GigSaladReviews 249

GigSalad
• quality leads
• professional service and support
• facilitates booking and billing
• makes me money
I recommend

Although I have been with GigSalad for a while now, this was the first time I have been able to accept a gig opportunity. They were very prompt answering my questions about how payment works. It was really easy, and their fees were very reasonable. I highly recommend working with GigSalad if you are looking for more gigs.

I've only just started (within the last week) my membership with GigSalad. To check them out, I went with the Free Membership option although I'm already considering one of their Paid Memberships for the near future. Setting up my Profile was easy and painless. One thing I really like is the ability to request, and have posted, reviews from previous Event Coordinators (even those not booked through GigSalad). Though I have not yet received a booking through GigSalad I'm looking forward to a long, lasting and successful partnership with them.

Gigsalad is superb website with all the professional tools! I've been using there service for many years.

As advertised by Gig's they do offer as they provide a Worry-Fee Guarantee, but only if all contracts are done though Gig's. In its self there is nothing wrong with that, what they do wrong is that they release your contact information to the vendors right away, before any of the bids have accepted or even reviewed by you. This opens the system up to scammers, just what happened to me. One of the vendors contacted me directly, we set a contract and he never delivered. Since this was my first time using Gig's I thought that since Gigs provided the vendors my info this was how things are done. I only found out that Gig's about the Worry-Fee Guarantee shortfall when asked them for help.

Gig's should not be releasing your personal contact info, so that vendors can contact you directly, if the whole premise of their "Worry-Free Guarantee" is based on working through the Gig service.

GigSalad is by far the best resource that I have found for my jazzreggae band Byrds of a Feather. Their price structure is very fair and their web site is very effective at getting clients. I have also used their better known competitor, and GigSalad has far better clients. I don't claim to know the reason, but there is really no comparison to the quality of the gigs I get from Gigsalad compared to their competition, who also charges more and delivers far less. Also, they a pleasure to work with, and I get the feeling they really care about the musicians they serve. 3 cheers for GigSalad!

I have been an entertainer in the private events industry for over 12 years. My experience with the platform and its technicians has been nothing short of stellar! They really care about the artists that use their website for booking private events. I only wish I would have signed up with GigSalad sooner than just a few years ago. I greatly appreciate this group of people and will continue to highly recommend GigSalad to my peers and friends!

I heard about this site at Charles Howard Santa School. Then my daughter mentioned it. My wife researched and signed us up. We have got so many request for Santa and Mrs Claus that we have to turn down more than we can book. We love this site and plan on staying with it

Hi all, Just wanted to give a review of Bobby B
From gigsalad
I have never used gigsalad before to book someone but after reviewing different artist and watching some videos on youtube
I was so pleased to have found him.
He came on time for setup and tuned up his guitars, he had a great personality and a beautiful voice.
The party started at 12 pm on Oct 3,2021at the Seastar ball room in Riverhead ny
I was so excited to finally meet and hear him play.
Well I must say he was INCREDIBLE!
From start to finish
His song list was perfect and he made my daughter's baby shower a hit.
I had so many compliments on how amazing he was.
I can't wait for the next party to have him play again.
Bobby B. If you read this
I just want to say Thank you again!
Debbie T.
Shirley Ny

This company recommends a refund/cancellation policy for their vendors then circumvents it to suit their own profiteering needs. When a vendor complains they remove the vendor from their site no matter how excellent or for how many years the vendor has performed. This company is as unethical and unprofessional as it gets!

This was our "Next of Kin" first Gig Salad gig, and it was a good one (5) stars from our purchaser, and (5) stars from us to Gig Salad. It was sooo seamless, and a smooooth, pleasant experience for us. All we had to do was submit a Quote (that was excepted) and Gig Salad handled the rest. They even sent us reminders of things to remember to do prior to the gig, which was very helpful. Our gig was on a Saturday, on the following Monday our money was in the bank. Thanks Gig Salad, we are looking forward to doing more business with you.

My big beef with Gig Salad is they charge either a commission per gig or a yearly advertising fee, but then they publish reviews, at times erroneous bad reviews, and leave them up there even when you have evidence that the customer is gaming their system to get a refund or discount. So you pay to be "promoted" and then have to tolerate being bad mouthed from scammy customers who damage your reputation and you have no recourse. Second beef is they pit vendors against each other for bids. This practice attracts a lot of cheapskates, time wasters and looky-loos, only looking for a cheap price. "Leads" but very poor quality leads. Gig Salad condemns itself with its own stats - on my profile, since 2011, it says I have had over 5600 profile views and over 2000 inquiries but only 15 bookings. This company seems to be comprised of techies that are good at Google algorithms so their site ranks high in the search results. For that reason I leave my free profile up and pay the commission on the infrequent gig I do get from them. But their policies are NOT vendor friendly... you waste a lot of time with inquiries looking to spend amateur money on professional services. The irony is, when you have a problem, the 'help' screen says to write to a member of their 'customer happiness team.' Customer happiness my rear end. The help desk responses are patronizing and do not address the issue you ask about. I have gone back and forth with a 'customer happiness' team-let that just repeatedly sends canned responses but does not answer my question.

I set our band up on gigsalad based on a friend/fellow musician's recommendation. I admit, I was skeptical at first. But I started receiving quote requests inside of a week! I encourage any and all bands looking for bookings to sign up (unless you're in NW Arkansas - please leave that one alone for me!)

I enjoy listening and dancing to Touch of Gray Band. They do a great job of entertaining. They are just like a professional band. I moved to Arizona 12 yeas ago. When ever I hear where they are playing I make sure I attend there performance and tell my friends where they will be and how great they are.