Podcast + guest booking
Book podcast guests, end to end.
From a public apply page to a signed release to automated reminders — the whole host-and-guest journey in one place.
For podcasters and interview-show hosts who book guests.
You started the show for the conversations. Not for the calendar tetris, not for the "so sorry, what time was it again?" email at 11pm, and definitely not for the guest who ghosts an hour before you hit record.
But if you book guests, you know the truth: the interview is the easy part. It's everything around it — pinning a time, getting their bio and their off-limits topics, remembering to get a content release signed, and nudging them enough that they actually turn up — that quietly eats your week.
How it works
They apply
Share your show's "Be a guest" page. Anyone who wants on lands in your pipeline as an application — you approve, shortlist or decline, on your terms.
They book themselves
An invited guest gets a magic link — no account to create. They pick a slot from your real availability, and both of you get a calendar hold. Reschedules just move the hold, they don't pile up.
They prep + sign
In the same portal they hand you their topics, questions and off-limits, acknowledge a quick tech check, and sign your content-release agreement — a typed-name e-signature against a versioned document, timestamped and locked. That's a real gate: the join link is issued after the release is signed.
Nobody ghosts
From there it runs itself. A background sweep sends reminders, confirms both sides, escalates 24 hours out and chases no-shows — so you're not the one sending "still on for today?" texts.
You record + publish
After the record, rate the guest and send their promo kit, then publish the episode to your own site and a valid podcast RSS feed. Publishing auto-notifies your podcast subscribers — once, exactly.
The content release is built in — and that's rare
Most creators either skip the guest release (and regret it) or duct-tape a separate e-sign tool onto the process. Here it's inline and non-negotiable: a versioned agreement, a typed signature, an immutable snapshot with a content hash, IP and timestamp — captured before recording, not chased afterwards.
Anti-ghosting that actually runs on its own
This isn't "we'll send a reminder." It's an automated cadence — reminders, both-sided confirmation, a 24-hour escalation, no-show recovery and auto-close — working in the background so a booked guest becomes a guest who shows up.
It's one part of your whole business
Your guests, your audience, your email list, your analytics and your other engines share one login and one spine. Guest booking isn't a separate app you pay for — it's just there, next to everything else you run.
Why Gbeya
No general creator platform offers real guest booking — only single-purpose point tools do, and even they make you bolt on a separate release form. Gbeya runs the entire host↔guest sequence, e-signature and all, next to the rest of your business.
And it reaches beyond your own show: a two-sided guest marketplace connects hosts and guests across the whole platform — so the right guests can find you, and you can find them, from one portable profile and reputation.
What it does
- A public "Be a guest" page for your show — people apply, and each application lands in a pipeline for you to approve, decline or shortlist
- A magic-link guest portal (no account needed) where your guest picks or reschedules their slot, gets a calendar hold on both sides, submits their intake (topics, questions, off-limits) and confirms in one click
- A signed, versioned content-release e-signature captured inline — a real gate before the recording link goes out
- Automated anti-ghosting: reminders, both-sides confirmation, T-24h nudges and no-show recovery run on their own
- Publish to your own site + a valid podcast RSS feed, then auto-notify your podcast subscribers
It’s one part of your whole business on Gbeya
Every engine shares one audience, one analytics spine and one login. 0% platform fee on your sales.