Hotly, at a glance.
Hotly at a glance: the product, pricing, payments, license, team and contact, in one place.
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- Name
- Hotly. The product is Hotly premium messaging; some older pages call it Penpal.
- What it is
- Hotly is premium messaging for creators. Share one link. People pay $5–$20 weekly to write to you, or set your own price. Reply when it suits you. Stripe pays you.
- Who it's for
- Creators, coaches and experts whose audience already writes to them with questions, brand pitches and thank-yous.
- What fans pay
- $5–$20 weekly to write, or whatever price the creator sets. The creator also sets the price to unlock a photo.
- Plans
- Hosted: $5.99/mo + 20% commission, or $9.99/mo + 10% commission on Hosted Plus - servers, updates and backups included. Self-hosting the free code has 0% commission - you run it on your own server.
- Payments
- Fans pay by card. Stripe pays you out to your bank. Self-hosted, it's your own Stripe account.
- Open source
- Yes, under the Apache 2.0 License. Code on GitHub
- How to start
- Request a hosted plan - no card needed - and we'll email you to set up your inbox. Self-hosting needs a Linux server, Docker, a domain, and your own Stripe, Firebase and SendGrid accounts.
- Team
- Bhavneet (engineering), Kimora (marketing), Saloni (design), Ray (product).