Talk:StubHub/Archive 2
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Hi editors, I'm Stephanie and I work for Beutler Ink. I have several ideas to overhaul the article (I made a diff here if anyone is curious!) that will expand context, make sure the content reflects the sourcing, and improve citations and organization.
My first request is in two parts. First, I propose changing the subhead 2000–2007 to Founding and early years as this is more descriptive.
Second, I propose changing the first paragraph of the section to add additional context about the founding of StubHub, as supported by reliable sources. That would look like this:
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References Altogether, the resulting text would look like this: Eric Baker had the idea for an online secondhand event ticket marketplace after he struggled to purchase secondhand tickets for a showing of The Lion King on Broadway.[1] He began developing the concept with Jeff Fluhr as part of a competition while both were students at Stanford Graduate School of Business.[2] In March 2000, the pair incorporated StubHub in San Francisco to act as that marketplace. The company raised US$600,000 in seed funding by August 2000. Fluhr left school to be chief executive officer of StubHub; Baker graduated in 2001 and became company president.[3] That year, StubHub signed its first deal with a professional sports team, partnering with the Seattle Mariners.[4] By its third year of operation, StubHub had 60 employees.[3] After having a falling out with Fluhr in 2005, Baker left the company, retaining 10% ownership.[5]
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This does several things:
- Adds additional context and detail to the founding of StubHub, making the article more thorough
- Updates several citations to be more complete
- Clarifies details on the nature of founding, founding location
- Improves accuracy/clarity of statement on what Fluhr and Baker were doing when they founded the company (active students rather than mere alumni at the time)
- Removes extraneous details about routine business details that aren't relevant anymore because they didn't happen or are not especially significant (e.g. In 2002, eBay was in talks to acquire StubHub for US$20 million, although the agreement had later "fallen apart over price." and While StubHub initially intended to "build a ticket transaction system that [Fluhr] could sell to other online portals and providers", in 2003, the company began placing Google ads for the actual StubHub website instead, directly facilitating ticket sales from sellers to buyers.)
- I think WP:NOTEVERYTHING would apply here
Please let me know what you think! Happy to discuss further. Stephanie BINK (talk) 20:42, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
Partly done: Retained one mention of eBay. Encoded Talk 💬 16:51, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Encoded: thanks for reviewing! Stephanie BINK (talk) 21:11, 2 October 2025 (UTC)
