Terms of service

These terms govern use of the 308 Studio website and marketplace. By using the site you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the site.

308 Studio is the trading name of a UK recording-studio marketplace. The legal entity name, company number and registered office will be added here once confirmed. Until then, notices can be sent to hello@308.studio.

1. Who we are

308 Studio provides an online marketplace where guests can discover independent recording studios and send booking requests, and where studio partners can enquire to list rooms. We are not the operator of the studios shown, unless a listing expressly says otherwise. The session itself is a contract between the guest and the studio.

2. The service today

The live product currently lets you:

• browse studio listings;
• send a booking request (name, email, location, session type, date and notes);
• send a listing enquiry (studio name, city, room type, rate, email and notes);
• keep a lightweight browser session so you can use guest or partner tools on this device.

Card payments, automated payouts, full password accounts and identity checks are not live. Features may change. We will update these terms when they do.

3. Eligibility

You must be 18 or over to send a booking request or listing enquiry. You confirm that the information you submit is accurate and that you have authority to act for any band, label or studio you name.

4. Guests

A booking request is an invitation to the studio to confirm a session. It is not a confirmed booking, a hold on the room, or a payment instruction. The studio may accept, decline or ignore a request. Access, house rules, engineers and kit are the studio’s responsibility unless we have said otherwise in writing.

You must use the room only for the session you described, follow house rules, and not damage the space or disturb neighbours. Cancellations are described in the cancellation policy.

5. Studio partners

Listing enquiries are offers of information, not a right to be published. We may refuse or remove a listing. You confirm that you are entitled to hire out the room, that photos and rates are honest, and that the space is safe and lawful to use as described.

You are responsible for tax, licensing, insurance and any local permissions that apply to hiring out the room. 308 Studio does not collect VAT or studio tax on your behalf unless we later say so in writing.

6. Fees

There is no fee to browse, to send a booking request, or to send a listing enquiry. When paid bookings are introduced, guest prices may include a platform service fee and studio payouts may be the session fee minus a host commission and payment-processing costs. Those figures will be shown before you confirm. We do not state a commission rate here because it is not yet live.

7. Acceptable use

You must not:

• use the site for anything unlawful, or to book a room for an undisclosed purpose;
• harass, threaten or discriminate against other users or studio staff;
• scrape, overload or reverse engineer the service except as allowed by law;
• submit false listings, fake requests, or content you do not have the right to use;
• attempt to collect payment off-platform in order to avoid fees once paid checkout exists.

More detail sits in Trust & safety. We may suspend access if we reasonably believe these rules are broken.

8. Content and intellectual property

The site design, 308 Studio name and our own copy are ours (or our licensors’). Studio photos and descriptions remain the studio’s, with a licence for us to show them on the marketplace. You keep the rights in recordings you make during a session, subject to any separate agreement with the studio or third-party sample clearances — we are not a party to those.

9. Privacy

How we handle personal data is set out in the privacy policy and cookie policy.

10. Disclaimers

Listings are provided by studios. We do not warrant that a room, its kit, or its acoustic will match the listing, or that a request will be accepted. The site is provided as available. We do not exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for any other liability that English law does not allow us to exclude.

Subject to that, we are not liable for lost recordings, lost studio time, indirect or consequential loss, or the acts or omissions of a guest or a studio. If we are liable, our aggregate liability to you arising from use of the site is limited to the greater of £100 or the platform fees you have actually paid us in the previous 12 months (which may be zero while checkout is not live).

11. Changes and termination

We may update these terms. The date at the top of this page is the latest version. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms. We may stop offering the site or a feature, and you may stop using it at any time.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction, except that if you are a consumer you may also bring a claim in your local UK court where the law allows.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms: hello@308.studio or the contact page.