Case study · Creative marketplace · UK
Where creatives get found, booked and paid.
Creative work was being booked in Instagram DMs and chased over unpaid invoices. EVÖQ puts the whole thing in one place — portfolios, bookings, payments that split themselves, and every conversation alongside the work.
The problem
Where they started.
Finding the right creative professional still runs on word of mouth and Instagram. Clients dig through DMs, outdated directories and gig platforms built for cheap one-off work. Photographers, videographers and stylists lose evenings managing bookings in their inbox and chasing invoices that should have paid themselves.
EVÖQ set out to fix both sides at once: give creatives a proper home for their work and their business, and give clients a fast, trustworthy way to find, book and pay them. No off-the-shelf marketplace builder could handle bookings, split payments and studio rentals together — so we built it from scratch.
What we built
One platform for both sides — the work, the booking, the payment and the conversation.
Portfolios that lead with the work
A creative's profile opens with their work, full-width, before anything else — because one strong image says more than any bio. Services, prices and reviews sit underneath, so clients can decide without leaving the page.
Bookings with a proper lifecycle
A client requests a date, the creative accepts, payment is taken, the job gets done, a review follows. Every booking moves through the same clear steps — no “did you get my DM?” ever again.
Payments that split themselves
The client pays once. The creative's share goes straight to their bank account, the platform keeps its small commission, and nobody is ever holding anyone else's money. All handled securely by Stripe.
Studios and spaces too
Creative work needs places as well as people. Recording studios, shoot locations and production spaces can be listed, found and booked by the hour or the day — through the same system.
What it changed
A scattered, DM-driven process became one place to find, book and pay.
- Creatives run their whole business — portfolio, bookings, earnings — from one dashboard.
- Clients book and pay in a few clicks instead of a week of back-and-forth.
- Reviews can only be left after a real, paid booking — so they actually mean something.
- Messages, booking updates and payment confirmations arrive instantly, in the platform.
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