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What is a venue inquiry?

A venue inquiry is Mintoor's version of the "cold pitch email" — structured, trackable, and sent through our domain so you don't burn your personal email's reputation.

When you'd use this​

You just learned about a venue and want to pitch it for a date. Or you're wondering why the emails you send from Mintoor look different from ones you'd send from Gmail.

The concept​

An inquiry is an outbound message from you to a venue booker. Mintoor:

  1. Composes a structured email using your tour details (dates, draw, genre, streaming links) and your custom text
  2. Sends it from [your-slug]@outreach.mintoor.com — looks like a legit booking email, tracked on our infrastructure
  3. Tracks delivery status (sent, delivered, opened, replied, bounced)
  4. Captures the venue's reply in your Mintoor inquiries inbox

You never leave Mintoor. The venue sees a normal email with a reply-to address that routes replies back into our system.

Why not just send from Gmail?​

  • Deliverability. Our domain has a warmed-up reputation; your personal Gmail sending 50 cold pitches a week doesn't, and lands in spam.
  • Tracking. Gmail can't tell you who opened, bounced, or replied. We can.
  • Unsubscribe handling. We honor unsubscribes automatically. You don't risk CAN-SPAM violations.
  • Reply routing. Replies come back into Mintoor's structured inbox with the context attached (tour, date, deal terms), not a flat email thread.

What a typical inquiry looks like​

Subject: [Artist Name] — touring [city], [month] [year]

Body preview:

Hi [booker name],

I'm [Artist Name], an indie [genre] band based in [home city].
We're routing a tour through [region] the week of [dates],
drawing ~[N] at our core markets.

Past shows: [venue 1], [venue 2], [venue 3]
Streaming: [Spotify link]

Are you booking [specific date] at [venue name]?
Guarantee target: $[X]. Happy to talk deal structure.

— [Name]
[Reply-to address]

You customize the template once in your Outreach settings. Per-inquiry you can tweak the specifics.

What happens to replies​

  • The venue replies via email. Their reply lands in the Mintoor inquiries inbox.
  • You see it in Inquiries, threaded with the original pitch.
  • You reply from within Mintoor. Your reply goes out via our email infrastructure again.
  • The whole conversation is captured and linked to the tour/stop.

Limits and etiquette​

  • Bulk sends are rate-limited. You can't spray 500 venues a minute. Mintoor caps sending at reasonable per-artist rates to protect deliverability.
  • Unsubscribes are honored automatically. If a venue says "remove me" or clicks unsubscribe, they're blocked from future sends.
  • Bounces are tracked. If an email bounces, Mintoor flags the venue as unreachable and we don't retry.

Still stuck?​

  • Just want to message a venue you already know? That's not an inquiry — that's a regular message. Inquiries are only for first-touch outbound.
  • Want to personalize every pitch heavily? That's fine — use Mintoor's "Draft mode" which lets you review each pitch before it sends. See How Mintoor sends booking inquiries.