AVVAY
AVVAY operates a dual-sided marketplace and nationwide scouting service that connects photographers, filmmakers, and producers with bookable shoot locations across more than 70 U.S. cities. The platform enables direct booking of diverse spaces—from photo studios and mansions to treehouses and industrial kitchens—while its in-house scouting team handles host communication, pricing negotiation, and permitting across 900+ jurisdictions.
- Commerce & Shopping
- Creator / Creative Economy
- Property Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Product
Problem
Production teams, photographers, and filmmakers face significant friction in finding and booking suitable locations for shoots, often spending hours sifting through fragmented rental platforms and coordinating with multiple hosts. Traditional location scouting services are typically expensive, slow, and limited to specific geographic areas, making nationwide production planning inefficient and costly.
Solution
AVVAY provides a dual-sided marketplace and scouting service that streamlines the location booking process. The platform allows users to search, compare, and directly book a diverse inventory of rental spaces — from photo studios and filming locations to event venues, mansions, and unique properties like treehouses and industrial kitchens — across more than 70 U.S. cities. For more complex productions, AVVAY's in-house scouting team offers a free, risk-free service that taps into a vast network including thousands of unlisted locations, negotiates pricing, handles host communication, and manages permitting paperwork across 900+ U.S. jurisdictions. The service delivers custom location reports and maintains a single point of contact for productions nationwide, replacing the traditional fragmented and fee-heavy scouting process.
Target Audience
Primary customers are photographers, videographers, filmmakers, producers, and content creators who need efficient access to shoot locations, as well as property owners seeking to monetize their spaces through production bookings.
Features
- Searchable marketplace with listings across multiple categories including photo studios, filming locations, event venues, galleries, music spaces, and workshop spaces
- Direct booking functionality that enables users to connect with hosts without intermediaries
- In-house location scouting service providing free file pulls with custom, shareable location reports from a nationwide network
- Permitting support across 900+ U.S. jurisdictions for film and photo productions
- Private listing option for hosts to show properties exclusively to AVVAY's team and vetted productions
- Calendar synchronization for hosts with platforms like Airbnb to manage availability
- Creative pros directory allowing discovery of photographers, stylists, and other production professionals