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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.

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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. Here's what each plan costs you that month, before Stripe's card fees:

  • Self-host~$430Server and developer time, plus ~$600 to set up
  • Hosted~$66$5.99/mo + 20% of $300
  • Hosted PlusCheapest~$40$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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