A new website has been launched to make it easier for soccer fans to exchange tickets and, as a result, put more bums on seats in World Cup stadiums.

The site, socoza.com, provides a way for soccer fans to transfer tickets to World Cup games. The site’s backers say making it easier to transfer tickets will help reduce no-shows by fans and the “embarrassing empty seats seen in stadiums over the weekend”.

Fans can engage in a forum, list their unwanted tickets and e-mail each other so they can discuss the ticket transfer between themselves.

Socoza also has real-time updated information on sports betting, player and team stats and news and video highlights.

With thousands of overseas fans looking with anticipation at the outcome of the group stages of the tournament, it is expected that there will be a spike in ticket transfers to overseas fans for the round of 16 matches starting on 26 June.

Registration to the site is free, with a R100 upgrade option for advanced features.

Users can search for tickets offered or wanted by match, date or venue, and are alerted by e-mail or SMS when a matching ticket, offered or wanted, is posted.

Fans can then contact each other online and can discuss the transfer and see if they want to, and are eligible to transfer their tickets.  – Staff reporter, TechCentral

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