SESH is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects musicians, producers, and creatives with recording studios, rehearsal spaces, session players, and music gear rentals.
Yes, creating an account on SESH is completely free. You can browse listings and create your own profile without any cost.
Simply search for your desired service or location, click on a listing you like, select your dates/times, and click "Request to Book". The host has 48 hours to accept or decline. If they do not answer in that time, the request expires on its own and you are refunded in full — you do not have to chase it.
You are charged when you send the booking request, not when the host accepts. The money is then held by SESH rather than paid straight to the host — if the host declines, or lets the request expire without answering, you are refunded in full including the service fee. Once the session is done, the host is paid 24 hours later.
Yes, but only if both sides agree. Either of you can propose a new date and time in the booking's message thread, and it takes effect when the other person accepts it. A confirmed booking is an agreement between two people with money already held against it, and the session's end time is what decides when the host gets paid — so neither side can move it on their own. It also means a booking has to be changed here on SESH, where both people see the change and the payout date follows along with it.
Hosts set their own cancellation policy, shown on every listing before you book. Flexible means a full refund up to 24 hours before your session, Moderate up to 5 days before, and Strict up to 14 days before. Cancel inside that window and you get everything back, including the SESH service fee. Cancel outside it and the booking is non-refundable. If the host cancels or declines, you are always refunded in full.
Listing your space or gear is free! SESH only takes a fee when you successfully get a booking.
Your payout is released 24 hours after your session's scheduled end time, automatically — you do not have to request it. Before that, the guest's payment is held by SESH rather than sitting in your account, which is what lets us sort out a problem if one comes up. Once released, it lands in your Stripe balance and Stripe pays out to your bank on its normal schedule.
SESH splits its fee between both sides of a booking, like most marketplaces do. Guests pay a 12% service fee on top of the listing price, and hosts pay a 5% commission out of their payout. So on a $100 booking, the guest pays $112 and the host receives $95. These rates are the same for everyone — paid plans add tools, they don't change the fee.
SESH holds the guest's payment until the session is done, then releases your earnings automatically 24 hours after it ends. That hold protects both sides — it leaves a window to sort out a problem before money moves. From there Stripe deposits to your bank on its normal schedule, usually a couple of business days. Set your payout account up right in your Host Dashboard; you never have to leave SESH.
We recommend hosts require a security deposit or insurance verification for high-value gear. Because SESH holds a booking's funds until 24 hours after the session ends, there is a window to raise a problem before the host is paid — message us through Support as soon as something goes wrong and we can hold the payout while we look into it.
Yes. Reviews can only be written by users who have actually completed a booking with that specific host or guest. This ensures feedback is authentic and trustworthy.