TikToker Shows How to See Ticketmaster’s Prices Ahead of Sale with HTML

Have you ever waited in a queue for hours on Ticketmaster, finally arrived at the checkout page, and then realized the tickets were out of your budget? You’re not alone.

Tens of thousands of fans over the past year have lashed-out at Ticketmaster and its corporate parent Live Nation for exorbitant ticket prices and the use of the infamous practice known as “dynamic pricing.” No matter the genre — from  Green Day and Sleep Token to Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo — fans feel ripped-off and are fed up that concerts have become unaffordable.

While Ticketmaster used to display the price range for tickets ahead of the initial sale, that’s not the case anymore. This means fans are often left in the dark regarding ticket prices.

One concertgoer took to TikTok to share some news she learned: there’s a way to find out ticket prices before they head on sale. In the now-viral video, Jess (@goats.r.us) showed that specific concert pages on Ticketmaster hold this information via HTML source codes. On the back-end of the site, you can look for specific phrases to find each ticket price tier.

Jess explained that first, fans can open an event they want to find a price for, and then hit “command+option+U” to find a series of HTML characters. (On Chrome, those interested can hit F12, right-click on the page and then select “View Page Source,” or click CTRL+U).

“So then you can either scroll through all of it, or you can just quickly search,” Jess explained in the video, using CTRL+F to find certain words. “You can search up ‘max.’ ‘Currency’ usually brings it up super quick.”

In the video, she points to a line of text that shows “currency, U.S. dollars. Minimum price, 49.50, max, 350.”

“I hope this helps one concert girly out,” Jess said in the caption of the video, which has now garnered over 320,000 views.

@goats.r.us how to find price of concert tickets before they go on sale !! i hope this helps one concert girly out &lt3 #concerts #fyp #ticketmaster #postmalone #straykids #tour #fangirl #harrystyles ♬ original sound – yes

Concertgoers in the comments praised her for sharing the information and shared their results:

However, others pointed out that these prices do not reflect dynamic pricing. The practice has been criticized across the industry by both fans and artists. While its supporters argue that such practices discourage “scalping” by making it harder for people to turn a profit by reselling tickets, it has drawn extreme backlash from fans, who often feel ripped off by the very bands they are trying to see.

Ticketmaster and Live Nation are currently subjects of an antitrust suit brought forth the Department of Justice and Attorneys General from 39 states and the District of Columbia. A trial date is set for March 2026.