who want to be at the game and also helping you sell your tickets for higher than their original price. Come playoff time, everyone wants to get in on the fun. TiqAssist makes any ticket transaction seamless and easy. Contact us today for more information and to get started.