scalper
Markup ticket vendor
A scalper buys tickets or goods at regular prices, then resells them at inflated prices when demand exceeds supply: Scalpers outside the stadium were asking three hundred dollars for fifty-dollar seats.
The practice thrives around concerts, sporting events, and product launches.
In trading, a scalper makes quick transactions to profit from small price movements.
The older sense—one who takes scalps—is now rare outside historical contexts.
Second sale
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- premiumAdded cost for better
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
- sold-outNo inventory remaining
concert · arena · stadium · event · touts · face-value · inflated · demand
Illicit trading network
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- illegalForbidden by statute
- unlicensedWithout official permit
counterfeit · shady · unregulated · prohibited · clandestine · contraband · tout · hawker
Exploiting price discrepancies
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- futuresContracts for future delivery
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
forex · margin · short-selling · derivatives · volatility · hedging · leverage · options
resale
Second sale
- markupAdded percentage for profit
- premiumAdded cost for better
- overpricedCosting more than warranted
sold-out · concert · arena · stadium · event · touts · face-value · inflated · demand · queue
black-market
Illicit trading network
- bootlegIllegally produced goods
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
- illegalForbidden by statute
unlicensed · counterfeit · shady · unregulated · prohibited · clandestine · contraband · tout · hawker · crackdown
arbitrage
Exploiting price discrepancies
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- futuresContracts for future delivery
commodities · forex · margin · short-selling · derivatives · volatility · hedging · leverage · options · timing
trophy
Award for winning
raid · colonial · indigenous · Plains · gruesome · ritual · desecration · tomahawk · conflict
- traderstrader, merchant, retailer, vendor, dealer
- ticket sellersbox office, ticket booth, ticket window, ticket counter, will call
- market participantsbuyer, seller, vendor, supplier, consumer
- speculatorsday trader, futures trader, options trader, currency trader, short seller
- exploitersexploiter, predator, parasite, user, leech
- crypto tradersday trader, swing trader, whale, bag holder, diamond hands
- ticket scalperUnauthorized admission reseller
- itchy scalpIrritated skin on head
- scalp treatmentTopical head-skin remedy
- oily scalpSebum-overproducing head skin
- flaky scalpShedding head skin
- scalp massagerTool for rubbing scalp
scalp, scalps, scalpel, scalping, scalped, scalpers, scalpels