Musician pages and link-in-bio
Linkfire sends listeners to a stream. GigTag meets them live.
On tour or at a local gig, you need the audience to do more than clap: tell you what they want to hear, come to the next show, and pass your name to someone who books acts. GigTag gives you one permanent code on your mic stand that makes each of those possible. Linkfire, which you may use for releases, sends listeners to streaming services.
- No app for your audience
- Free to start
- One code that never changes
Why GigTag
Why gigging acts add GigTag to their Linkfire links
Linkfire does something GigTag does not: it routes each listener to a release on their own streaming service. GigTag does something a smart link is not designed for. It stands on your mic stand and turns the people in the venue into requests, saved dates and booking enquiries.
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One code for every show
You print the tag once and it works in every venue, with the same permanent code, even after a change of name. Linkfire creates a link for each release, which fits a catalogue that grows. A gigging act needs the reverse: one fixed thing to hang on the stand night after night.
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Requests shape the set
On Pro, fans pick from your song list and each request joins a live queue on your phone. You find out during the gig which songs this town wants. Linkfire's insight arrives afterwards and online, as clicks and streaming data, which is what a release campaign calls for.
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The next date, saved on the spot
Your next gig and weekly residencies are on the page, and a fan can add them to their calendar while the amps are still warm. Linkfire's bio link lists tour dates for followers who visit it. GigTag reaches the person who has only just heard of you.
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A booking form with no commission
Every GigTag page has a booking enquiry form, on the free plan, and GigTag takes no commission on bookings. Promoters and venue owners in the crowd can contact you before they leave. On Pro, you can send them an invoice in your own design to pay online.
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Scan, and it opens
The audience needs only a phone camera. The page opens in the browser, with no app and no account, and your Linkfire link sits among the music links for anyone who wants to stream the song they just heard. Each tool hands the listener on to the other.
In short
Linkfire and GigTag, in four lines
- Linkfire makes smart links that send each listener to a release on their own streaming service.
- GigTag is one permanent code on your mic stand that works at every show you play.
- It gives the audience requests on Pro, your next date to save and a booking form, with no app.
- If you play live, put GigTag on the stand, and keep Linkfire for your releases.
Side by side
GigTag vs Linkfire, topic by topic
One link or many
One permanent code for the whole act
There is one code for the act and it never changes. New gigs and songs change the page, not the tag.
LinkfireEach release gets its own smart link and landing page, and its site describes branding the address with your artist or release name.
What the visitor chooses
Request, save a date, follow or book
A fan landing on your page chooses what to do: request a song on Pro, save a date, follow you or enquire about booking.
LinkfireA fan landing on a release page chooses their streaming service from those listed, and the journey can be tailored by location.
Tour dates
Dates fans add to their own calendar
Your next gig and weekly residencies are on your page, and each can be added to a fan's own calendar.
LinkfireIts bio link has blocks for upcoming events, gigs and tours, next to releases, merch, videos and email capture, all on one page.
What you learn
Which songs each audience asked for
The request queue shows which songs each audience asked for, and your account shows who got in touch about a booking.
LinkfireAnalytics break results down by channel, location and device, and its site highlights streaming insights from services such as Apple Music.
Looking after keen fans
A direct line from fan to booking
The keenest people in the room can request a song, follow your socials and, if they have an event coming, send a booking enquiry.
LinkfireReward links are described as a way to turn fans into superfans, and bio links can capture email addresses for your list.
The quick view
| GigTag | Linkfire | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Linkfire, not that it is missing: see what Linkfire offers above, or ask on its site.
Linkfire or GigTag
Where GigTag is different from Linkfire
One code that never changes
Linkfire links follow your catalogue: a new release, a new link. A GigTag code is the opposite. There is one, it is printed on your tag, and it never changes. What changes is the page behind it: next week's gig, an updated song list. Rename the act and the tag still works. You print once and stop thinking about it.
The click you want is a request
A smart link does its job when a listener reaches a streaming service. A GigTag page does its job when the room responds: a song requested from your list, a residency added to a calendar, a booking enquiry sent. Requests appear in a live queue on your phone during the set, so you can answer one with the very next song. Requests are part of Pro.
For the booker as well as the fan
Linkfire is aimed at fans of your recordings. Live work also depends on the people who hire you. A GigTag page includes a booking enquiry form on the free plan, so a venue owner or a guest planning an event can ask about a date on the spot. On Pro, you can invoice them in your own design and they pay online.
A night with GigTag
An originals band on a run of tour dates
You are four nights into a run of small venues, a different town each evening. The tag came out of the van with the pedalboards and went on the mic stand at soundcheck, as it has every night. It is the same code in every town. Tonight's crowd scan it during the interval, and your page opens in the browser. They see the remaining dates of the tour and can add the one nearest home to their calendar.
On Pro you take requests from your own song list, and the queue on your phone tells you which album track this town wants. Your music links are on the page, so the song that landed can be found on a streaming service afterwards. At the merch table someone asks about a festival slot, you point at the tag, and the booking enquiry is in your account before the van is loaded. You update nothing before tomorrow's show except, if you like, the song list.
About Linkfire
What is Linkfire?
Linkfire makes smart links for music marketing and podcast promotion. Its site says it is used by major labels and by independent artists at every stage of a career. A smart link is a landing page for a release: the fan arrives and chooses their own service. Around that sit other link types: pre-release links for the run-up, bio links, podcast links and reward links for your most committed fans.
You add a release and Linkfire scans for the services that carry it, then builds a landing page you can restyle with your artwork and wording. Its site describes customising the address with your artist or release name and tailoring the journey by location. Afterwards you read the results: clicks by channel, location and device, plus streaming insights from partner services such as Apple Music.
- Where
- Worldwide
- Website
- linkfire.com
How Linkfire works
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Build the link. You create a smart link for a release. Linkfire looks for the services that carry it and assembles a landing page, with an address you can brand.
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Make it yours. You change the artwork, the button text and the order of the services to fit your campaign. Its site says no design or coding skills are needed.
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Promote it. You share the link in posts, adverts and your profile. A bio link can gather your releases, tour dates, merch and videos on one scrolling page.
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Measure the result. Afterwards you read which marketing activity led to clicks, broken down by channel, location and device, and you see streaming insights from partner services too.
Who Linkfire is for
Independent artists. Its site speaks to independent artists promoting their own releases, from early singles onwards. For them a smart link replaces a list of streaming addresses with one page that works for every listener, whatever service they use.
Labels and their teams. Its site says major labels use it across release campaigns. Label teams are the audience for much of the measurement side: comparing channels, territories and devices, and reading streaming insights from partner services such as Apple Music.
Podcasters promoting a show. Podcast links are a product of their own. They are aimed at people promoting a show, who face the same problem as musicians: listeners spread across many apps, and one link needed to reach all of them.
The verdict
GigTag or Linkfire: which should you choose?
The bottom line
If you play live, put a GigTag on your stand. The strongest reason is permanence with purpose: one printed code that works at every show and opens a page where the audience can request, save your next date and book you. Linkfire remains the right tool for sending listeners to a release and measuring the result, and GigTag is not a substitute for it. Use Linkfire for the music you put out and GigTag for the music you play.
They belong in different places and work well as a pair. Linkfire goes wherever you announce music: posts, adverts, your profile. GigTag goes on the mic stand. Add your Linkfire link to the music links on your GigTag page, so someone who heard your original in the set can find it on their own service on the way home.
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Carry on with smart links
Use Linkfire for each release as you do now. Share the links online and read the analytics to see where listeners came from and what they did.
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Print one tag
Create your act on GigTag, design the tag and print it once. It goes on the mic stand at every show on the tour and after it.
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Feed the page
Before each run of gigs, add the dates and put your latest Linkfire link among your music links, so the room finds the newest release.
Choose GigTag if
You need one code on your stand that lets a live audience request songs, see your next gig and enquire about booking you.
Start freeLinkfire may still suit you if
You need one link that sends each listener to their own streaming service, with data on what happened next.
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.
Should a touring band use GigTag as well as Linkfire?
Yes. They cover different halves of the job. Linkfire promotes each release online. GigTag works in the venue each night: one permanent code on the mic stand, requests on Pro, the remaining dates for fans to save and a booking form with no commission. Add your Linkfire link to your GigTag page and the audience can stream what they heard.
What does GigTag offer a live act that a Linkfire smart link is not designed for?
Things that only make sense with an audience present. A live queue of song requests on Pro. Gigs and weekly residencies a fan can add to their calendar. A booking enquiry form, and invoices on Pro. Tips with 0% taken. All from a tag on the stand that opens in the browser with no app.
Linkfire vs GigTag: do they do the same job?
No. Linkfire makes smart links for promoting releases and podcasts online. GigTag gives a live act a permanent QR code on a tag, and a page for the gig with requests on Pro, dates, links and a booking form. One is for listeners on streaming services. The other is for the audience in the room.
Can I put a Linkfire link on my GigTag page?
Yes. Your GigTag page has space for music links alongside your socials and website. Add your Linkfire release link or bio link there, and anyone who scans the tag on your stand can open it and choose their streaming service. No app or account is needed to open the GigTag page.
Does GigTag show my dates like a Linkfire bio link?
Linkfire's site says its bio link has blocks for tour dates, releases, merch and videos. GigTag shows your next gig and your weekly residencies, and fans can add them to their calendar from the page. Every gig and residency is on GigTag's free plan, along with the booking enquiry form.
I release through Linkfire but rarely gig. Is GigTag worth having?
Less so. GigTag earns its place when you play live, because the tag sits on your stand and the page serves the people watching. If you play only a few shows a year, the free plan still gives you the tag design and print file, your page, your gig dates and a booking form for those nights.
Can I use the same GigTag in every venue on a tour?
Yes. The code on your tag is permanent and belongs to the act, not to a venue. You hang the same tag on the stand each night. What changes is the page: you add the tour dates once, and the audience in each town sees what is coming up and can save a date.
What can fans do after scanning a GigTag?
They can see your next gig and weekly residencies and add them to their calendar, follow your socials, open your website and music links, and send a booking enquiry. On Pro they can request a song. They can also tip by card or Apple Pay. All of it happens in the browser.
Is a Linkfire bio link the same as a GigTag page?
They are both single pages, built for different visitors. Linkfire's site describes its bio link as a scrolling page for social followers, with releases, tour dates, merch and videos. A GigTag page is for people at a gig, reached by scanning a tag, with gig dates, a booking form and, on Pro, song requests.
Does GigTag take a cut of tips?
No. GigTag takes 0% of tips. Tips are paid by card or Apple Pay into the performer's own Stripe account, or Ziina account in the UAE, and they are part of Pro. They work in every country, along with requests, gigs, links, booking enquiries and invoices.
Looking for Linkfire itself?
This page is GigTag's. Linkfire's sign-in, prices, reviews and support are on its own site.
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See all comparisonsLinkfire is the name of its owner's product; GigTag is not connected with it. What is said about Linkfire here comes from its own public website, checked on 7 October 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
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