Story Models

The modeling industry has remained unchallenged by innovation for a long time. It's also been plagued with a history of unfair and underhanded practices. The founding team of Story Models is a professional model and professional photographer and have faced these problems. Story Models was created to provide opportunities for brands and models to connect and work together directly, on their own terms and without involving a traditional agency. It's free to join and they only take a small commission on completed jobs. What's in it for the models? - Low commission (10% as opposed to 33%) - Faster payments in 2 weeks as opposed to 3 months (standard industry cycle) - Career Independence What's in it for the brands? - Low commission (10% as opposed to 20%) - Transparent pricing - Total control of the booking process Sounds like a game changer to me!

Congrats on launching! Assuming this is (initially?) aimed mainly at smaller brands and those models who don't have fulltime agents etc? Or am I mis-representing it? I know very little about the industry, but it definitely seems like a much-needed bit of innovation.

so it like some jobs platform for models? LinkedIn for models?

Love it - unfair industries are ripe for disruption as transparency destroys their closed system.

Air bnb for Models :)

There are a few services trying to nail this. It's something that brands like ours are ready to eat up once the quality level gets there. I've tried two other services and they're still pretty rough tech-wise and lacking in their talent pool. Best of luck!

Great idea @gregjohnkeegan rad to see you in the startup space!