Nobody can test-drive their DJ. They read the last dance floor instead.
A couple, a birthday host or an office planner hiring a DJ is betting one night on somebody they have only seen in clips. Kudo turns your bio link into one page: your packages as cards with a starting price, a link to a mix so they can hear your taste, an inquiry form that asks for the date first and has room for the venue and the hours, and reviews from the people whose nights you played. Those reviews are the only evidence of how you read a room.
- Wedding, private party and corporate packages as cards, like "Wedding, 5 hours, from $900"
- A mix or playlist link near the top, so taste is settled before the first call
- Inquiries with the date, the venue and the guest count in one list, not across three inboxes
- Reviews from couples, hosts and planners under your packages, Google ones kept in sync
Your mix sells the taste. Your reviews sell the night.
A mix proves you can blend and that your music is their music. It says nothing about the parts of a night that go sideways: the speech that ran twenty minutes over, the relatives who wanted something older, the moment the floor emptied and came back. Couples and hosts read reviews for exactly that, whether you read the room, kept to the do-not-play list and handled the announcements. Put the mix link and the reviews on the same page and both questions are answered in one visit.
The date comes first, so ask for it first
You can play one event a night, so a good share of inquiries end at "sorry, I am already booked". The order request form asks for the date up front, and the description is where they put the venue, the hours and the kind of crowd, with up to three photos of the room if they have them. You check the calendar before you read the rest, and every inquiry sits in one list. It is a request, not a booking: no date is held until you confirm it.
Ask the week after, once the videos are back
The morning after a wedding the couple is exhausted, and the morning after an office party the planner is answering emails about it. A week later they have the photos and the videos of the floor, and they remember the song that got everyone up. Send your review link then. Ask every client the same way, including the nights the timeline fell apart: a review that says you kept the party going anyway is the most persuasive one you can have.
Frequently Asked Questions
I play weddings and club nights. One page or two?
Two, if the audiences never meet: a couple booking a wedding and a promoter booking a club night want different packages, different mixes and different reviews, and one Kudo account can hold more than one page. If your weddings and private parties come from the same kind of client, one page with a card per event type is easier to share.
Can clients pay a deposit or sign a contract on Kudo?
No. Kudo never takes payment and does not handle contracts. Reply to the request with your quote, then send the contract and deposit link you already use; the money goes straight to you.
Is it free?
Yes to start: the page, unlimited links, package cards, the review link and QR code, Google review import and 5 published reviews cost nothing. Booking inquiries through the order request form are free too, up to 20 a month. Pro adds page themes and photo reviews, shows which links get tapped (your mix, say) and removes the Kudo badge.