Built for the scene · owned by no one
Independent music, hyped by the people who love it.
A not-for-profit platform for fans, artists, venues, and promoters. Free forever. Tickets pay the people who made the show — not us.
The HYPE mechanic
One vote. Real signal.
Every account gets one HYPE per artist, per show. It's geo-tagged, time-weighted, and shown to artists as a demand heatmap. No purchasing. No stacking. Just honest signal.
30-day cooldown · 1 per account · No buying
The three rules
No platform fee on tickets. No premium tier. No paywall on any feature. Every role — fan, artist, venue, promoter — is free, always.
45% to the artist. 45% to the venue. 10% to the promoter who built the crowd. iHYPE takes zero.
The only ads you'll ever see are from artists, labels, venues, or festivals. No sports betting. No crypto. Never.
Who it's for
One platform. Four roles.
Everyone in the ecosystem gets the same free, full-featured access. No tiers. No gated tools.
Listen. Hype. Attend.
Your HYPE is an uncorrupted signal. It shapes charts, informs tour planning, and moves real dollars to the artists you love.
Publish. Tour. Get paid.
45% of every ticket sold goes directly to you. See real HYPE concentration to plan tours where demand actually exists.
List shows. Fill rooms.
45% of every ticket, plus a booking radar that shows which artists have real local demand before you make the call.
Curate. Promote. Earn.
10% of every ticket sold through your referral link. Program shows using real demand data, not guesswork.
Follow the dollar
Every cent, itemized.
A $45 ticket. Here's exactly where every dollar ends up — including the parts other platforms hide.
iHYPE vs. typical ticketing
The Pact
Eight things we will never do.
Not "we don't plan to." Not "subject to change." These are structural commitments baked into our charter and enforced by an elected board.
We will never: Charge a platform fee on tickets
Ticket revenue splits 45/45/10 to artist, venue, and promoter. iHYPE takes $0.00.
We will never: Gate features behind a subscription
Every capability is free for every role. There is no premium tier, ever.
We will never: Sell or resell user data
Your listening habits, location, and identity are never sold, packaged, or shared with advertisers.
We will never: Accept payment for chart positions
Charts reflect real HYPE from real people. No paid placement. No sponsored rankings.
We will never: Run non-music ads
The only ads on iHYPE are from artists, labels, venues, and festivals. Full stop.
We will never: Displace organic recommendations with paid placements
The top result is always the most hyped. Paid posts are labeled and appear below organic.
We will never: Play ads outside of music playback
Audio ads only trigger after 3 finished songs or every 10 minutes of a live show — never on page load.
We will never: Take a cut of artist revenue from merch, tips, or supporter funds
If a fan pays an artist directly through any mechanism we support, we take nothing.
“Hype the scene. Not the next rich guy.”
The Glass Wall
Everything is public. Always.
A live public dashboard, updated every minute. No private management dashboards — if we can see it, so can you.
Published on schedule
Governance
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Two fields to sign up. No credit card. No trial. Nothing to unlock later.
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