Ed. 01 · For creators with taste
Thousands bookmark
your taste.
None of them pay.
Your blog posts, your saved maps, your “where should I eat” recommendations — they get bookmarked, screenshotted, passed around in group chats. None of that has ever paid your rent. Hotspot finally does.
~120 early creators shipping from Paris to Mexico City.
This week
$847 ↑
Just now
Maya unlocked Paris Complete
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Notre Dame · €5
Early creators onboard
Five decisions, five features
Built to convert,
not to impress.
Show a taste. Sell the rest.
Three spots stay visible. The rest sit behind a soft paywall — redacted names, hidden addresses, no audio. Just enough curation to prove the taste, not enough to make the sale optional.
You pick which spots leak. You pick the price. Buyers unlock in one tap.
€9
- 01Free
Notre Dame de Paris
Iconic
- 02Free
Du Pain et des Idées
Foodie Paradise
- 03Free
Le Bar d'à côté
Local Favorite
- 04Locked
Clamato
Trendy
- 05Locked
Café de l'Industrie
Cozy
- 06Locked
Le Comptoir Général
Hidden Gem
3 of 6 visible · free preview
Type the name. Ship a vibe.
Once a spot is on the map, click Magic Fill. We use the name and the location to draft the vibe description, tags, and best time to go — in your tone. You edit what needs editing, the tedious part is done.
Optional: attach a blog post or Instagram URL to any map as an ‘Article’ link — readers see it below the map.
Spot details
Name
Vibe
0/200Vibe Tag
Best Time to Go
The whisper, not the blog.
Record a thirty-second memo for any spot. Your voice does what no bullet list can — order the amatriciana, sit at the counter, don't go on Sundays. That intimacy is the whole product.
Buyers play audio inline. You record from your phone. No editing, no studio.
Voice note · 27s
Pasta Chef
“Order the amatriciana. Skip the carbonara — it's for tourists. And sit at the counter if Marco's working.”
Other people buying it right now.
Every map page shows a quiet feed of recent unlocks. It runs in the margin — a ticker, not a popup. People who hesitate on €9 decide quicker when they see four other people just decided the same.
Privacy-respectful. First name, city, map title. No surveillance, no aggressive nudging.
Live feed
Just now
Maya from Brooklyn
unlocked Tokyo Eats · +$9
Three maps, one checkout.
Cafés, aperitivo, late-night pasta. Separately they're €7 each. Bundled they're €15. Average order value jumps 40% the day you turn it on — most buyers pick the bundle without thinking.
You set the discount. You pick which maps bundle. Nothing auto-generated.
Cart · 3 maps
Bundle applied ✓
How it works
Blank editor to
first paycheck, in an afternoon.
Drop. Search an address or tap the map
Type the name of a spot, the editor autocompletes. Or just tap anywhere on the map to drop a pin. Add as many as you want — the friction stays flat either way.
Search
Or tap on the map
Enrich. Let Magic Fill write the vibe
Click Magic Fill next to any spot and the vibe description, tags, and best time to go are drafted from the place name and location — in your tone. You edit what needs editing, skip what doesn't.
Auto-filled
✦ Magic FillName
Notre Dame de Paris
Vibe
A Gothic masterpiece that'll leave you awestruck.
Best time
Early morning · 8–10 AM
Price. Set a price. Publish. Get paid.
Pick €3 or €15. Toggle a free preview. Bundle two maps together. Hit publish and your map lives at hotspot.earth/your-handle — Stripe pays you every week after that.
Set your price
If 1% of your audience pays $5 a month.
Back-of-the-envelope
Every month
$2.5k
from 500 buyers
At 10% fee, weekly payouts, no contract.
Early creators
The people who gave us
a reason to ship.
Four hours a week of DMs about Paris cafés. I published one map and stopped retyping the list.
Camille Ravel · @camille.tastes
Paris · food writer
My newsletter readers kept asking for the walking route. Now it's a €5 map they already wanted to pay for.
Daisuke Mori · @daisuke.kyoto
Kyoto · architecture nerd
Published Saturday, first sale Sunday morning. Setup took about an evening, including Stripe.
Leila Hassan · @leila.lisbon
Lisbon · slow-travel
Instagram saves don't pay. A locked map with the actual addresses does. The conversion beats my newsletter.
Mira Okonkwo · @mira.lagos
Lagos · nightlife editor
Locals pay for the quiet breaks. Tourists pay for the safe ones. Same map, two audiences, one price.
Arnaud Lefèvre · @arnaud.surf
Biarritz · surf guide
I'd been hoarding a spreadsheet of 40 hotels for years. Thirty minutes to turn it into a paid map.
Sofia Delgado · @sofia.mexico
CDMX · hotel scout
Illustrative early-creator profiles — your profile, your map, your price.
Answers
Questions
creators keep
asking us.
Still have questions? Talk to a human — we answer every message within a day.
No. The creators seeing the best conversion aren't the biggest — they're the most specific. A food writer with 12k dedicated followers in Lyon will out-earn a generic travel account with 500k. If your audience trusts your taste on a topic — cafés, climbing gyms, vinyl shops, vintage stores — you have a map worth paying for.
Beta · onboarding weekly
Your taste has been
free content for too long.
Every screenshot shared is a paycheck you didn't get. Every “where should I eat?” DM is a transaction that should have happened. Start pricing your taste.
Free forever. No credit card. We only earn when you do.