Your Roster Deserves Better Tools
Spreadsheets, scattered emails, missed double-bookings — trade them in. 10 minutes to set up, free in Open Alpha — manage up to 500 artists across 40 cities from one dashboard.
For Booking Agents
Manage Your Roster.
Book Smarter.
Ditch the spreadsheets and WhatsApp chains. Manage your full artist roster across 40 cities, handle bookings in under 5 minutes, and track commissions in real time — one dashboard, digital contracts in 1 minute, Stripe payouts cleared within 7 days.
Why Agents Choose GIGXCHANGE
The tools you need to run a modern booking agency
Roster Management
Manage up to 500 artists from one dashboard. See their availability, bookings, earnings, and profiles in one view, updated within 1 minute — no more juggling spreadsheets.
Negotiate on Behalf
Handle bookings, negotiate terms, and sign contracts for your artists. Venues deal with you directly — your artists just show up and play.
Commission Tracking
Automatic commission calculation on every booking, set anywhere from 5% to 25% per artist. See exactly what you've earned, what's pending, and what's been paid out — in real time.
How It Works
From onboarding your roster to earning commission — four simple steps
Onboarding
Add Your Roster
Create your agent profile and add the artists you represent. Each artist gets their own full profile with media, genre, pricing, and availability.
Discovery
Receive Enquiries
Venues discover your artists through search, smart matching, and the gig directory. Booking requests come straight to your dashboard.
Booking
Negotiate & Book
Negotiate fees, confirm dates, and sign digital contracts on behalf of your artists. Everything is tracked and logged automatically.
Payment
Track & Earn
Monitor all bookings across your roster. Payments flow through Stripe, commissions are calculated automatically, and you get paid when gigs complete.
Built for Booking Agents
Not a generic directory — a proper agency management platform
Multi-Artist Dashboard
See all your artists' bookings, availability, and earnings in one view. Switch between artists instantly without logging in and out.
Booking on Behalf
Negotiate and confirm bookings as if you were the artist. Venues communicate with you directly — your artists stay focused on performing.
Centralised Calendar
One calendar view across all your artists' schedules. Spot clashes, fill gaps, and plan ahead without flipping between multiple diaries.
Contract Management
Digital contracts for every booking, auto-generated with the right terms. Sign on behalf of your artists and download PDFs for your records.
Payment Tracking
See deposits, fund releases, and your commission in real time. Every transaction is logged and visible — no more chasing invoices.
Discovery Tools
Your artists appear in search results, boosted by your agency profile. Venues can browse your full roster and enquire about any artist you represent.
Why GIGXCHANGE Beats Spreadsheets
You can't scale a roster on emails and WhatsApp.
Most independent booking agents manage artists across email threads, shared spreadsheets, and WhatsApp groups. Every booking means manually chasing confirmations, writing contracts from scratch, and calculating commissions by hand.
GigXchange centralises everything. Your full roster in one dashboard, auto-generated contracts for every booking in under 1 minute, commission tracking built in, and direct messaging with venues across 40 cities. You set your own commission rate (typically 10% to 25%) per artist, and the platform handles the paperwork.
| GIGXCHANGE | Manual / Spreadsheets | |
|---|---|---|
| Roster management | Centralised dashboard | Scattered across tools |
| Commission tracking | Automatic per booking | Manual calculation |
| Contracts | Auto-generated, digital | Written from scratch each time |
| Venue communication | In-app messaging per booking | Email / phone / WhatsApp |
| Availability | Calendar sync, real-time | Ask each artist individually |
| Payments | Stripe escrow, auto-release | Invoice and chase |
| Cost | Free to join | Free but costs you time |
Agent FAQ
You set your own commission rate (typically 10% to 20%) for each artist on your roster. When a booking is confirmed and paid, your commission is calculated automatically in real time. You can see pending and paid commissions in your dashboard at any time — updated within 1 minute of each booking. Compare typical UK rates in the GX Rate Calculator or our UK market statistics.
Absolutely. Add your existing artists to your roster — they create their own profiles, and you link them to your agent account. You can then manage their bookings, availability, and communications from your dashboard. Artists see how their side works if you'd like to walk them through onboarding.
Any existing confirmed bookings remain active and will be fulfilled as normal. The artist simply gets unlinked from your agent account, and future bookings go directly to them. No disruption to venues or scheduled gigs.
Free to join, free to add artists, free to manage your roster. GigXchange charges a small platform fee on confirmed bookings — the same fee that applies to all users. There are no monthly subscriptions or per-artist charges. See typical UK agency margins in our UK market statistics.
There's no limit. Whether you represent 2 artists or 200 artists, the dashboard scales with your roster. Every artist gets their own full public profile, and you can manage all of them from one place — switch between artists in under 1 minute.
Yes — transparency is important. Venues can see that an artist is represented by an agent, and all communications go through you. This builds trust and sets clear expectations from the start.
Yes — we publish free tools useful for agents managing UK rosters:
- UK Gig Rate Calculator — live market percentiles by city, band size and event type
- Venue Outreach Email Templates — 6 customisable pitch templates with auto-fill, logo upload and copy-to-Gmail
- Setlist Builder — share a roster artist’s setlist with a venue in one click
- Booking Contract Generator — UK-compliant performance agreement, 8 standard clauses, dual e-signatures, instant PDF
- GX Index — the full open UK live-music rate dataset, refreshed nightly
- UK Musician Earnings 2026 — data-backed report on what UK musicians actually earn (CC BY 4.0)
- UK Market Statistics — venues, fees and industry benchmarks