How it works

From first message to money received.

Scout a Model starts with scouting and stays with the work: onboarding, media, calendars, availability, packages, proposals, guided jobs, invoices, payments, payouts and portals. One record follows the model through the whole agency lifecycle.

The pipeline

Ten connected stages carry a face from application through signed work and reconciled payment.

  1. 01

    Intake

    Applicants apply through your public form, an embedded form on your own website, or a scout's personal link. Photos, video, measurements and portfolio links are required up front, so nothing arrives half-finished.

  2. 02

    Pre-Select

    Your pre-select team votes yes or no on every new application. Thresholds you set decide what moves forward, and declined applicants are handled automatically.

  3. 03

    Scheduling

    Create open-call or video casting slots with capacity limits and time zones. Applicants get a confirmation email with a calendar invite, and edits notify everyone booked.

  4. 04

    Final Voting

    After the casting, your voters record yes, no, wait or no-show with notes and media. A required checklist has to be complete before anyone advances.

  5. 05

    Onboarding

    Every signing runs through your own onboarding checklist with comments and owners. Deals that fall through are marked lost with a written explanation kept on record.

  6. 06

    On the Board

    Signed models land on your roster with full profiles, system and custom fields, a full media library and complete history — searchable and filterable by the whole team.

    Model signed

  7. 07

    Development

    Tests, snaps and coaching run as cost-centre job cards with photographer contacts, checklists, documents and tracked spend per model.

  8. 08

    Packages & Proposals

    Search availability, select faces and media, then send tracked packages to agencies, clients, photographers or stylists. Open, accepted, declined and completed proposals stay visible and accepted work becomes a job.

  9. 09

    Guided Jobs

    Development, placements and direct bookings follow compact steps for details, contacts, tasks, files, notes and financials. Delivered media closes development; received payment closes commercial work.

  10. Invoice, Pay & Reconcile

    Build the invoice from the job, offer bank transfer or optional card payment and record what actually arrived after processing costs. Expenses, model earnings and scout or team payouts remain linked to the work.

    Work reconciled

Beyond scouting — full model management

Signing is the start of the relationship, not the end of the spreadsheet. Everything below is included for the models on your board.

Media library per model

Folders for each shoot, fixed Polaroids and measurement-video folders, drag-and-drop ordering, featured photos and a monthly automated measurement-video request.

Multi-model calendar

A linear, scrolling timeline of the whole board: placements, direct bookings, options, development days and unavailability — colour-coded and filterable.

Package Creator

Pick a destination and dates, choose who to include, attach media folders and send a tracked package. Recipients start pre-filled, and you can see who opened it and which models they viewed.

Financials and invoicing

Job rates, service fees, model net, expenses with receipts, scout commissions and editable invoices, plus optional card payment, paid-history corrections and a full finance audit trail.

Contacts address book

Clients, partner agencies and photographers in one shared book — imported from files or screenshots — and loaded straight into the right job cards.

Model portal

Invite signed models into their own portal for profile updates, media uploads, availability, jobs and earnings — without giving them access to anything else.

Website library & embeds

Pick which models appear publicly and drop an embed code — gallery or intake form — into your own website.

Scouts with their own toolkit

Personal referral links, prospect and feedback views, their own inbox and templates, transparent commissions, master-scout relationships and QR business cards.

Why agencies use it

One place instead of six

Inboxes, spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads and shared drives collapse into one system every role can see — from first message to invoice.

Roles that actually restrict

Admin, pre-select, voter, onboarder, placement, scout and model each see only what they should. Data is siloed per agency.

Two-way messaging on record

Email applicants, models, scouts and clients from inside the app. Replies land back in the thread, so the conversation lives with the profile.

Decisions you can audit

Every vote, status change, note, financial edit and claim is logged with a name and timestamp.

A daily digest

Admins, voters, onboarders and bookers get one morning email with their to-dos and what changed overnight.

Built for the whole roster

Kids, on-hold and direct-only models are flagged everywhere, so attention lists and searches stay honest.

Questions

Who is Scout a Model for?
Modeling agencies that scout, sign and manage faces — from a two-person boutique to a board of hundreds, with in-house staff and freelance scouts.
Is it just for scouting?
No. Scouting is the front door. Once a model is signed, the same system runs media libraries, calendars, development, placement and direct bookings, packages, proposals, financials, invoices, payments, payouts and the model portal.
What does it cost?
Agencies start with a 30-day free trial, then $100 per month. No per-seat charge for your team, scouts or models.
Can we use our own website for applications?
Yes. Every intake form can be embedded on your site as an auto-resizing iframe, a popup button, or a simple link — and the website library lets you publish a live model gallery with one embed code.
How do scouts get credit?
Each scout has a unique co-branded link. Applications that arrive through it are attributed automatically, and signing bonuses appear in their payouts.

Run your next open call on it.

30 days free, then $100 per month. Cancel any time.