worldticketshop
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | e-commerce |
| Founded | Groningen, NL (2006) |
| Headquarters | Groningen, Netherlands |
Key people | Sebastian Monteban Founder and CEO Marlies Hoekemaker Chief Marketing Officer |
| Products | online secondary ticketing, online ticket exchange |
| Website | www.worldticketshop.com |
Worldticketshop is a ticket resale company founded in 2006 with over 40 staff. Worldticketshop is bootstrapped and privately owned. The company was founded by Sebastian Monteban, in 2006.[1]
It is also a founding member of the EU Secondary Ticketing Association, and backer of EU Ticket News, Europe's first[citation needed] business-to-business publication covering both the primary and secondary ticketing industries.[2]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Worldticketshop was honored in the Netherlands for its fast rate of growth for mid-sized companies in the Netherlands at the Financial Dagblad Gazellen Awards in November 2009. They placed ninth overall in the country.[3] The FD Gazellen Awards are awarded to companies that demonstrate a turnover growth of at least 20 percent over three consecutive years, Worldticketshop grew 527%.[citation needed]
In September 2009 and August 2010, Worldticketshop was listed in Twinkle Magazines' 100 largest Dutch e-commerce companies[4]
In 2010, CEO Sebastian Monteban was named in the top 25 internet marketers in The Netherlands in 2010 in Emerce Magazine.[5]