# Backstage Global > Pioneering the event industry with blockchain technologies Backstage Global is an event marketplace that lets users book tickets, hotels, and flights together, while artists earn from related bookings. Backstage Global is a blockchain event marketplace for fans, artists, venues, and promoters. Users can buy NFT-backed smart tickets, book hotels and flights, and purchase merchandise across a multichain platform. Artists and creators earn from hotel bookings, flights, and store purchases tied to their events, automated through smart contract revenue sharing. - Type: Company - Sector: Community & Events - Status: Active - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/backstage_global ## Products - [Backstage](https://thegrid.id/profiles/backstage_global): Backstage is an event marketplace that issues NFT-backed smart tickets for secure, traceable, and resalable event access. Hotel and flight booking sit alongside ticket purchases, and smart contracts pay artists and venues automatically through revenue sharing in BKS tokens. MyBackstage Rooms give artists and fans a community hub, and payment is accepted in fiat or cryptocurrency. (Ticketing, Live, Main Product) - [BKS Token Management System](https://thegrid.id/profiles/backstage_global): A wallet-connected portal enabling BKS token holders to claim vested token allocations and access staking rewards within the Backstage ecosystem. Users connect their wallets to view unlock schedules, initiate claims, and participate in staking programs. The system automates distribution of unlocked BKS tokens on Base blockchain according to vesting schedules configured for ecosystem participants. (Token distribution tool, Live) ## Assets - [Backstage (BKS)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/backstage_global): BKS is the utility token of Backstage Global. 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