Claiming your venue or host profile

Take control of your listing so you can manage your venue or host profile directly.

If you run a venue that hosts karaoke, or you are a karaoke host (KJ), you can claim your listing on KaraokeCrowd. Claiming gives you management tools and lets eligible edits go live immediately, without waiting for review.

This guide covers how to claim, what the roles mean, and what you can do afterward.

Who should claim

  • Venue operators. You own or manage a bar, restaurant, or club that runs karaoke nights.
  • Karaoke hosts (KJs). You run karaoke shows at one or more venues and have a host profile on the site.

If someone else already listed your venue or host profile, that is fine. The listing exists to help singers find karaoke. Claiming it simply gives you control.

How to claim a venue

  1. Find your venue on KaraokeCrowd. You can search from the home page or browse the venues list.

  2. Open the venue page and click Claim this venue.

  3. Fill out the claim form:

    • Business name. The legal or operating name of your business. We prefill it from the venue name; edit it if the legal name is different.
    • Business setup. Tell us whether this venue is its own business or belongs to an existing business or chain. If it's part of a chain, search for the parent business and pick it so your venues are grouped together.
    • Your role. Choose Owner or Manager. See below for what each role can do.
    • Verification notes. Tell us which official channel you can use to confirm the claim: a venue or business email address, the venue's Instagram page, the venue's Facebook page, or another public channel that connects you to the venue.
    • Contact email (optional). A business email we can reach you at about the claim.

  4. Submit the form. Then email support@karaokecrowd.com from a venue or business email address, or message KaraokeCrowd on Instagram or Facebook from the venue account. A directory moderator approves the claim as soon as that confirmation comes in, so claims can take longer than regular contribution reviews.

How to claim a host profile

  1. Find your host profile on KaraokeCrowd. Browse the hosts list or search for your name.
  2. Open the host page and click Claim this host profile.
  3. Fill out the claim form with your name and the official email or social profile you can use to confirm the claim.
  4. Submit. Then email support@karaokecrowd.com from that address, or message KaraokeCrowd on Instagram or Facebook from that profile. A directory moderator approves the claim as soon as that confirmation comes in.

What happens after you claim

Once a directory moderator approves your claim:

  • You get access to the manage panel for your venue or host profile.
  • Your edits to that listing can go live immediately when the auto-approval rules allow it.
  • For claimed venues, you can review and approve submissions from other contributors for that venue.

Owner vs. Manager

When you claim a venue, you choose a role. Here is what each can do.

Owner

  • Edit the venue data (name, address, hours, etc.)
  • Review and approve submissions from other contributors
  • Add and remove managers
  • Edit the business profile (shared across all venues in the same business)

Manager

  • Edit the venue data (name, address, hours, etc.)
  • Review and approve submissions from other contributors
  • Cannot add or remove other managers
  • Cannot edit the business profile

Choose Owner if you own or operate the business, or if you are the primary decision-maker for the venue. Choose Manager if you help maintain the listing but should not control business-level settings.

Business entities

If you operate multiple venues (a chain, a group of bars, etc.), you can group them under one business. When you claim each venue, choose "belongs to an existing business" and pick the parent business from the search so they get linked together. Reusing the same business name on its own won't merge them — a directory moderator confirms the link when approving the claim. The business profile gives you a shared space for information that applies to all your venues (business description, logo, contact info).

Auto-approve for claimed entities

Normally, edits from community contributors go through a review process before they go live. When you have claimed a venue or host profile, routine edits to that listing can skip the review queue and appear immediately. This applies to:

  • Editing venue details (address, phone, hours)
  • Editing host profile information
  • Adding or editing recurring karaoke nights

You still follow normal submission rules for anything outside your claimed entities.

Questions?

If you run into trouble claiming your listing, or you need a role changed from Manager to Owner (or the other way around), use the Send feedback button at the bottom of any page and we will sort it out.

For the general submission and review process, see How contributing works.