Swift fan Antonia Touma’s dining table is laden with six different devices, each fully charged and placed in the queue for tickets since 6am on Wednesday.

“We started planning it all yesterday. We had group chats, texting when we need to do this, what needs to be done, whose laptops we’re using, what devices we connected,” she told AAP.

“Six devices ups our chances, we have to stay hopeful.”

Fellow Swiftie Amite Skinner was also caught up in the search for tickets.

Her sister, brother-in-law and nephew were all caught in hours-long virtual ticket queues for the $900-a-seat VIP package.

“I have always loved Taylor Swift. She has only been here once before and I sadly missed out,” she said.

“The experience this morning has been super stressful. I feel absolutely exhausted and deflated so far. It’ll all change if I end up getting tickets.”

Ticketek Australia has reassured fans online, with a statement confirming tickets were still available for a range of seats and categories.

For Ms Skinner, the waiting game paid off, securing four tickets just after midday.

Swift will perform two shows in Melbourne and three in Sydney during February.

Unprecedented demand for tickets led Victoria to declare Swift’s concerts major events on Tuesday, in an effort to limit ticket scalping, a move quickly followed in NSW.

Victorian Tourism, Sport and Major Events Minister Steve Dimopoulos confirmed tickets bought and resold before the declaration were not covered by the state’s anti-scalping rules.

“But that was only a small number,” he told Melbourne radio station 3AW on Wednesday.

Despite Swift announcing she was bringing her tour to Australia last week, Mr Dimopoulos insisted the Victorian government acted quickly to guard against ticket gouging but it had to follow a process.

“We worked with the promoter, so Frontier in this case, and to be honest we did it as soon as they asked,” he said.

The arrival of Swift isn’t an invitation for ticket scalpers to go wild, the NSW treasurer said.

“The reality is Taylor Swift’s coming to Sydney is fantastic for NSW, many people are currently trying to get tickets, a lot of them won’t do that, we hope they shake it off,” Daniel Mookhey told reporters.

Dedicated fans had the chance to try their luck once more at 2pm, when tickets were released for Swift’s Melbourne shows, before general sales open on Friday.