Through years of industry leadership, TicketNetwork has tracked the buying patterns of consumers who have searched the website's inventory, which contains over $1B sports, concert and theater tickets.

-- Tickets for concerts, theater and sporting events are sold at different intervals depending on the ticket category.

-- Overall, most tickets are sold between 1pm and 5pm during the workday. Despite a drop-off in purchases around dinnertime, a high level of ticket purchases continue until 10pm. 2-9 in the morning represents the least amount of consumer demand indicating that the morning is a good time to find and buy good seats.

-- TicketNetwork's research also found that Monday, Tuesday and Friday are when most tickets are sold. Tickets to sporting events are at the highest sales levels on Tuesdays, with concert ticket sales peaking on Fridays.

-- Half of all tickets to sporting events are sold ten days in advance of games, and the majority of theater tickets are purchased just fourteen days in advance. In contrast, fifty percent of concert tickets are sold almost a month prior to the event.

-- Overall ticket sales for sporting and concert events are strongest in the summer months, with sporting events selling a higher amount of tickets in a second wave during the November, December and January timeframe.

Although the economy is gradually improving, retailers still need to work with buyers to navigate product availability and optimal buying times, especially this holiday season. Cyber Monday sales commanded one of the strongest retail coupon campaigns in history which is a strong indicator that Black Friday and the 2010 holiday season could also generate higher than normal ticket sales and purchases.