Guestio, a Podcast platform that helps podcasters to book their next guests on their shows or programs managed to raise $1.5 million in seed round funding.
The platform founder and CEO Travis Chappell said, users can go on the platform and book guests for their shows at the click of a button in all kinds of topics and with shows big or small.
Chappell is no stranger in the podcast world, himself is a podcaster, he host an entrepreneurship show called ‘Build Your Network’.
Speaking to TechCrunch, having done almost 700 episodes over the past several years, he found that in the process of levelling up the type of guest he wanted to have on the show became increasingly difficult.
Guestio enters the market to compete with the likes of cameo that allows users to set up an interview with a celebrity star of the choice, that’s a game changer.
The company was launched in 2020 as a booking marketplace. Users can go in as a podcaster and book someone for a number of different purposes.
On the flip side, talent can use the app to book shows and also advertise what they are doing, like having a book coming out and wanting to do a book tour.
“We are also putting in more subscription tiers so that people who are needing a constant inflow of guests for a show can pay a monthly fee,” he added. “We also are coming out with ‘Guestio credits’ that people can use to book interviews or pitch an idea.”
Guestio’s current business model retains 20% of the booking fees with the remainder going to the booker or talent.
More information visit https://guestio.com/
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