Every performer knows the phone call asking you to hold a date. It is not a booking yet, but you would be daft to give the date away. Until now your choices in Gigflow were an enquiry or a confirmed gig, and a held date is neither.
There was a second niggle. After every gig you had to remember to tap a button to say it had happened.
What’s new
A Pencilled status. A held date, not yet booked. It shows in your diary with an amber Pencilled badge. For money it behaves like an enquiry: it is never counted as income and never shows as owed.
Four statuses to choose from. Enquiry, Pencilled, Confirmed and Cancelled.
No more Complete gig button. Time decides when a gig has happened. A confirmed gig shows as Completed once its date has passed, without you doing anything.
Did you get paid? On the day of a confirmed gig, from its start time, Gigflow asks the one question that is left.
How to use it
On an enquiry, tap Pencil it in to hold the date, or Confirm gig when it is booked. If a confirmed gig goes wobbly, open the menu on the gig and choose Mark as not confirmed to move it back to pencilled.
On gig day, the card headed Did you get paid? gives you three answers. Yes, paid in full · £250.00 records the outstanding balance in one tap, with the amount shown on the button. Part of it opens the payment form so you can enter what you received. Not yet tucks the card away.
Why it matters
Your diary now tells the truth about dates that are held but not booked, and your income figures only include work that is confirmed. And the best moment to log a payment is while the cash is still in your pocket at the end of the night.
Related: A clearer Gigs screen, with a list of money to collect
