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Chargebacks and Refunds Reserve
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
Chargebacks and Refunds Reserve Chargebacks and Refunds Reserve
The terms of the Company's standard merchant agreement obligate creators to reimburse attendees who are entitled to refunds. The Company records estimates for refunds and chargebacks of its fees as contra-revenue. When the Company provides advance payouts, it assumes risk that the event may be canceled, fraudulent or materially not as described, resulting in significant chargebacks and refund requests. See Note 9, “Accounts Payable, Creators.” If the creator is insolvent, has spent the proceeds of the ticket sales for event-related costs, has canceled the event, or has engaged in fraudulent activity, the Company may not be able to recover its losses from these events, and such unrecoverable amounts could equal the value of the transaction or transactions settled to the creator prior to the event that is disputed, plus any associated chargeback fees not assumed by the creator. The Company records reserves for estimated advance payout losses as an operating expense classified within sales, marketing and support.
Reserves are recorded based on the Company's assessment of various factors, including the amounts paid and outstanding to creators in conjunction with the advance payout program, macroeconomic conditions, and actual chargeback and refund activity trends. The chargebacks and refunds reserve was $8.2 million and $8.1 million, which primarily includes reserve balances for estimated advance payout losses of $6.0 million and $6.0 million, as of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.
The Company will adjust reserves in the future to reflect best estimates of future outcomes. The Company cannot predict the outcome of or estimate the possible recovery or range of recovery from these matters. It is possible that the reserve amount will not be sufficient and the Company's actual losses could be materially different from its current estimates.