Use this page as a reference while you read other guides. Terms are alphabetical within sections.
Accounts and roles
Artist — Account type for musicians focused on submissions, services they purchase, lists, and listening parties.
Curator — Account type for people selling reviews, services, sessions, and raffles.
Artist-Curator — A curator category, not a separate account. Working artists who monetize peer feedback pick this during curator signup. See Artist or Curator?.
Profile — Public page with bio, avatar, location, genres (artists), price and turnaround (curators), and links. Often used as a link-in-bio hub. See TrackGiant as link-in-bio.
Submissions and campaigns
Track submission — A paid request for a curator to listen to your track and deliver feedback. Statuses move from pending through in progress to completed or expired.
Batch submission / campaign — One checkout that creates multiple submissions to different curators for the same track. Guide: batch submissions.
7-day review window — After a curator accepts a submission, they have seven days to complete the review. If time runs out, the submission expires and the artist is refunded automatically. Curator-facing policy: inbox and 7-day window.
Resubmission limit — If a submission expires, artists can try again up to three times total for that path before needing a different strategy.
Duplicate guard — You cannot submit the same track to the same curator twice within 24 hours.
Curator offerings
Track review price — The listed USD amount artists pay for a standard review. Curators pick from preset tiers on the platform.
Turnaround — Expected time to deliver a review: 24 hours, 2–3 days, or 1 week on signup and profile.
Curator service — A separate line item from track reviews: mixing feedback, consultations, playlist checks, etc. Each has a category, description, optional price, and delivery time that must match allowed values in the database (for example 1–2 hours, 3–5 days, 1 week). Guide: first curator service.
Service order — A purchase of a curator service. Paid upfront; fulfillment happens in the service inbox.
Listening parties and Live Sessions
Listening party — A scheduled live event on TrackGiant where music is played in order, often with a host and a queue of tracks.
Live Session — A curator-hosted listening party with paid queue tiers enabled so attendees can pay to move up in line. The names are used somewhat interchangeably on the platform; “Live Session” usually implies the paid queue. Guides: how listening parties work, run a successful Live Session.
Queue tier — Position in line: free at the back; paid tiers move you forward (Skip, Super Skip, Headliner in the product). Revenue split includes a platform fee and payment processing; hosts receive the remainder. Overview: paid queue tiers.
Discovery and lists
Browse curators — Directory at /curators with categories, filters, and cards. Guide: browse curators.
My Curators — Saved list of curators you want to return to. Artists use it as a shortlist. Guide: build your curator shortlist.
Raffles
Raffle — A hosted giveaway with a prize, schedule, and entry rules. Entry methods include free, paid, and task-based. Guide: how raffles work.
Money and reputation
Stripe Connect — The payout rail for curators. One-time onboarding, then withdrawals when you pass the minimum payout threshold. Guide: setup Stripe Connect.
Earnings — Ledger of money you have made from submissions, services, campaigns, Live Sessions, bonuses, and refunds. Guide: curator earnings and payouts.
Platform fee — A percentage retained on sales so TrackGiant can operate payments, fraud prevention, and support. Exact numbers can change; pricing in articles stays approximate unless you are reading source-of-truth pricing pages in the product.
Curator levels — Progression system with experience points, requirements, and benefits. Guide: curator levels explained.
Promo and checkout
Promo code — When available at checkout for batch or single submissions, can reduce the subtotal by a percentage defined in the product flow.
If a term is missing, search the blog index or open your in-app help from the dashboard. The glossary will grow as features evolve.