Musician pages and link-in-bio
Should a gigging musician use bio.fm, GigTag or both?
When you are playing in a bar, a hotel or a restaurant, you need the audience to be able to act while they are listening: request a song, note your next date, ask about a booking. GigTag gives you one printed code on the mic stand that opens a page for exactly that. bio.fm, which you may have looked at, is a page for the link in your social profile.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Five reasons gigging musicians pick GigTag over bio.fm
bio.fm arranges your posts, videos and links for people who visit your profile. GigTag is for people who have not visited your profile and are simply in the room. One scan gives them your song list, your next gig and a booking form, and gives you requests and enquiries in return.
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It gives the room something to do
A GigTag page is built around actions: request a song on Pro, save your next gig, follow, enquire. Each one fits the minute or two a listener will spare. bio.fm is built around content to look through, such as photos, a video and links, which suits a visitor browsing from a profile.
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A tag where people are looking
Your code is printed on a small tag in your own design and hangs on the mic stand, in the audience's eyeline all night. bio.fm gives you an address for your social platforms. In a venue, many in the audience have not found your profile, and the tag reaches them anyway.
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Your regular nights, saved
GigTag shows weekly residencies and one-off gigs, and a fan can add them to their calendar. For a hotel or restaurant act, that gives tonight's guest a way back next week. Every gig and residency you list is covered by the free plan.
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Paid work from the same page
The booking enquiry form is on the free plan and GigTag takes no commission on bookings. On Pro you can send an invoice in your own design and be paid online. A solo act can go from being heard to being hired and paid without any other tool in between.
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No app, no account, no reprint
The audience scans with the camera and the page opens in the browser. They install nothing and sign up for nothing. On your side, the code is permanent, so the tag you print once keeps working through every change to your page, including a new name for the act.
In short
bio.fm and GigTag, in four lines
- bio.fm is a link-in-bio page built from blocks of your social content, links and embeds.
- GigTag reaches people who have never seen your profile, through a printed tag on your mic stand.
- One scan offers requests on Pro, your residency dates and a booking form, with no app.
- For bars, hotels and restaurants, choose GigTag, and keep bio.fm as your profile link.
Side by side
GigTag vs bio.fm, topic by topic
Building the page
Sections for gigs, requests and bookings, ready made
The page has its sections ready: links, gigs and residencies, a booking form and, on Pro, your song list. You add your own details.
bio.fmThe page is made of blocks you pick, fill and drag into order. Its site says anyone can do it without coding or technical skills.
Showing your socials
Follows from people who have just heard you
Your socials sit on your page as links to follow, next to your website and music links, for people who have just heard you.
bio.fmA social icons block features your profiles as icons or cards, and other blocks show recent Instagram photos or your latest tweets.
Music on the page
A song list the audience picks from
Music links point to your recordings. The song list is for the gig, where the audience picks what they would like to hear next.
bio.fmA Spotify block embeds a playlist, an album or a profile directly in your bio, which its site calls sharing your music taste.
Video and visuals
Keep bio.fm for this
The page is built for someone watching you live, so it centres on what they can do in the room: request, follow, save a date, enquire.
bio.fmA YouTube block shows your latest video automatically or one you choose, and a subscribe card invites visitors to follow your channel.
Collecting contacts
Booking enquiries with no commission
The booking enquiry form collects the details of people who want to hire you. It is included on the free plan.
bio.fmAn email collection form on the page lets visitors leave their address, which its site describes as turning visitors into subscribers.
The quick view
| GigTag | bio.fm | |
|---|---|---|
| A QR code your audience scans | Yes, one that never changes | – |
| Song requests from the crowd | Yes, on Pro | – |
| Tips by card or Apple Pay | Yes, on Pro, into your own Ziina or Stripe. GigTag takes 0% | – |
| Booking enquiries | Yes, on the free plan | – |
| Your gigs and weekly residencies | Yes, on the free plan | – |
| Invoices for bookings | Yes, on Pro | – |
| A printed tag for your mic stand | Yes, in your own design | – |
| Works without an app for the audience | Yes, it opens in the browser | – |
A dash means we did not confirm it for bio.fm, not that it is missing: see what bio.fm offers above, or ask on its site.
bio.fm or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from bio.fm
Content to browse, or things to do
A bio.fm page is something to look through: photos, a video, links. A GigTag page is something to act on while the music is playing. A fan requests a song from your list, checks when you are next on, adds the date to their calendar or sends a booking enquiry. It is laid out for a person with a drink in one hand and a phone in the other. Requests are part of Pro.
On a tag, not in a profile
bio.fm gives you an address to share on your social platforms. GigTag gives you a QR code on a small tag in your own design, made for the mic stand. People in the room scan it and the page opens in their browser, with no app and no account. The code is permanent, so one tag does every gig you play.
It keeps working after the encore
The scan is not only for the night. Your GigTag page shows your next gig and weekly residencies, so tonight's audience can come back. Its booking form brings enquiries to your account, and on Pro you can invoice the client and be paid online. That follow-through, from a scan to a paid booking, is what GigTag is built around.
A night with GigTag
A solo pianist in a hotel lounge
You play piano in a hotel lounge three evenings a week. Guests come and go, most are staying one night, and nobody is going to search for your Instagram. Your tag hangs from the mic stand beside the piano. A couple waiting for a table scan it. The page opens straight away in the browser and shows your weekly residency here, your other dates and your links. They follow you and save next week's date before their table is ready, without installing anything.
With Pro, the lounge can request from your song list, and a title appears in the queue on your phone, which sits on the music desk. You play it two songs later and get a nod from across the room. Before they check out, a guest who is planning an anniversary dinner sends a booking enquiry. The next evening the faces are different and the tag is the same. Your residency is still on the page for the ones who come back.
About bio.fm
What is bio.fm?
bio.fm is a link-in-bio page for sharing different kinds of content from one link. Its site likens it to building a micro-website in a few minutes, with no technical skills needed. The page is made of blocks. You choose the kinds of block you want, fill them with content from platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Medium, Facebook and Spotify, and drag them up and down until the order suits you.
Its how-it-works page lists what people do with it: show recent Instagram photos, display the latest YouTube video, feature social profiles as icons or cards, add several website links, write an about section and collect email addresses. A Spotify block embeds a playlist, an album or a profile. When the page is ready, you copy its address and share it on the platforms you use.
- Where
- Worldwide
- Website
- bio.fm
How bio.fm works
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Choose what to share. You select blocks from the options on offer and import or add your own content: posts, a video, links, a playlist, a short piece about yourself.
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Reorder and adjust. You add, edit, delete and move blocks until the page reads the way you want. Its site says this is done by dragging, with no coding involved.
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Share your link. You copy the page's address and post it wherever your audience is. One link in your profile now leads to everything you have chosen to show.
Who bio.fm is for
Social media creators. The examples on its home page are Instagram accounts with large followings, among them fitness trainers and a comedian. It is aimed at people whose audience is on Instagram, YouTube or Twitter and who want one link to hold it all.
A quick personal site. Its site describes building a micro-website in minutes for sharing your ideas, your business or yourself. That speaks to people who want a small web presence of their own without learning any technical skills or hiring anyone.
Growing a community. Several blocks are about turning a visitor into something more: an email sign-up form, a YouTube subscribe card, a block for growing a Facebook group. These suit anyone building an audience they can reach again.
The verdict
GigTag or bio.fm: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you make your living playing live, choose GigTag. The single strongest reason is that it works on an audience that has never heard of you: they scan a tag, with no app, and can request a song on Pro, save your next date or book you on the spot. Someone who mainly wants to show posts and videos to social followers is still better served by bio.fm, and a musician with both kinds of audience can link the two pages.
Yes, and simply. Keep bio.fm as the link in your social profiles, showing your posts and videos. Use GigTag at gigs. Add your GigTag page as one of the links on your bio.fm page so followers can see where you are playing, and add your socials to your GigTag page so the room can follow you. Neither gets in the way of the other.
- Step 1
Leave bio.fm in your profile
Your bio.fm page carries on as the link under your name, showing your posts, videos and playlists to the people who already follow you online.
- Step 2
Take GigTag to work
Set up your act, your residency and your links on GigTag. Print the tag and keep it with your leads and stands so it goes to every gig.
- Step 3
Add one link each way
Put your GigTag page among the website links on bio.fm, and put your socials on your GigTag page. That is all the joining up it needs.
Choose GigTag if
You want the people at your gigs to request songs, find your next date and book you, from a tag on your stand.
Start freebio.fm may still suit you if
You want a simple bio link for social media that shows your posts, videos and links in one place.
GigTag FreeYour page, your tag design, every gig and residency, a booking form. One act.
GigTag ProSong requests, tips, invoices, more than one act. AED 30, £11.99 or $15.99 a month.
GigTag Printed tagFrom AED 100 in the UAE, £24.99 in the UK or €28.99 in the EU, delivered free, with a large size for more; $32.99 elsewhere, plus postage from the UK. Or print your own, anywhere, for free.
Is GigTag better than bio.fm for a musician who plays hotels and bars?
For the hotels and bars, yes, it is the closer fit. GigTag puts a printed code in front of guests and gives them your residency dates, a booking enquiry form and, on Pro, song requests in a live queue. It opens in the browser with no app. bio.fm is made for the link in your social profile, which those guests may never see.
What do I get from GigTag that a bio.fm page is not centred on?
Three things built for a gig: a request queue you watch on your phone during the set, a list of gigs and weekly residencies the audience can save to a calendar, and a booking enquiry form that can lead to an invoice paid online. All of it sits behind one permanent printed code, and the free plan is enough to start.
What is bio.fm used for?
bio.fm is a link-in-bio page. Its site describes building a small page from blocks, such as Instagram photos, a YouTube video, social profile links, website links, a Spotify embed and an email sign-up form, then sharing that one address on your social platforms. It is made for people who want to share more from a single profile link.
Can I use bio.fm for gig dates and bookings?
You can add website links to a bio.fm page, so you could link to wherever your dates and booking form live. GigTag has both built in: every gig and weekly residency, which fans can add to their calendar, and a booking enquiry form. Both are on GigTag's free plan, and you can link to them from bio.fm.
Does GigTag replace my bio.fm link?
It can, if your page is mainly about gigs, because a GigTag page also carries your socials, website and music links. If you like showing your Instagram photos and latest video in your bio, keep bio.fm there and link to your GigTag page from it. Plenty of acts will be happiest with both.
Does bio.fm or GigTag suit a solo singer who plays bars?
For the bars themselves, GigTag: it is made for a solo act, duo or band playing live, with a code on the stand, your next dates, a booking form and, on Pro, song requests. For your social profiles, bio.fm does the job of a bio link. A solo act can sensibly have both.
How do I show a weekly residency to my audience?
Add it on GigTag as a residency. It then appears on your page along with any one-off gigs, and people who scan your tag can add it to their calendar. For a hotel or restaurant act, that turns a guest who enjoyed one evening into someone who knows you are back next week.
Can hotel or restaurant guests in the UAE tip through a QR code?
With GigTag, in the UAE, yes. Guests scan your tag and tip by card or Apple Pay, the money goes through your own Ziina account, and GigTag takes 0%. Tips are part of Pro, and they work in the UK, the US and other countries too, through your own Stripe account.
How is setting up GigTag different from setting up bio.fm?
bio.fm's site describes choosing blocks, filling them with your content and dragging them into order. On GigTag you enter your act, links, gigs, residencies and song list from the website or the GigTag app, then design your tag and print it. One prepares a page for a profile, the other prepares a page and a tag for a venue.
What happens to my GigTag after the gig?
It keeps working. The page stays up, so anyone who scanned can return to it for your next date or the booking form. Enquiries sent after the night arrive in your account in the usual way. The tag goes in your bag, and the same code is ready for the next venue.
Looking for bio.fm itself?
This page is GigTag's. bio.fm's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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