Merch and band history, written by real people.
Couchtour is a social marketplace for music — buying, selling and trading with the people who were at the show. It runs on BotShield like any partner: one org, one key.
Three BotShield products. One marketplace.
Couchtour is a company reading this site, like you. It placed the gates, linked the accounts and let its agents ask — on the rails on the rest of this site. Nothing here is a special build.
Every member linked once.
Link with BotShield and the account carries the chip: the mark + Verified. Received for linking, never earned by reviews. Comments, trades and every gate are for members.
Every presale and drop is a door with a clock.
A gate placed by Couchtour, passed on the fan’s own phone. The gate returns a verdict, never a person. Ninety days on the fan’s BotShield list.
A show, a trade, an offer: one tap.
Where something is minted — a seat, a sealed trade, an accepted offer — the passkey signs it in place. No gate; nothing shuttles.
An agent buys for you. It asks first.
A member’s agent can hold a piece or buy it at member terms — each act arrives as a Request Card in the BotShield app, and waits for a yes.
Three kinds of event. One real person, once.
An artist posts a presale, a show or a drop — the same wizard on the app and on the console. A presale sends a member to the artist’s store with a code, or to their waiting room. A drop is a draw we cannot pick after the seal. A show is one seat, opened with a passkey — in the room, on the stream, or both. The season is the cycle: a summer tour, a winter tour.
A presale and a drop are doors — gates with a clock, and a shuttle. A show is entered with a passkey; nothing shuttles.
A member — joined and linked, free.
No payment anywhere in the join. Link once with BotShield and every gate on Couchtour is yours to pass.
A real person, here, once.
The passkey answers on the fan’s own phone. The gate returns a verdict, never a person. A second account takes a real device, real money and real time.
Their store, their waiting room, or our draw.
A presale lands at the artist’s store with one code applied, or at the door of their waiting room. A drop is a draw we cannot pick after the seal. A show never shuttles: pay once, and your passkey opens one seat.
Every code we released went to a real person, once.
Every entry is a real human, once. We cannot pick the winner after the seal. A seat cannot be lent. A code left unredeemed goes back to the maker.
Their very own Merch Database, curated by Couchtour.
Every official piece an artist ever made, in one record — a Discogs for merchandise. Fans submit and vote; the maker rules. The chip says Official or Licensed; fan made sells like anything else, with no chip and no history. Every sale closed on Couchtour writes the piece’s record: price tracking, who holds it, the night it was first worn. Free to catalogue, on every plan.
The data product. A provenance record that only works because every account is a real person.
The maker rules the catalogue.
A submission lands in the Merch DB at once; Couchtour never approves. The maker merges, corrects, or takes a piece off its channel — and the seller is told the artist’s team wanted it off.
Official · Licensed · no chip.
A licensed piece carries the maker’s license on the record. Fan made is never in the catalogue: it may be posted for sale, with no price tracking and no market.
Members, with their consent.
Subscribing is the consent. The artist sees what each member chose to show — a handle, a city, what they hold publicly. No PII, never a BotShield ID, nothing from us.
The seller keeps 100%.
Buy, sell and trade with the people who were at the show. Buyer fees only — 3.5% processing as a member, with $1 buyer protection if you want it; 10% without, no protection — and trades are free for members. Couchtour never holds your money. The chip on every account is BotShield Verified: received for linking, never earned by reviews.
couchtour.app ↗Free to catalogue. Events cost money to run.
Free: a channel, posts, a fan club, a booth and the Merch DB, unlimited. Tour, $29: run shows, presales and drops — the gates, and the show exclusive. Pro, $99: many artists, one Merch DB, team access and one shared Deals.
couchtour.app ↗Couchtour FAQ
Does BotShield see what I buy, or who I trade with?
Who holds the money?
Is a drop a race?
Can a stream link be shared?
What does Couchtour pay BotShield?
Why is membership free?
Does the artist get a list of fans?
See it live.
Everything on this page runs on rails you can place yourself, today — one org, one key, the first gate free.
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