How It Works
A line, not a bidding war. Sellers name a price, buyers name a max, and whoever has waited longest gets the offer.
Four Steps to the Student Section
1. Create your account
Current students only. Confirm your student email, then add your name, phone number, and a password.
2. Post or get in line
Can’t make it? Post your pulled ticket at your price. Need one? Take a spot in line with the most you’ll pay.
3. Get matched
The cheapest ticket goes to the longest-waiting student whose max covers it. They have 2 hours to accept (30 minutes in the last 12 hours). The buyer’s card is put on hold, and the seller gets the buyer’s email.
4. Transfer in the official app
The seller sends the ticket from their 12th Man Foundation account. When the buyer confirms it arrived, the card is charged and the seller gets paid.
The Details
What happens when plans change.
Offers start 7 days before kickoff
Post a ticket or get in line anytime. Tickets are offered to the line starting a week before the game, and the whole handoff wraps up by 24 hours before kickoff.
No response means you leave the line
If the student at the front doesn’t accept in time, or declines, they leave the line and the ticket goes to the next student.
Your details stay private
Sellers see only the buyer’s tamu.edu email, so they know where to send the ticket. Names and phone numbers are never shared.
Charged only after the ticket is sent
The buyer’s card is held at checkout. The seller is paid when the buyer confirms the ticket arrived, or at the deadline (24 hours before kickoff, or 7 days after accepting if sooner). If the ticket doesn’t arrive, report it before the deadline.
Nobody gets stuck
If the seller backs out or misses the deadline, the buyer isn’t charged and returns to the front of the line. If the buyer backs out before it’s sent, only the service fee is charged and the ticket goes to the next student.
Flag problems from the handoff page
A ticket that never arrived, requests for extra money, or anyone trying to move a ticket to a non-student.
Secure Payments. Scam Protection.
Buying a ticket from a stranger shouldn’t be a gamble. Every handoff is paid through Stripe and protected until the ticket is in your app.
Every payment runs through Stripe
Cards are processed by Stripe, the payment platform trusted by millions of businesses. TicketHandoff never sees or stores your card number.
Charged only after it’s verified
Accepting puts a hold on your card. Sellers upload a screenshot of the transfer, and you’re only charged once it’s verified or you confirm the ticket arrived.
Full refund if it never arrives
If the seller doesn’t send it or the ticket never shows up in your 12th Man Foundation app, you get your money back.
Real students, verified sellers
Every account is a verified tamu.edu email. Sellers verify their identity with Stripe before they can get paid.
No Venmo requests, no DMs
Never pay a stranger up front or send a screenshot. Payment only happens here, so there’s nothing to scam you out of.
Scammers get banned
Report a problem from the handoff page. Anyone found not sending a ticket is banned and must pay the money back.
Name Your Price
Sellers set an asking price. Buyers set the most they’ll pay. The cheapest ticket goes to the longest-waiting student whose max covers it.
Selling
You set the price
- Post your ticket at any price
- No group chats, no haggling: we find the buyer
- Change it anytime before it’s offered
- Cheapest tickets are offered first
- Get your full price, paid to your bank by Stripe
Buying
Your max price
- Get in line with the most you’ll pay
- Pay the seller’s price, never more than your max
- Prices you see include all fees
- Secure Stripe checkout, charged only after the ticket is sent
- Full refund if it never arrives
- Sales to non-students
Frequently Asked Questions
The short version of the student ticket rules, and how Handoff fits in.
How are prices set?
Sellers post a ticket at any price. Buyers join the line with the most they’ll pay. The cheapest ticket is offered first, to the student who has waited longest and whose max covers it. You pay the seller’s price, not your max.
How does payment work?
Every payment goes through Stripe. When the buyer accepts, their card is put on hold for the full price. The seller sends the ticket, and the buyer confirms it arrived. The seller uploads a screenshot of the transfer, and TicketHandoff reviews it. The card is charged and Stripe pays the seller only once the transfer is verified or the buyer confirms it arrived. If the ticket doesn’t arrive, the buyer has to report it before the handoff deadline (24 hours before kickoff).
Is it safe? How do you stop scams?
You never pay a stranger directly. Payment happens only through Stripe checkout on TicketHandoff, your card is held rather than charged until the ticket is sent, and you get a full refund if it never arrives. Every account is a verified tamu.edu student, sellers verify their identity with Stripe to get paid, and anyone who doesn’t send a ticket is banned.
How do sellers get paid?
Sellers set up payouts once with Stripe (name, date of birth, and a bank account). When the handoff completes, Stripe pays the full asking price straight to their bank, usually within a couple of business days.
Can I change my price?
Yes. From the game page, sellers can change their asking price and buyers their max without losing their place, as long as an offer isn’t already out.
Can I send my ticket to a parent or friend who isn’t a student?
No. Student tickets can only go to current students, and the 12th Man Foundation app won’t transfer them to anyone else. For a non-student, buy a guest ticket during pull.
When does the ticket show up in my account?
Seat assignments land in your 12th Man Foundation account 24–48 hours before kickoff. You can match earlier, but the transfer happens once the ticket is there.
When is student ticket pull?
Pull starts 12 days before each home game: seniors and grad students Monday, juniors Tuesday, sophomores Wednesday, freshmen Thursday. Leftovers open Friday.
What if the seller disappears?
If the seller backs out or doesn’t send the ticket by the deadline, the buyer’s card hold is released and they go back to the front of the line. Buyers can back out before the ticket is sent and are only charged the service fee.
What does TicketHandoff charge?
Every price buyers see includes all fees: the TicketHandoff service fee (a flat $7 on football, 10% of the price for other sports) plus card processing. Sellers get their full asking price. If the seller backs out or never sends the ticket, the buyer isn’t charged.