# Make brands pay to pitch you

Brand pitches land in your DMs under everything else. Put a Hotly link in your bio for business: brands pay $15 to message you, and their pitch lands in one inbox you actually read. The fee filters out copy-paste outreach, and the serious pitches pay for your time.

## How it works

1. **Share one link** - Bio, story, newsletter.
2. **They pay to write** - $5 to $20 per message.
3. **You reply** - One inbox. Reply on your own time.
4. **You get paid** - Through Stripe, to your bank.

> "Launching in March. One reel, two stories. Brief and budget attached."
>
> To a skincare creator - from Glow Atelier - $15 / msg

## What it costs to run

If 5 pitches a week come in at $15, that's $300 a month. What each plan costs you that month, before Stripe's card fees:

- **Self-host:** ~$430 - Server and developer time, plus ~$600 to set up
- **Hosted:** ~$66 - $5.99/mo + 20% of $300
- **Hosted Plus:** ~$40 (cheapest) - $9.99/mo + 10% of $300

## Questions

**Won't brands be put off by paying?**
A brand planning a paid campaign spends far more than $15 on it. The fee mostly stops mass outreach, which is the point.

**Where do I share my link?**
Anywhere people already find you: your bio, your stories, your newsletter. One link does it.

**What does Hotly take?**
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 but costs about $430/mo in servers and developer time, plus ~$600 to set up.

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