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The largest concert ticket services, including StubHub and Ticketmaster, will include fees in default prices in compliance with new federal rules, according to Monday announcements.<\/p>\n

Concert ticket fees aren’t going away, but at least they’ll now be visible from the get-go. Ticketmaster announced<\/a> Monday that shoppers will see “all-in” pricing going forward, including the service fee (but not local taxes or delivery fees, if they apply). A pop-up on Ticketmaster event pages confirms, “We’re all in.”<\/p>\n

The reason for the sudden change: A new Federal Trade Commission, or FTC, rule just went into effect targeting hidden fees for live-event ticketing, as well as hotel and short-term rental lodging. The purpose, per the FTC, is to eliminate “bait-and-switch pricing” by which consumers are told the price is one amount, only for additional charges to show up late in the checkout process.<\/p>\n

Consumer advocates say this rule is about addressing longstanding consumer frustrations with hidden fees. Service and fulfillment fees can add 25% or more to the cost of the ticket, but most ticket sites used to default to showing the fees only upon checking out. Customers would think they’d found a decent ticket option to discover later additional charges that raise the price significantly.<\/p>\n

Even though some ticket companies resisted making these changes for years, the industry is generally cheering the synchronized switch to all-in pricing, which ensures that ticket companies are playing by the same rules.<\/p>\n

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FTC junk fee rule targets live events, short-term lodging<\/h2>\n

The FTC junk fee ban includes several key rules:<\/p>\n