- Presale
- Early ticket access limited to eligible fans — fan club members, certain cardholders, etc. — before general sale opens.
- General Sale
- The public ticket sale, open to anyone with no membership or eligibility required.
- Ticket Open
- The exact date and time tickets (presale or general sale) actually go on sale.
- Cancellation Ticketing
- Rebuying tickets the moment they’re released back into the pool after another buyer cancels or gets refunded — common on Korean ticketing sites for sold-out shows.
- Bots / Macros
- Automated scripts that refresh and click faster than a human to unfairly grab tickets. Against most platforms’ terms, and illegal in many places.
- Proxy Ticketing
- Having someone else buy tickets on your behalf using their account or card — often against a ticketing platform’s terms of service.
- Standing / GA (General Admission)
- An unassigned standing area, usually the section closest to the stage.
- Reserved Seating
- A section where each ticket has an assigned seat number.
- Early Bird
- A limited batch of tickets sold at a discounted price before regular pricing begins.
- Encore Show
- An additional performance added after the main run, usually scheduled due to strong demand.
- Fan Club
- An artist’s official paid membership program, which often grants presale eligibility.
- Comeback
- An artist returning to active promotion with a new single or album — a term that originated in K-pop but is now used more broadly.
- Title Track
- The lead single an artist promotes as the main track from an album.
- Showcase
- A small-scale stage performance or press event held to mark a new release.
- Fansign
- A meet-and-greet event fans are selected for, typically through album purchases or a lottery.
- Merch (Goods)
- Official artist or venue merchandise, such as lightsticks or photocards.
- Resale / Scalping
- Reselling tickets above face value. Mostly illegal or against platform rules — not something this site endorses.