On this occasion, I’m not sure if it is bots. I can’t see much popping up on the resale sites yet anyway. It was obviously in enough demand to sell out immediately from genuine punters, so hopefully on this occasion the touts were squeezed out because of the ticket rules.
On the occasions when I’ve used the Dice app, that seems to have done a good job of cutting out bots. It’s apparently harder for them to access as it’s app only, no website, and all tickets are tied to the individual user. I was hoping to start up a ticketing company that cuts out touts, but they’ve basically done it already.
My tactic is to have 4 or 5 windows open and keep refreshing them 5 minutes before tickets go on sale. There’s also the “extra batch” tickets a week before the gig but that’s normally for massive arenas.
Make sure you are logged into ticketmaster before too, and card details are up to date - then refresh and act very quick once live! I don’t think they went to bots.
