Musician pages and link-in-bio
Laylo before the show, GigTag during it
At a regular gig you need the audience to act there and then: request a song, save next week's date, ask about a private booking. They will not sign up to anything to do it. GigTag gives you one printed code on the mic stand that opens straight into that page. Laylo, which you may have been looking at, is built around a fan list and timed drops.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Why acts with regular gigs choose GigTag over Laylo
Laylo gathers sign-ups and messages fans when something goes on sale. GigTag asks the audience for nothing and gives them something to do at once. For an act that plays every week, the page behind the tag covers what matters on the night: requests, the next date and a booking form.
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Nothing to sign up for
A guest scans your tag and the page opens in the browser, with no app, no account and no details to hand over. They can use it at once. Laylo is built on opt-ins, which is right for a fan list. In a restaurant or hotel, GigTag fits the mood of people who came to eat.
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Made for the weekly gig
GigTag lists weekly residencies next to one-off gigs, and a fan can add them to their calendar. Regular work is treated as the normal case. Laylo is designed around drops, the moments when a tour, a single or a merch run goes live, which suits acts with something to launch.
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Requests during the set
On Pro, the audience picks from your song list and you see each request in a live queue on your phone. It is an exchange that starts and finishes inside the gig. Laylo's exchange happens before the show, when fans RSVP and wait to hear that tickets are available.
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Private bookings, commission free
The booking enquiry form is on every page from the free plan, and GigTag takes no commission on bookings. Residency audiences include people planning dinners, parties and weddings. On Pro you can invoice them in your own design, and they pay online.
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Tips with 0% taken
Pro lets the audience tip by card or Apple Pay into your own Ziina account in the UAE, or your own Stripe account elsewhere, and GigTag takes 0%. The same tag also brings requests, saved dates and enquiries in every country.
In short
Laylo and GigTag, in four lines
- Laylo is a drop platform that messages a fan list when music, tickets or merch go live.
- GigTag needs no sign-up: one scan of the tag opens your gig page in the browser.
- It treats weekly residencies as normal, and takes requests on Pro and booking enquiries on the night.
- For regular gigs and residencies, choose GigTag, and add Laylo if you have tours to announce.
Side by side
GigTag vs Laylo, topic by topic
Signing up
No sign-up, no app, no account
The audience signs up to nothing. They scan the tag and use the page in their browser without an app or an account.
LayloFans join by RSVP on a drop page or by replying with a keyword on Instagram, opting in to email, text or direct messages.
Telling people what is next
Dates the audience saves to a calendar
Your page shows your next gig and weekly residencies, and a fan saves them to their own calendar as a reminder.
LayloWhen a drop goes live, the list is messaged automatically on each fan's preferred channel, and further messages can be scheduled.
On tour
One permanent tag for every venue
The same tag goes to every show. You list the dates once and each audience sees what is coming up.
LayloMulti-city drop pages collect RSVPs for each stop and show a fan their nearest show first, according to its touring page.
At the show
Requests and booking enquiries during the gig
At the show, the tag takes song requests on Pro and booking enquiries, and it takes tips with 0% going to GigTag.
LayloIts site lists an integration with Set.live for capturing data when fans check in at your shows and keeping in touch afterwards.
Selling to fans
Keep Laylo for this
A GigTag page is not a shop. The money it handles is for live work: invoices on Pro that your clients pay online.
LayloIts site describes connecting Shopify and ticketing services so that purchases sync and messages can be targeted by what fans bought.
The quick view
| GigTag | Laylo | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Laylo, not that it is missing: see what Laylo offers above, or ask on its site.
Laylo or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from Laylo
Before the show or during it
Laylo does its work before the doors open: sign up, wait, get the message, buy. GigTag does its work once the music has started. The audience scans the tag on your mic stand and can see your next gig, send a booking enquiry or, on Pro, request a song from your list there and then. One builds anticipation. The other serves the room you have.
Nothing for the audience to join
A fan list is built on people opting in with their details, and that is the point of it. A GigTag page asks nothing of the person scanning. It opens in their browser with no app, no account and nothing to download, and they can request, follow or enquire straight away. That suits a restaurant or hotel crowd who came for dinner and found a band.
Residencies and private bookings
Laylo is built for things that sell out: a tour, a presale, a limited run of merch. A lot of live work is steadier than that. GigTag shows weekly residencies alongside one-off gigs, and its booking form brings in the private parties and weddings that come from being heard. On Pro you can invoice those clients in your own design and be paid online.
A night with GigTag
A duo with a weekly residency in Dubai
You are a singer and a guitarist with a Friday brunch residency at a beach club in Dubai. There is no tour to announce and nothing to pre-order. There is today, and next Friday. Your tag is clipped to the mic stand. People scan it between courses and your page opens in the browser, with no sign-up of any kind. They see the residency listed and add it to their calendar for their next visit.
On Pro, the tables request from your song list, and the titles queue on your phone beside the set list. A table that enjoyed its request can also leave a tip by card or Apple Pay. Here in the UAE it goes through your own Ziina account and GigTag takes 0%. Before the last set, the club's events manager sends a booking enquiry for a private dinner. When it is confirmed you invoice from GigTag and the client pays online.
About Laylo
What is Laylo?
Laylo calls itself a drop platform for artists, live events, festivals and creators. A drop is anything you release at a set time: music, tickets, merch, content. The platform is built around a fan list. Fans sign up on a landing page or by replying to an Instagram post with a keyword, and each sign-up can opt in to email, text messages and Instagram direct messages.
Ahead of a release you publish an RSVP page and share it. When the drop goes live, Laylo messages the list automatically on the channels each fan chose. For touring acts, its site describes pages covering every city, where fans RSVP for their own stop and see their nearest show first. It connects to Shopify and Spotify, and messages can be targeted by location and purchase history.
- Where
- Worldwide
- Website
- laylo.com
How Laylo works
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Build a drop page. You create an RSVP page for what is coming: a single, a tour, a merch run. Its site says these landing pages are quick to build.
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Announce it. You share the page across social media, text and email. On Instagram, followers can reply to a story or post with a keyword to be added.
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Fans sign up. A fan RSVPs with one click and opts in to the channels they prefer. From then on they are part of your fan list for future drops.
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The drop goes live. Laylo messages the list automatically when the release, tickets or merch become available. Later messages can be scheduled and targeted by location or purchase history.
Who Laylo is for
Artists with something to release. Its page for artists covers content, music, presaves, merch and tours. It is aimed at acts who have a date in the diary when something becomes available and want fans waiting for that moment to arrive.
Touring acts and presales. Its touring suite is for acts selling tickets in several cities. Fans RSVP for their own stop, the nearest show appears first, and the site describes verifying fans so that presale tickets reach real fans.
Events, festivals and creators. Its site names live events, festivals, creators and sports alongside music, and says labels, agencies and managers use it for their talent. The common need is an audience to notify at a set moment in time.
The verdict
GigTag or Laylo: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you play regular gigs, choose GigTag. The strongest reason is that it asks nothing of the audience: one scan, no sign-up, and they can request a song on Pro, save your next date or enquire about a booking. Laylo is still the better tool for an act announcing tours, releases and merch to a list of fans, and GigTag is not a substitute for that. A touring originals act can use both.
A touring originals act can use both: Laylo to announce the tour and the single, GigTag on the stand each night. You can put your Laylo sign-up link among the links on your GigTag page, so people who enjoyed the show can join your list. A covers act playing residencies will mostly need GigTag on its own.
- Step 1
Build the list with Laylo
Use Laylo for announcements: the tour, the single, the merch. Share its sign-up page online so that followers are told when each one goes live.
- Step 2
Work the room with GigTag
At each show, hang the tag on your stand for requests, dates and booking enquiries from the people who are there in person that night.
- Step 3
Send the room to your list
Add your Laylo sign-up page to the links on your GigTag page. People who enjoyed the show can then join the list for the next drop.
Choose GigTag if
You play regular gigs and want the audience in the room to request songs, find your next date and book you without signing up to anything.
Start freeLaylo may still suit you if
You announce drops and ticket sales to a list of fans and want to message them the moment something goes live.
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 Laylo for a duo with a residency?
It suits a residency more closely. A residency has no drop to announce, only this week and next week. GigTag is built for that: guests scan a tag with no sign-up, see the residency and save it, request songs on Pro and send booking enquiries. Laylo is designed for building a fan list and messaging it when something goes on sale.
Why choose GigTag when Laylo can tell fans about my shows?
Because the two reach people at different times. Laylo tells fans who have signed up. GigTag works on whoever is in the room tonight, including people who had never heard of you an hour ago. They scan once, with no app, and your next date goes into their own calendar. Acts with tours to announce may want both.
Is GigTag a Laylo alternative?
Only if what you want is more from the people at your gigs. Laylo builds a fan list and messages it when music, tickets or merch drop. GigTag is a different kind of tool: a permanent QR code on a tag for a live act, and a page for requests, dates, links and booking enquiries.
Can I collect Laylo sign-ups at a gig using GigTag?
Yes. Laylo's site describes drop pages where fans sign up to be notified. Add that page's address to the links on your GigTag page. Someone who scans the tag on your stand can then see your next gig, request a song on Pro, and tap through to join your Laylo list.
Does GigTag tell fans about my next gig the way Laylo does?
GigTag does it through the calendar. Your page shows your next gig and weekly residencies, and a fan can add them to their own calendar, so the reminder sits in their phone. Laylo's approach, according to its site, is to message a fan list by text, email or Instagram when something goes live.
Does Laylo or GigTag suit a pub covers band?
Laylo describes itself as a drop platform, built around releases, ticket sales and merch. A pub covers band usually has gigs and residencies to fill, not drops. GigTag is made for that: a tag on the stand, song requests on Pro, your next dates and a booking enquiry form. It works for a solo act, duo or band.
Do fans have to give their phone number to use GigTag?
No. The audience gives nothing to open your page: no number, no email, no account. They scan the tag and it opens in the browser. A booking enquiry is the exception, since that is a form the person chooses to fill in. Everything else on the page is there to use straight away.
Can tips be collected by QR code at a residency in the UAE?
In the UAE, yes. With GigTag Pro, guests scan your tag and tip by card or Apple Pay. The money goes through your own Ziina account and GigTag takes 0%. Outside the UAE, tips go into your own Stripe account instead. Requests, gigs, residencies, booking enquiries and invoices work wherever you play.
Is GigTag or Laylo the right tool for announcing a tour?
Laylo is built for the announcement: its site describes multi-city pages where fans RSVP for their stop and are messaged when tickets go on sale. GigTag comes in once the tour is under way. The dates sit on your page, and the tag on your stand serves each audience on the night.
What do I need to bring to a gig to use GigTag?
The tag and your phone. The tag hangs on your mic stand and carries the code the audience scans. Your phone, with the website or the GigTag app open, shows the live queue of requests if you are on Pro. Booking enquiries wait in your account until you have time to read them.
Looking for Laylo itself?
This page is GigTag's. Laylo's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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