The manifesto
THE RULES WE WORK BY.
Four of them. They decide what gets built, what gets refused, and what happens when it would be easier to look the other way.
The problem
THIRTY YEARS OF THE SAME PLAYBOOK.
An agency in the middle. A margin taken before crew see a penny, and nobody tells them how much.
Every crewing company since the first one copied the model. Nobody challenged it because nobody had to: low barrier, existing connections, a margin while you sleep. Why disrupt something you can just replicate?
For the first time, technology makes a different model possible. That's Gaffr.
What we stand for
FOUR RULES. NO ASTERISKS.
- 01
We are all in service
Nobody is above the work. Service isn't a job title, it's a standard. The producer, the stage hand, the runner: same standard, no hierarchy of effort.
It cuts both ways on Gaffr. A client who treats crew badly gets rated for it. So does a crew member who doesn't turn up.
- 02
We believe in transparency
Visible rates. Visible reputations. Visible fees. If you can't say it out loud, it shouldn't be happening on Gaffr.
Gaffr's fee is printed on the booking before anyone commits. Crew set their own rate, and nobody takes a slice of it on the way through.
- 03
Scale should benefit everybody
Crew keep every penny of their rate. Clients see Gaffr's fee on its own line. Nobody's margin hides in the middle.
That's how the model works, not a line in a pitch deck.
- 04
Death before dishonour
We don't cut corners, hide margins, or protect bad actors. Ratings run both ways and stay blind until both sides have left one, or 14 days pass, so nobody rates defensively.
The platform holds everyone to the same standard. Including us.
EVERYONE WINS, EXCEPT THE ESTABLISHMENT.
Anywhere in the UK. Crew join by invite.