Tools & automation · Ticket resale glossary
Ticket Monitor
Also known as: Ticket tracker, Restock monitor, Ticket alert
A ticket monitor is a tool that continuously checks ticketing sites for an event and sends an alert — usually to Discord, email or a phone — the moment tickets become available, restock or match criteria like price, section or quantity.
Monitors exist because restocks and drops are unannounced and short-lived: by the time you'd notice them by refreshing, they're gone. A monitor watches for you around the clock.
Monitors only alert — the purchase is still made by a person on the ticketing site, unlike a ticket bot. Alerts are commonly delivered to Discord through a Discord webhook, often inside a cook group.
How a ticket monitor works
A monitor checks the event's page or the ticketing site's data at short intervals and compares the result with the previous check. When inventory changes — new tickets in a section, a lower price, a new ticket type — it records the difference.
Each change is then run through the user's filters. If it matches, the monitor sends an alert with the details and a link to the event. The whole cycle has to be fast: on a sold-out show, a restock can be bought by someone else within seconds of appearing.
What a useful ticket alert contains
An alert should let you decide whether to buy without opening anything else:
- Event, venue and date, and the ticketing site the tickets are on.
- Section, row or area, and whether they are general admission or reserved seating.
- Quantity and how many seats are together.
- Price per ticket and ticket type, such as standard, resale or platinum.
- A direct link to the event page or seat map.
Filters that cut out the noise
Without filters, a busy event can produce hundreds of alerts a day as single seats come and go. Filtering by section and maximum price removes tickets you would never buy. A minimum quantity of seats together removes single seats. A minimum restock size ignores changes of one or two tickets and only alerts on meaningful releases.
Separating ticket types matters too: a resale listing on the primary site's page is a different opportunity from a primary restock at face value.
Worked example: monitoring a sold-out stadium show
A reseller follows a sold-out stadium show with a monitor filtered to two lower-tier sections, at least two seats together, under £150 and primary tickets only. Over a week, the site changes inventory hundreds of times. The monitor sends six alerts.
Five are small restocks that are gone before checkout. The sixth is a production release of 80 tickets in one section, three days before the show. The reseller reaches checkout within a minute and buys within the purchase limit.
Ticket monitor vs ticket bot
A monitor watches and alerts; a person still goes through the normal queue and checkout. A ticket bot automates the buying itself, often to get around purchase limits — which is illegal in the US under the BOTS Act and in the UK under the Digital Economy Act 2017.
That distinction is why monitors are widely used by fans and professional brokers alike: they speed up the information, not the purchase.
Catch it with Eventory
Eventory Monitors watch 35+ ticketing sites and send restock alerts to your Discord in seconds, with filters for section, price, quantity and ticket type.
Frequently asked questions
Are ticket monitors legal?
Yes. A ticket monitor only reads publicly available ticket information and sends alerts; it does not buy tickets or get around queues and purchase limits. The purchase is made by a person through the ticketing site's normal checkout.
How fast are ticket monitor alerts?
Good monitors deliver alerts within seconds of tickets appearing. Speed depends on how often the site is checked and how quickly the alert is delivered, which is why most resellers use Discord, where messages arrive almost instantly on desktop and phone.
Which ticketing sites can be monitored?
It depends on the service. Eventory monitors cover 35+ ticketing sites, including Ticketmaster, AXS, Eventim and See Tickets, with filters for section, price, quantity, ticket type and minimum restock size.
Do I need Discord to use a ticket monitor?
Most ticket monitors deliver alerts through Discord because it is fast, free and works on every device. You only need a Discord server and a channel where you can create a webhook for the monitor to post to.