StageX Terms

1. The platform and its role

• The platform is a technical intermediary: it shows artists and handles contact, booking and payment between them and clients. We are not the artist's employer or agent; artists provide their services independently and at their own responsibility.
• The platform operates in the United Arab Emirates only, with prices in UAE dirhams (AED).
• We are currently welcoming artists. Search, booking and payment open later; the terms about them apply from the day they open.

2. The artist profile

• The profile owner must be at least 18, give accurate details, and upload photos, videos and audio of their own (or their band's) real performances.
• Every profile is reviewed before it is accepted; we may accept it, ask for changes or decline it, giving the reason where we can.
• Artists may edit their profile at any time; changes show at once, and we may review them afterwards.
• The "Founding artist" badge goes to the first 100 artists accepted, numbered in the order they're accepted; if one of them deletes their profile, everyone after them moves up one number. The "Verified" badge follows an ID check; only the platform's administration sees the document.
• A service provider registering as a company uploads its valid trade licence and is not accepted without it; once checked it gets the "Licensed company" badge. A freelancer is responsible for any licence their work requires.

3. Content and rights

• You confirm you own what you upload or have permission to use it, and that it doesn't infringe anyone's rights, including copyright, performers' rights and the rights of people shown in it.
• You give us a free, non-exclusive permission to show, store and play your content on the platform and to promote the platform, for as long as your profile exists. We don't sell your content or offer it for download.
• No numbers, e-mails, links or social handles in texts or inside photos and videos; the profile has a private section for them.

4. Contact details and dealing off the platform

• An artist's contact details are shown to a client only once a booking is confirmed and the deposit paid — except for a small number of trusted artists the platform allows to show them, and only if the artist chooses to in their profile.
• Artists and clients may not agree off the platform on a booking that started on it, or try to swap contact details before a booking is confirmed.
• Breaking this may lead to a warning, suspension, permanent removal or a ban, and the platform's fees on that booking remain due.

5. Fees (from when booking opens)

• Signing up and creating an artist profile are free.
• On every confirmed booking: 5% of the booking value paid by the artist, and 5% paid by the client.
• If a client reaches the artist through the artist's own link and books them within 30 days: 8% paid by the client only, nothing by the artist.
• Events, equipment and photography providers: 10% of the booking value paid by the provider and 5% by the client; through the provider's own link within 30 days: 10% paid by the client only, nothing by the provider.
• Taxes due by law are added where they apply. Any fee change is announced before it applies and doesn't affect bookings already confirmed.

6. Booking, payment and cancellation (from when booking opens)

• The client pays a 40% deposit or the full amount; the rest is paid through the platform three days before the event.
• The money goes to the artist after the event once the client confirms, or automatically if the client doesn't object within 48 hours. In a dispute it is held until the administration decides.
• Client cancellation: 14 days or more before the event, full refund; 7 to 14 days, half the deposit goes to the artist; less than 7 days, the whole deposit goes to the artist.
• Artist cancellation: the client gets back everything they paid, with suggested replacements; the artist pays a penalty of up to 30% of the booking value depending on timing, and repeated cancellations may lead to suspension. The administration may waive this for force majeure.
• These rules are detailed when booking opens; each booking follows the version published when it is confirmed.

7. Duties of the artist or provider at the event

• Arrive on time and deliver the agreed length, services and equipment.
• Hold any personal professional or trade licence their work requires, and respect the law and public decency in the country.
• Each artist or provider is responsible for their own performance, equipment and team.

8. Duties of the client and the organiser

• The client and the company or organiser of the event are responsible for obtaining the legal permits the artist or provider may need to work at the venue or event, such as event permits and the approvals of the venue and the competent authorities.
• Give accurate details of the event (place, date, type, number of guests), and provide a safe working environment and the agreed facilities at the venue.
• Neither the platform nor the artist bears any consequence of a missing permit that the client or organiser was to obtain.

9. Reviews and likes

• Only a client who actually booked the artist through the platform can review them, once per booking; reviews are public.
• Abusive or false reviews, or reviews containing personal data, are not allowed and may be hidden. The artist may reply publicly and courteously.
• Anyone with an account can like a profile; the artist sees the number of likes and the first names of those who liked it.

10. Suspension and deletion

• We may suspend or permanently delete a profile, or ban the account from creating a new one, for breaking these terms or harming clients or the platform; the artist is told by e-mail and may appeal through the Support page.
• Artists may delete their profile for good at any time unless it is suspended or has a confirmed upcoming booking. Deleting the profile doesn't delete their VX Beats account.

11. Limitation of liability

We are not a party to the performance itself and are not responsible for its quality, for anyone's conduct, or for damage during the event. Once booking opens, our responsibility is limited to handling the money paid through the platform under these terms.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates. We try to settle any disagreement amicably first, so write to us through the Support page before anything else.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms; we'll tell artists about material changes and may ask them to accept the new version to keep using the platform.