---
title: Getting started with GigBook
id: getting-started
description: What GigBook is, how the DJ and client portals differ, and how to find your way around on day one.
category: Getting Started
order: 1
tags: [basics, portal, onboarding]
related: [checklist-and-forms, per-event-view]
updated: 2026-06-30
---

GigBook is the one-stop portal for running your DJ business — bookings, contracts,
payments, and event planning, all tied to each event. This guide gets you oriented.

## Two portals, one system

GigBook has two views of the same data:

- **The DJ (staff) portal** — you and your team. You see every client, every event,
  and can manage checklists, contracts, payments, and planning.
- **The client portal** — the couple. They sign in and see only their own event(s):
  their checklist, their forms, their contract, and what's left to do.

Both portals are branded with your logo, colors, and fonts (set these in **Settings**).

## Signing in

- DJs log in at **/dj/login**.
- Couples log in at **/login** for your workspace.

Your workspace lives at a slug like `your-name` (e.g. `/your-name/dashboard`).

## The dashboard

After signing in as a DJ, the dashboard lists your clients and their events with a
quick progress bar for each. Click any event to open its **per-event view**, where
you manage everything for that event in one place. New inquiries from your booking
form show up here too.

## Your first steps

## Checklist

- [ ] Set your branding (logo, colors, fonts) in Settings
- [ ] Customize your default checklist and booking form
- [ ] Add (or import) your first client and event
- [ ] Open the event and review its checklist
- [ ] Share the client portal link with the couple