Built for your trade
For DJs and events businesses: booked while you’re performing.
Enquiries land on Saturday night, mid-set, from couples comparing five suppliers at once. Whoever replies first usually wins. We built an entire platform around that problem — and our founder has run a DJ business through it for nine years.
The first problem
The enquiry arrives while you’re on stage
By the time you reply on Sunday, three competitors already have. An instant, considered reply that checks your real diary before promising a date is the single biggest bookings lever in this trade.
The second
Deposits chased over weeks
A date pencilled in without money on it is a maybe wearing a yes. Contract and card deposit in the same flow turns the maybe into income the same evening.
The third
The diary lives in three places
Phone notes, a wall planner, and your head — which is how double-bookings happen in peak season. One calendar everything writes to, or nothing works.
What we build for this trade
A fast site that ranks for your area and venues, an enquiry flow that answers at 11pm in your voice, date-checking against one true calendar, e-signed contracts and card deposits on the spot — then reminders that chase the balance so you never have to.
Why believe us
Gig Nest is our events-business platform doing exactly this in production — and Matt Rooney DJ is the founder’s own nine-year business running on it.
Questions from your trade
Can it check my actual availability before replying?
Yes — that is the point. Replies are drafted against your live calendar, so a date you cannot do is never half-promised.
What deposit setup works for events?
Most take 25–50% on booking by card, balance auto-reminded before the date. You set the rules; the system does the chasing.
I already list on directories — do I still need my own site?
Directories rent you attention and charge for your own leads. Your site is the asset: it ranks for “DJ at [venue]” searches, and every booking through it is commission-free.
Price it for your business
Fifteen seconds, no email — the estimator already knows your kind of build.