Torioki Without the DMs: Take Live House Reservations by Link
Still taking torioki by DM?
You announce the show, then answer every DM one by one. You make a Google Form and pin it to your profile. You copy the names into a list in katakana and send it to the live house. Most bands in Japan go through this for every single show.
And torioki counts toward your norma. Fall short and the band pays the difference; go over and the extra comes back to you as ticket back. A missing name or a wrong ticket count costs real money.
One link for every reservation
On Live Tribe you take torioki right on the page of the show you are playing. Put that link in your announcement or your bio and you are done. Fans reserve with their name in katakana and a ticket count, can book for friends in the same go, and can cancel on their own up to the deadline.
They still pay at the door, as always. There is no online payment on Live Tribe, so nothing changes at the venue's front desk. Creating an account is free.
No more building the list yourself
Every reservation goes straight onto your torioki list, which you can check on the show page at any time. No scrolling back through DMs, no copying form answers.
If the venue manages its own page on Live Tribe, its staff see the same list. If not, send them the list or invite them from the venue's page. Once the venue is on board, you never have to send a list again.
Your page may already be here
Live Tribe lists shows from the schedules of live houses all over Japan, so your artist page and your upcoming shows may be listed before you ever sign up. Start by searching for your name in the artist list.
Getting started
- Create an account, then create your artist page or request to manage the one that is already there. Each request is checked by hand, usually within a few days.
- Add yourself to the lineup of the show you are playing.
- Create a torioki offer on the show page: set the price and, if you like, a limit per fan.
The FAQ and the torioki guide cover every step in detail.
Bring the whole bill
Torioki is taken band by band, so every act on the bill can create its own offer, with the price filled in from the other offers on the same show. Invite your bandmates to your artist page and the whole band can check reservations.
Send this page to the other bands you are playing with too. When every reservation for a show is in one place, the venue's job gets easier as well.