METHOD LABELS
Four labels. Different weights.
PRODUCER-CONFIRMED
WEIGHT: Strongest
The producer ran the show.
The person who produced the event — took financial risk, sold tickets, managed the venue — confirmed the gig record via a bounded magic link. They saw the date and venue; they clicked confirm. This is the strongest method for live-draw claims.
TICKET EXPORT · REVIEWED
WEIGHT: Strong
Ticket sales data, reviewed by a human.
The artist or artist representative exported a sales report from the ticketing platform (Eventim, Tikaway, similar). A GIGPROOF operator reviewed the document against the stated claim. The date of review is stamped on the claim.
PLATFORM DATA · REVIEWED
WEIGHT: Contextual — not draw evidence
Streaming or platform data, operator-reviewed.
Used for catalogue and reach claims only — never for live-draw. Streaming figures appear as secondary context on a Passport, never as audience-draw evidence. The platform, the metric, and the review date are all displayed.
SELF-REPORTED
WEIGHT: Weakest — always labelled if published
Artist stated; not yet confirmed by a third party.
The artist logged the gig but no external party has confirmed it. It always appears on the private Artist Radar. If the artist chooses to publish it, it can appear on the public Passport too — but only under the explicit SELF-REPORTED label, never disguised as verified.
CLAIM PIPELINE
How a claim becomes Passport-eligible.
DISCOVER
A gig is logged.
The artist adds a gig to their Artist Radar — date, venue, estimated audience. The claim enters the system as self-reported.
CONFIRM
A producer verifies.
GIGPROOF generates a unique, bounded magic link for that gig. The artist sends it to the producer. The producer clicks, sees the record, and confirms. The method label upgrades to PRODUCER-CONFIRMED.
METHOD-LABEL
The method is stamped.
The claim now carries its full label: what was verified, by whom, via which method, and when the review was completed. The label is not fine print — it is the claim.
ARTIST APPROVES
Artist controls publication.
Nothing crosses to the public Passport without the artist's explicit approval. Every claim waits in the private Radar until the artist decides to publish it.
PUBLISH
Claim appears on Passport — if eligible.
Only claims that meet the firewall rules appear publicly: band range (not exact figure), method visible, date stamped, artist-approved. Claims that fail any rule are omitted entirely from the public surface.
THE FIREWALL
What is always true about every public claim.
These rules are not guidelines. They are structural. A claim that violates any rule is never published.
Audience draw is always expressed as a band (e.g. 70–150) — never an exact count.
Every public claim shows its method label. "Verified" never stands alone.
Every claim shows a date and geographic area. Evidence from 2023 ≠ evidence from 2026.
Self-reported data appears only with an explicit SELF-REPORTED label — never disguised as verified.
Streaming figures appear as secondary context only — never as draw evidence.
GIGPROOF publishes no score, ranking, percentile, prediction, or guarantee.
A domain with no supported, verified claim is removed from the Passport entirely — never shown as "developing" or "missing".
What GIGPROOF does not do.
Predict future performance
Guarantee a booking
Score or rank artists
Compare artists to each other
Publish unconfirmed claims
Store data before consent
See it in practice.
The demo Passport shows a real claim pipeline — method labels, dates, bands, all visible.