Category: Product Ideas

  • TourManager App: The All-In-One Tour Planning & Execution Platform for Musicians

    You’re booking a tour. You’re drowning in spreadsheets. Emails from venues pile up. You’re texting the drummer about show times. Someone’s tracking payment info in notes. The bass player is asking which venues pay what. Three people have different versions of the setlist. Nobody knows when they’re actually getting paid.

    Booking a tour is chaos.

    The real problem: Your best income opportunity…touring…is also your biggest operational nightmare. You’re spending hours on logistics instead of making music. And you’re leaving money on the table because your system is broken.

    What If You Could Change That?

    TourManager App brings every part of your tour into one place. From finding venues to splitting the money, everything happens in one app.

    Here’s How It Works

    Start with venue discovery:

    • Access a crowdsourced database of venues built BY musicians FOR musicians
    • Find venues that fit your style, capacity, and location
    • See real data from other bands who’ve played there (payment, draw, crowd size)
    • Filter by region, capacity, and genre

    Plan your tour:

    • Map your route geographically (optimize travel between shows)
    • Track which venues you’ve contacted and their status (pending, confirmed, negotiating)
    • Coordinate with your band—everyone sees the same information
    • See exactly how much money you’re making on the tour

    Execute your shows:

    • All logistics in one place (load-in times, tech requirements, setlist, directions)
    • Contracts and agreements attached to each show
    • Band members know exactly when they need to be where
    • Track what actually happened (attendance, setup issues, notes for next time)

    Get paid (automatically):

    • Venues pay you directly through the app (no more chasing people for payment)
    • Automatic payment splitting to band members (drummer gets their cut instantly)
    • You see exactly how much each show made
    • Financial records for taxes

    Real Example

    The Old Way (Chaos):

    • You email 10 venues
    • 3 respond over the next week
    • You coordinate dates via texts and Instagram DMs
    • Drummer keeps asking when the shows are
    • 2 venues confirm, but payment terms are unclear
    • Gig happens, you wait 6 weeks for a check
    • Check bounces
    • You call the venue 5 times
    • Eventually get paid $200 instead of $300 (no paperwork)
    • No idea if you made money or lost it

    The TourManager Way:

    • You search for venues in your tour region (20 venues show up)
    • You see which ones other bands recommend and what they paid
    • You book 2 venues directly through the app
    • All band members get notifications of confirmed shows
    • Tech requirements auto-populate (they use the same stage setup as last time)
    • Venues pay through the app before you leave (payment cleared)
    • App automatically splits $300 between you, drummer, and bassist
    • By end of tour, you have real financial data and notes for next time

    Same tour. One takes 40 hours of coordination. One takes 4.

    Who Benefits?

    Solo musicians can finally track gigs in one place and get paid reliably.

    Bands can coordinate shows, split money fairly, and see real financial data.

    Touring musicians can find venues that actually pay and avoid the ones that don’t.

    Music promoters can discover new talent and book shows efficiently.

    Venue owners can track touring acts and manage bookings.

    The Vision

    TourManager does three things:

    1. Brings all your tour data into one place (venues, bookings, logistics, contracts)
    2. Automates the stuff that kills your vibe (payment splitting, coordination, record-keeping)
    3. Gets you paid faster (direct payment processing, no more chasing venues)

    You’re not just playing better shows. You’re actually making money from your music instead of losing it to logistics chaos.


    Ready to tell us how you currently book tours and where the biggest pain points are? The survey below will help us understand exactly what musicians need most from TourManager.


  • SpecKeeper: The Post-Project Client Relationship Engine for Designers

    You finish a design project. The relationship ends.

    Six months later, a client wants a recommendation for a contractor. They don’t call you. They call someone else.

    Or worse, they need to refresh a room, and they hire a different designer because they haven’t heard from you in months.

    You’re losing money every time a project ends.

    “We’re always working ourselves out of a job.”

    -Steve Mickley, FAIBD

    Here’s the reality:

    Your best clients are the ones you’ve already worked with. They know your style, trust you, and would spend money with you again.

    But once the invoice is paid, you move on to the next project. The relationship dies.

    What If You Could Change That?

    SpecKeeper keeps you connected to clients long after the project ends and helps you make money in the process.

    Here’s How It Works

    After you finish a design project, you upload the project spec (SpecKeeper will do as much of this as possible for you):

    • Products you specified (flooring, appliances, fixtures, paint, furniture, etc.)
    • Manuals and warranty information
    • Care instructions and maintenance tips
    • Recommended contractors (plumbers, electricians, painters, etc.)

    Your clients get:

    • A digital hub with everything about their project
    • Automated reminders (“Time to clean your dishwasher filters,” “Annual furnace inspection,” “Grout resealing due”)
    • Easy access to product information and manuals
    • Recommended local contractors when they need help

    You get:

    • Stay top-of-mind: Regular touchpoints keep you in their inbox
    • Affiliate income: Every product link you include can earn you commission (Amazon, Sweetwater, REI, etc.)
    • Referral fees: Connect them with plumbers, electricians, painters, and contractors—you earn a referral fee when they book
    • Follow-up projects: Clients remember you exist and call you for remodels, refreshes, and new spaces
    • Recurring revenue: Instead of project-based income, you make money long after the project ends

    Real Example

    You design a kitchen for $5,000. You’re done, client is happy, project closes.

    Without SpecKeeper: You never hear from them again.

    With SpecKeeper:

    • Month 1: They get a reminder to clean filter on the range hood (you earn $2 affiliate commission on the replacement filter they buy)
    • Month 6: They need a plumber for the sink—you refer someone and earn a $200 referral fee
    • Year 2: They want to redo the bathroom—they hire you again because you’ve stayed connected

    What used to be one $5,000 project becomes an ongoing relationship worth $10,000+ over 3 years.

    Who Benefits?

    Building Designers and Architects can provide clients with project documentation and earn referral fees from contractors.

    Interior designers can monetize through affiliate commissions on the products they specify.

    Landscape designers can stay connected to clients year-round and recommend seasonal services and products.

    Kitchen/bath specialists can keep clients engaged with maintenance reminders and contractor referrals.

    The Vision

    SpecKeeper does three things:

    1. Keeps clients engaged with automated reminders and useful information
    2. Keeps you top-of-mind for follow-up projects and recommendations
    3. Generates income through affiliate commissions and contractor referrals—long after the original project ends

    You’re not just selling design anymore. You’re building a relationship engine that keeps making money for years.


    Ready to tell me more about your experience with this problem? The survey below will help me understand exactly how designers could benefit most from SpecKeeper.


    Building designers, interior designers, architects, and even landscape designers spend months building relationships with clients…then the project ends (and so does the relationship.)

    SpecKeeper solves this.

    After you finish a design project, SpecKeeper helps you:

    • Stay top-of-mind with automated maintenance reminders (“Time to clean your oven filters,” “Furnace inspection time”)
    • Keep clients engaged with product recommendations and care guides
    • Make extra money after the project ends through affiliate partnerships and referral commissions
    • Build recurring revenue instead of constantly hunting new clients

    Think of it as a client management tool that keeps generating value (and income) long after you’ve been paid for the design.

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