For artists and managers
Proof of real support, not just streams and followers.
Streams, followers, and RSVP screenshots describe attention. They do not prove that people came. Ci gives artists and managers a portable record of real audience support, built from verified attendance and the behavior around it, so your draw is something you can carry into every room where it matters.
What proof do venues and bookers actually ask for?
Ci retains the source, timestamp, confidence, and provenance behind each verified outcome, then turns it into a record you own and can show.
Verified attendance
A record of who actually arrived at your shows, with the source, timestamp, and confidence behind each attendance retained. Not a follower count, not a screenshot of an RSVP list.
Repeat behavior
Which supporters came back across multiple shows. Repeat attendance is the difference between a one-night crowd and an audience that a Venue and an Agent can count on.
Promoter contribution
Which Promoters and communities reliably moved people into the room for you, so credit follows real turnout instead of link volume.
Market strength
Which cities and neighborhoods are strengthening for you, drawn from verified attendance rather than streaming maps or estimated reach.
Venue performance
How you performed room by room, and which venues and co-bills worked, so the next routing and room-size choice rests on evidence.
Audience loyalty
How your core supporters behave over time, measured from real participation, so loyalty becomes something you can show rather than assert.
What that proof unlocks
A credible, portable record changes the conversations that decide your career.
Venue pitches
Walk into a booking conversation with verified turnout for comparable rooms instead of anecdotes and guest-list memory.
EPKs and press materials
Attach a portable record of real draw to your EPK, so the numbers a Venue or buyer sees are backed by evidence and provenance.
Agency and management talks
Give an Agent or manager a credible picture of where you move people, through which Promoters, at what scale, and with what confidence.
Sponsorship materials
Show a Sponsor verified attendance and repeat behavior, the accountable outcomes brands increasingly ask for before funding activations.
Routing and support slots
Decide where to play next and which support-slot applications to make using markets where your verified history is strongest.
Negotiations over guarantees
Back a request for a guarantee, a larger room, or more promotion with a verified record of the audience you have already produced.
You are the hub of a network, not a follower count
An artist sits at the center of a network: superfans, openers, collaborators, street teams, creators, friends, and regulars who each move other people toward the room. That network is where live demand actually comes from, and a single follower number cannot describe it.
Ci measures how that network functions rather than reducing it to one metric. It shows which Promoters convert, which supporters return, which communities strengthen a market, and how the people around you contribute to verified turnout. The result is a truer picture of your reach, and evidence you can put in front of a Venue, an Agent, or a Sponsor.
Why a venue should believe the number
Ci has no interest in a figure a booker can argue with. Credibility here comes from the mechanism, not from adjectives.
Every attendance keeps its evidence
A verified attendance is stored with the source that produced it, the timestamp, and the confidence it reached. A booker who questions a number can be shown what produced it rather than asked to take it on faith.
Confidence is progressive, not a yes or no
A self-directed QR check-in establishes the arrival. A staff scan or a matched ticket raises it. Qualifying dwell and combined evidence raise it further. Each record states which level it actually reached.
Estimates stay labeled as estimates
Verified counts and estimated totals are reported as separate lines. Ci does not blend an estimate into a verified figure to make a headline number look larger, because a number a venue can disprove is worse than a smaller number it can trust.
The fan opts in, once, at the door
The record is built from a scan the fan chooses to make, not from background location or device tracking. That is what makes the resulting evidence defensible when someone asks where it came from.
The full evidence ladder, including what each confidence level requires, is written out on verified attendance.
Common questions
How do artists prove their draw to venues?
Most pitches rest on follower counts and screenshots, which describe attention rather than turnout. Ci produces a record of verified attendance across your shows, including repeat behavior and which cities and venues performed, so a booker sees who actually arrived rather than who followed you.
What is proof of draw, and why do bookers ask for it?
Proof of draw is evidence that an artist reliably brings a paying room to a specific market. Bookers ask for it because guarantees and support slots are priced on expected turnout, and streaming and social numbers have proven to be poor predictors of who shows up.
Does the artist keep this record when they change venue or agent?
Yes. The record belongs to the artist rather than to one venue, promoter, or agency, so it travels into venue pitches, EPKs, sponsorship materials, and routing conversations. Changing representation does not reset the history.
Do fans have to do anything for a show to count?
A fan scans a QR code at the show, which takes a few seconds and requires no ticket. Staff scans, matched tickets, and dwell signals can raise the confidence of that record afterwards, but the fan side is a single scan.
Does a bigger streaming audience produce a better Ci record?
No. Ci records arrivals, not plays or follows. An artist with a modest online following and a room that reliably fills will show a stronger verified record than one with large streaming numbers and thin attendance.
What happens next
Ci is self-serve for artists. You do not need a call with us to start building the record.
- Step 1
Open the portal, pick the artist role, and create or sign in to your account.
- Step 2
Add your next show and distribute its attributable invitation, then rotate the door QR on the night.
- Step 3
After the show, your verified attendance, repeat behavior, and promoter contribution update on a record you keep and can show.
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