All the time we hear “there’s an app for that”, and it seems to become truer with passing day. A problem pops up that we didn’t even know we had. Suddenly, there’s a new app that fixes it. The problem we didn’t know we had this time is booking models. Traditionally booked through agencies, although times they are a changing, models are a staple amongst photographers and brands around the world.
Potential clients can then find the model, talk to them directly and the model can basically book their own gigs. Ubooker then takes a commission. It sounds a bit like an agency, although it doesn’t sound like Ubooker actually finds you work. It’s simply a venue. In the same way that eBay doesn’t sell your stuff for you, they just let you sell it yourself and take a commission. And the commission doesn’t seem that bad. Ubooker takes 10%, whereas traditional agencies can often take anywhere from 20-30%.
It’s still early days, and right now there are 140 models with 850 on the waiting list. At the moment, the model list is exclusively female, but they plan to open the platform up to male models in the future.
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