MLB postseason · 15% championship tier
You paid face value for those playoff games back in the spring — when nobody knew if there would be a playoff at all.
That’s the whole game. Postseason strips get invoiced to season ticket holders months before a team is anything close to a lock, at face value, on games that may never happen. Then October arrives and those same seats are the hottest inventory in American sports. If your club is playing in the fall, you’re holding something worth far more than you paid — and the window to work it is short.
The strip: the most misunderstood asset in baseball
Postseason strips are invoiced to season ticket holders long before anyone knows what October looks like — often while the team is 8 games back and the whole thing feels like a donation. You pay face value for a set of potential home games. If those games are never played, the club refunds or credits them. If they are played, you hold tickets to the most in-demand event on the baseball calendar, purchased at a price set before the season had a story.
That asymmetry is the entire opportunity. Your downside is a refund. Your upside is a market that reprices with every win. And most strip holders never think about it as an asset at all — they think about it as an invoice they resent in April and a scramble they mishandle in October.
Not all playoff games are the same market
The single most expensive mistake postseason sellers make is treating the strip as one product. It isn’t. Each round prices on its own logic, and the current 12-team format sharpens the differences:
| Round | What drives the market | Seller reality |
|---|---|---|
| Wild Card Series (best-of-3) | Short notice, local buyers, elimination stakes. The higher seed hosts all three games — so a hosting team has three potential home dates in a two-day window. | Shortest shelf life in the postseason. If the team loses, the rest of the strip evaporates. Move early. |
| Division Series (best-of-5) | Travel buyers arrive, national interest builds, potential clinching games carry a premium. | Value builds with each win. Game-by-game pricing matters more than anywhere else. |
| League Championship (best-of-7) | Pennant on the line. Corporate and out-of-town demand at full strength. | A potential pennant-clinching home game is one of the hottest tickets in the sport. |
| World Series (best-of-7) | National, corporate and international demand. The peak of the baseball market. | Every game is a marquee event. World Series seller hub → |
And the format quirk worth knowing: the top two division winners in each league get a first-round bye. If that’s your team, your Wild Card strip refunds and your Division Series tickets become the first live product you hold — a shorter, hotter market with fewer home dates and no warm-up round.
The seller’s calendar — and why September is already late
August — the setup
Races clarify. This is when to get organized: confirm your strip, confirm the transfer path, and know what you’d do in each scenario. It costs nothing to be ready.
Mid-September — the position
Contenders separate. Prices for potential postseason inventory start forming before a single game is clinched.
The clinch — the spike
The moment a berth is official, demand jumps. This is the strongest part of the market, and it lasts days, not weeks.
October — the run
Each series re-prices everything behind it. Sellers who are still figuring out logistics are selling into someone else’s market.
Your team is in the race. Get ready now, not in October.
Send us your strip details today — team, section, row, what you hold. It costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and means we can list the moment your club clinches instead of starting the conversation then. Get set up →
What we do with postseason inventory
We confirm the transfer path with your club, price each game to its own round and demand rather than the strip average, and list across every major marketplace plus our broker and private-buyer network. We reprice as the series moves — a 2-1 series and a potential clinch at home are different markets, and they arrive days apart. You keep ownership until each game sells. Commission is 15% on postseason games, nothing upfront, and nothing owed on games that don’t sell. Payment goes out every Friday; for World Series games, the Friday after the event.
Frequently asked questions
When should I sell my MLB playoff tickets?
It depends on the round and your team’s situation, but the biggest mistake is waiting for certainty. Wild Card tickets have the shortest life of any postseason product — if your team loses the series, the remaining games evaporate. Division Series and beyond hold value longer as the run continues. We list as soon as a strip is confirmed and manage pricing round by round rather than dumping everything at once.
I bought a postseason strip. What happens to games that aren’t played?
Clubs refund or credit unplayed games at face value — that’s standard across baseball. So the only real decision is about games that actually happen. It also means your downside is limited: the strip cost you face value on games that got played, and the market for those games is usually far above it.
My team got a first-round bye. What does that mean for my tickets?
Under the current format, the top two division winners in each league skip the Wild Card round. If you hold a Wild Card strip for a bye team, those games are refunded — and your Division Series inventory becomes the first live product you hold, in a shorter, hotter market with fewer home dates.
Can I sell individual playoff games instead of the whole strip?
Yes. Strip tickets generally arrive as standard transferable mobile tickets and each game can be listed separately, subject to your club’s transfer rules. That matters, because postseason games are not equal — a potential clinching game at home is a completely different market than Game 1 of a Wild Card round.
What’s the commission on playoff tickets?
Postseason games run at our 15% championship tier rather than the 20% standard rate. There are no upfront fees, nothing owed if a game doesn’t sell, and payment goes out every Friday — for World Series games, the Friday after the event.
My team is in a Wild Card race and I’m not sure they’ll make it. What should I do now?
Get set up before the clinch, not after. The window between clinching and the first pitch of a Wild Card Series can be days — if you’re still figuring out how to sell when it opens, you’ve already missed the strongest part of the market. Send us your strip details now, at no cost, and we’ll be ready to list the moment it’s real.
Holding a postseason strip?
Tell us the team and what you hold. We’ll tell you honestly what each round is worth and have you ready to list the day your club clinches. No cost, no obligation.
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