About Joe
About This Blog
All Access is a collection of opinions and commentary on the live events ticketing industry written by Joe Cohen. Joe is founder and CEO of Seatwave, Europe’s largest online marketplace for buying and selling tickets for theatre, sports, concerts and other live events. Prior to founding Seatwave, Joe started and ran the international division of Match.com, the global leader in online dating. As Chief Operating Office at Match.com, he oversaw the development and operations of the Match business in 35 countries and 18 languages. Previously, Joe was Vice President and General Manager of Ticketmaster.com for Europe where he was one of the pioneers of the European online ticketing industry.
Combined, his extensive experience and knowledge of consumer internet services and live events ticketing has positioned him as a thought-leader in the industry and he has offered commentary and perspective to the BBC, CNBC, CNN, The New York Times, Business Week, The FT and many others.
About Seatwave
Seatwave is Europe’s largest fan-to-fan ticket exchange, an online marketplace for buying and selling tickets for theatre, sports, music and other live events. The company was launched in February 2007 by Joe Cohen, ex Ticketmaster and ex match.com and early stage Venture Capital firm, Atlas Venture. Seatwave has more than 250,000 tickets on sale at any one time, 25 times more than eBay.
Seatwave guarantees that tickets come only from legitimate sources and will represent them accurately and honestly. Seatwave operates two types of customer protection. TicketintegrityTM guarantees that buyers will receive the tickets they ordered and in good time for the event. If not Seatwave refunds 100% of what was paid. All tickets bought on Seatwave are also covered by TicketcoverTM This provides for a full refund if an event is cancelled and even covers buyers for a range of circumstances that may prevent them from attending their performance. The company is based in London. www.seatwave.com
