Former Wanna One Park Jihoon’s agency is receiving praise from fans after implementing what many are calling a smart solution to ticket scalping for his upcoming fan meeting. According to the official announcement, fanclub presale tickets will only be available to fans who purchased membership before the fan meeting was announced.
This means that anyone who joined the fanclub after the announcement date will not be eligible to participate in the presale.
Pre-sales notification.
“Only those who have registered for membership before March 16, 2pm, can participate.”
Fans quickly realized the strategy behind the rule. Scalpers often purchase fanclub memberships after an event is announced so they can access presale tickets and later resell them at inflated prices. By limiting presale access only to existing members before the announcement, the agency effectively blocked many potential scalpers. With Park Jihoon’s sudden spark in popularity after his movie The King’s Warden took off, many were afraid of scalpers.
Korean fans widely praised the move online, with many saying the company handled the situation cleverly.
ㅁㅊ 와와 똑똑하다
업자들 멤버십 가입해서 팬미팅 티켓팅하고
플미로 양도하니까;;; 공지 올린 시점으로
멤버십 가입해도 선예메 못하게 해놨네!!!!!!
일 잘한다!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/MP1uMrL5Zn
— 깅윙깅윙 (@gingwinkging) March 16, 2026
Wow this is so smart of them. Since many scalpers register for memberships and do ticketing only to resell them at a higher price, they’re not letting people who register even from the point of this sales notice onwards buy during pre-sales. They’re so good at their job!
gingwinkging
Others are excited to see scalpers panic.
이건 일 잘했네 ㅋㅋㅋ 업자들 개 당황 했을 듯 https://t.co/qAszKxBgPG
— 지훈니 (@jihoonie0529k) March 16, 2026
They’re so good for this LOL. The scalpers are going to scramble.
jihoonie0529k
Many fans hope more agencies will adopt similar systems to protect real fans from ticket resellers in the future.
우리도 본받았으면ㅠㅠ https://t.co/CwfPxHR18l
— 🍀윤🫧🍀 (@yunsb_) March 16, 2026
I hope our side also learns from this.
yunsb_