A homegrown digital start-up goals to revolutionise gig reserving simply as Uber and Airbnb remodeled their industries.

Three skilled musicians have created GigHQ, an online booking platform that automates the usually time-consuming and cumbersome enterprise of arranging dwell acts at bars, weddings and different venues.

The platform has been working for simply over a yr and already has 50 venues utilizing it as their fundamental reserving platform.

Wairarapa-based Mike Krishnan Jones​ mentioned their fundamental market had been in Auckland however from April he can be working full-time to develop their attain into the remainder of the nation, with long-term aspirations to launch abroad.

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Along with Auckland-based musicians Hamish Mackenzie​ and Lee Gray​, he had been growing GigHQ since early 2021.

“It’s been amazing seeing it evolve and we’re set on keeping it growing,” Krishnan Jones mentioned.

“Going international is very much in the planning. The UK would be the first stop, and we are actively chatting to some people over there at the moment.”

The Welshman had been full-time gigging round New Zealand along with his two-piece for the final 13 years, typically reserving seven or extra reveals per week.

With a younger household in Masterton, Krishnan-Jones wished to maneuver away from the travelling musician way of life and GigHQ was permitting him to do this.

As musicians, the GigHQ founders nicely understood the effort and time that went into discovering, reserving, and getting paid for gigs from a variety of venues.

Developed by KTech and Wagging Tail, GigHQ allowed performers to load their profiles and availability, whereas venue administration might choose and routinely guide gigs months upfront.

Using its waterfall perform the system was set as much as prioritise most well-liked performers and routinely choose them relying on availability.

The fee system was aligned with Xero accounting software program which took care of invoicing which means everyone was paid on the identical time.

GigHQ took a 9% fee, which was beneath the trade normal. For instance, a bar would possibly guide a duo for $600 and the pair would take house $546, after fee.

Venues with loads of dwell acts have been impressed with the platform.

Steve Shute of the Elephant Wrestler in Takapuna mentioned the centralised invoicing functionality was one in all his favorite options.

The well-liked Auckland venue used GigHQ to guide six dwell music gigs and as much as 12 DJs per week.

“The biggest benefit is making the accounting accountable and clear and on time. The 9% fee to have a really clean accounting record is a nominal fee.”

Shute mentioned they’d additionally use the platform’s waterfall precedence system if their most well-liked artists weren’t obtainable.

“The other really massive advantage with GigHQ is that Auckland’s a big city … so we don’t have the ability to go out and look for bands.”

“On the GigHQ platform I can search up duos, I can search up three-pieces or big bands, and then look at them like a show reel.”

Professional Irish musician Gerry O’Neil mentioned GigHQ helped him organise a efficiency schedule that suited his household life.

“It’s great, it works for the stage I’m at with my kids, because they’re still quite young.”

O’Neil mentioned the platform had lessened his workload and allowed him to have the profession he wished.

“I really feel prefer it’s working for me now. I’m not chasing late nights and never drained within the morning and it’s given me the chance to permit the music to suit round my way of life.