Run a bar?
Get more people through the door.
A free dashboard built for bar owners. Schedule weekly deals, post to the feed, read customer comments, and see live analytics — without paying for ads or hiring a marketer.
The fastest way to fill your bar tonight.
Be discoverable tonight
Show up on a live map every customer in your town is checking — with your hours, deals, and crowd vibe right there.
Push deals in 30 seconds
Schedule a happy hour, drop a one-off special, or copy last week's lineup. From decision to live in under a minute.
Know what your customers think
Read live comments, see ratings, and watch the analytics tick up in real time as the night unfolds.
Apply and get approved.
Sign up takes 30 seconds: bar name, city, email, password. Our team reviews new bars within 1–2 business days to keep the platform clean.
- No credit card required
- Run by a bar group? One account, multiple bars
- We email you the moment you're live
Set up your profile and hours.
Add your logo, address, and hours of operation for every day of the week. This is what your customers see when they tap your bar on the map.
- Per-day hours of operation
- Logo and address
- Update any field instantly — no rebuild needed
Build your weekly deals and events.
The killer feature. Schedule deals per day, copy them across the week, set timed windows, drag to reorder, and queue up future drops. Every bar's most-used screen.
- Recurring weekly deals or one-off specials
- All-day or timed (e.g. 8–10pm)
- Drag-reorder, copy across days, schedule release dates
Sell drinks, cover, and merch — right from your phone.
Customers buy drink deals, cover passes, and merch directly in the HotSpot app. Authoring happens in the bar-side mobile app — fast to set up, faster to sell.
- Drink deals, cover passes, merch
- Stripe-powered checkout, fast payouts
- Authored from the HotSpot mobile app (bar-owner side)
Post to the feed in real time.
Snap a photo of the line, the crowd, or tonight's special and push it to the feed in seconds. Customers see what's happening before they decide where to go.
- Post photos and updates from the mobile app
- View, organize, and delete posts from the dashboard
- Read replies and reactions from customers
Read your customers, read the room.
See every comment, rating, cover report, and wait-time submission as they come in. Pivot tonight's specials based on what customers are actually saying.
- Live comments, ratings, and cover reports
- Submission counts across 24h / 7d / 30d / 90d
- Charts for traffic, ratings, gender mix, and more
Free to use. No catch.
The dashboard is free for every bar. No credit card to sign up. No setup fees. Run a group? Manage every bar from one account.
Get started in 5 minutes.
Sign up, get approved, schedule your first deal. That's it.