DemoStop Tips
Stop guessing. Look it up.
53 answers about how this place works — how you get found, how work reaches you, how you get paid, and why the app says no to a few things on purpose.
Start with these
- I signed up. What do I do first?Five things, in order. Each one makes you findable by a different kind of search.
- Why is my profile not showing up in Discover?Almost always one of three things: no sphere, no location, or a name that reads as placeholder text.
- Why can I not message this person?There are no cold DMs. A thread opens when something real already connects you.
- What is the match percentage on an open call?How well your tags line up with what the poster asked for.
- Why can I not turn on subscriptions?Creator subscriptions are earned. There is a bar of demos, claps and fans to clear first.
- How do I post a demo?Create, pick Demo, upload the file, tag what is in it.
Chapters
Start here
What this place is, and the handful of things worth doing first.
7 answers
Your profile
Spheres, genres, instruments — the tags that decide who finds you.
6 answers
Posting your work
Demos, shorts, covers, and what happens after you hit upload.
6 answers
Finding work
Gigs, collabs, match scores, and what happens after you apply.
6 answers
For venues
Posting calls, reviewing submissions, and building a whole night.
6 answers
Messages and connections
Who can message whom, following, bookings, and bands.
5 answers
Getting paid
Memberships, payouts, selling tracks, subscriptions, and referrals.
7 answers
Academy
Taking courses, and teaching them.
3 answers
Account and problems
Logging in, the app on your phone, privacy, and things that go wrong.
7 answers
Still stuck?
Tell us what you were trying to do and what happened instead. A real person reads it.
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