Turn your regulars into your marketing team.
DropIn matches your café, restaurant, or shop with verified hyper-local creators — perks in exchange for the content they'd post anyway.
Built for the businesses that make a neighborhood
The problem
Paid local ads are a black hole.
Your regulars are already telling the story.
Every week, dozens of people walk into your spot, take a photo, and never post it. DropIn closes the loop: give them a real reason to share, and they will.
Who it's for
If you run a spot, you're the spot.
DropIn isn't built for huge chains. It's built for the businesses where knowing your regulars by name is the whole point.
Cafés & roasters
Fill the 2pm lull.
Trade a pour-over flight for a Reel posted at the slow hour. Watch foot-traffic shift.
Avg. uplift: weekday afternoons
Restaurants & bars
Sell out Tuesdays.
Trade a tasting menu for a TikTok during your soft weeknight. Bookings follow within 72 hours.
Avg. uplift: midweek covers
Boutiques & shops
Move the long tail.
Trade product credit for a styling post. Show the pieces sitting on the shelf, not in a studio.
Avg. uplift: SKU velocity
Studios & wellness
Fill the off-peak class.
Trade a free class for an authentic behind-the-scenes. The next intro session books out.
Avg. uplift: drop-in attendance
How it works
Live in under 5 minutes.
No agency. No campaign deck. No CRM. Just you, a perk, and the neighborhood creators who already love your spot.
1. Set up your business
Add your spot to DropIn in under two minutes. Free, no card.
2. Build your creator brief
A 5-question wizard turns your vibe, ask, and no-gos into a polished brief.
3. Post a perk
Pick the perk, set the ask, hit publish. Verified local creators see it instantly.
4. Verify & alert
DropIn geofences the visit. When they post, we send you the link.
The shift
What changes the moment you sign up.
A week without DropIn
The grind everyone just accepts.
- Saturday rush. You shoot a photo of the new menu and hope someone shares it.
- Spend $80 boosting an Instagram post. 32 link clicks. Maybe.
- Reply to a creator DM at midnight. They want $400 for one Reel.
- Manually screenshot a tagged story so you can reuse it. Forget to credit. Apologize later.
- Wonder if any of it actually brought someone in.
A week with DropIn
Same week. Different outcome.The loop, running itself.
- Saturday rush. Three verified locals are already filming. You didn't ask.
- Open DropIn. Approve a creator in two taps. Their post goes up that night.
- No DMs. No price haggling. The perk you offered is the perk they get.
- Geofence confirms they showed up. The email lands with the post link.
- See exactly which posts brought traffic. Show it to your partner.
Convinced enough to try the loop? It's free, two minutes.
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The Creator Brief
A 5-question wizard. A polished brief in 90 seconds.
Tell us your vibe, your one ask, your no-gos, and your CTA. We turn it into a beautiful, editable brief every approved creator can reference. No more endless DMs.
What content style fits your brand?
The Claims Dashboard
Approve, reject, get alerted — that's it.
Every claim runs through one dashboard. Approve who you want in a tap. When the creator posts, we email you the link automatically. No content review queue. No babysitting.
Today's claims
Auto-refreshing
@sf.crema · pour-over
@cole.eats · pastry credit
@morning.run · dinner
Pin-drop verification
They were actually there. We checked.
Every claim runs through DropIn's geofence. Before a creator can submit content, we confirm they were physically inside your business radius — to the meter, on the moment. No Photoshopped backdrops. No AI fakes. No 'I drove by once' claims. Just real visits, verified.
The Receipts
See exactly what your perks brought back.
Posts, claims, fulfillment rate, content links. Every perk becomes a receipt you can show your partner, your landlord, or your future self.
Posts about you
247 ↑ 38% MoM
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DropIn vs. the other options on your plate.
You could keep boosting Instagram posts, hiring an agency, or DM'ing creators yourself. Here's why DropIn replaces all three.
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DropIn
| Paid local ads | Influencer agency | DIY DMs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost: flat, predictable | ||||
| Verified, real creators | ||||
| On-site verification (geofence) | ||||
| Hyper-local targeting | ||||
| Brief written once, reused | ||||
| Creator finds you (vs. you chasing) | ||||
| Receipt of actual posts | ||||
| Setup time | 5 min | 1–2 hr | 2–4 wk | ongoing |
| Per-post fees | $0 | $5–80 | $200–2k | varies |
Built for trust
Verified creators only.
Every creator on DropIn is verified for real platforms, real followers, and a real visit to your spot. No bot accounts. No drop-shipping influencers.
Platform-verified
We confirm real accounts on Instagram & TikTok before they can claim.
Pin-drop verification
Geofence confirms each creator was physically on-site before submitting content.
No per-post fees
Set the perk, set the ask — what you offer is what they get.
From the beta
Why early users picked DropIn.
"We stopped boosting Instagram posts after the second week. Three creators a week, all locals, all actually here. The post-the-perk-and-walk-away thing works."
Maya R.
Owner, neighborhood café · Mission, SF
"What sold me was the geofence. I've been burned by 'influencers' who never set foot in the place. Now I get a notification that says they were here, on-site, for 47 minutes."
James T.
Chef / co-owner · Oakland, CA
"The brief wizard saved me. I used to rewrite the same instructions in DMs every week. Now creators read it once, they get it, and the content actually fits our vibe."
Sasha P.
Owner, bookshop & wine bar · Echo Park, LA
Simple pricing
One flat price.
No per-post fees.
Start free — claim your page, publish a creator brief, share it with local creators. When you're ready to post perks and receive claims, $500 a year for Pro.
Pro
$500/yr
≈ $42/month, billed annually.
- ✓ Unlimited perks & claims
- ✓ Full claims inbox
- ✓ Email alerts on every post
- ✓ Receipts & analytics
Real questions, real answers
Before you start.
How is this different from paying for ads? +
Ads buy you impressions from strangers. DropIn gives you posts from people who actually walked into your business. That's the difference between rented attention and real word-of-mouth.
Won't creators just claim the perk and disappear? +
Our geofence catches it. A claim only becomes 'fulfilled' once we verify the creator was physically on-site. No proof, no completion — and the creator's verified status takes a hit.
How much time does this actually take from me? +
Setup is under five minutes. After that, you spend roughly two taps per claim: approve, and later you'll get an email link to their post. Most Pro businesses spend under 15 minutes a week on DropIn.
What if I don't like the content a creator posts? +
You set the rules upfront in your Creator Brief — the vibe, the ask, what's off-limits. Creators read it before they claim. That said, you can also reject any claim before they show up, no questions asked.
I'm a small operation. Is $500/year really worth it? +
One Reel from a real local creator typically out-performs a $200 Instagram boost. Pro pays for itself in under three posts. And there are no per-creator fees — you can run unlimited perks.
Do I have to give up free products to use this? +
Perks don't have to be free items — they can be a meaningful discount, an experience (a private tasting, a class), or a thank-you bundle. The exchange is content, not necessarily inventory.
No card to start
Free is free. Forever.
Verified creators only
No bots, no scammers, no chasing.
Cancel anytime
Pro is yearly, but you keep it until your term ends.
Built for local
Made by people who'd rather see your spot win.
Your regulars are already your best marketers.
Start free. Post your first perk in under 5 minutes.