Lyte is still offline: Latest Updates and Impact on Ticketing
UPDATE: Lyte is still offline as of Tuesday and has been down since last week. The home page reads “undergoing scheduled maintenance.”
Lyte is still offline
“this really messed up my small local festival”
Multiple sources tell Hypebot that they are unable to access their ticket inventory or other sections of the site. Michigan’s Big Fam Festival added a Comment to our original post typical of what others are saying off the record: “This really messed up my small local festival, I really hope they give me access back.”
As of Tuesday, Lyte had not yet answered our multiple inquires or issued an explanation.
Just a week ago Lyte was still promoting its group ticket buying solution Lyte Groups.
$53 Million Raised
From a seed round in 2016 to series B round in January 2021, Lyte had raised $53 million in 5 rounds.
But as with all startups who try to “fix” ticketing, Lyte’s efforts were dwarfed by Ticketmaster, Axs, StubHub and handful of powerful and deep pocketed primary and secondary ticketers.
As of Tuesday morning Lyte is still offline without explanation. Check back here for updates.
Smelled this from miles away
No doubt. The only surprise is that it took this long.
This really messed up my small local festival, I really hope they give me access back
Same here, BIG FAM you’re not alone!! We’re in the same boat!
Thanks for sharing
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I haven’t received my refund for 2 tickets ($880)
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We are affected by it. LYTE still owe us the 20% holdback from our ticketsales. Not a single email or any type of communication from their side. Every employee that we reach just says “i no longer work at LYTE, please refer to Lisa the CFO”