GigKnot is the only platform where an artist's reliability is a number, your payment sits in escrow until the show ends, and no one can cut the platform out — because contact info is blocked until the booking is paid.
Browse verified artists sorted by their Bookability Score — a weighted 0–100 computed from show-up rate, review quality, reply speed, and cancellation history. No more guessing.
Pay via Razorpay. Funds are held in escrow until 2 hours after the show ends. Artist no-shows or cancels? Automatic refund. Replacement guarantee.
A Postgres trigger redacts phone numbers, IG handles, and emails from messages until the booking on that thread is paid. Platform can't be cut out. Deal is sealed on GigKnot.
Computed server-side, recomputed nightly. Artists can't boost it with self-reviews or padded profiles. It's built from real booking behaviour — what they actually did, not what they claim.
Not when you book. Not when they arrive. Two hours after the show ends — verified by your confirmation or the scheduled end time.
Classic marketplace failure: booker and artist meet on-platform, exchange numbers, take the next gig off-platform. GigKnot solves it at the database layer.
A Postgres trigger redacts contact patterns from messages until the booking on that thread reaches "paid" status. You literally cannot leak the contact until GigKnot has been compensated.
Tens of thousands of indie bands, DJs, comedians, and acoustic acts work India every weekend. The transaction is still: DM on Instagram, negotiate blindly, wire money to a stranger, hope they show up. That ends now.