SpotDrops runs your entire community card operation — payments, intake, EDDM planning, QR tracking. Mail a card and your ZIP codes lock for 90 days. $0/month. 7% when spots sell.
Drop Zone Secured
This ZIP is yours for 90 days. No competitors.
No credit card · No monthly fee · 7% only when spots sell
// Built for the long game
SpotDrops walks you through route selection, handles payments, collects artwork from advertisers, and tracks every scan. New operators launch in days. Experienced operators cut hours of admin from every drop. Run your first card, build history, and unlock Drop Zone protection when you've proven your market.
A spreadsheet with a "PAID?" column you update manually after every Venmo, Zelle, or check that comes in — and you still lose track of who owes what.
An email thread that won’t die where you asked for a logo, they sent a low-res JPEG, you asked for a PDF, they sent the wrong one, and now it’s been six days and you still don’t have artwork.
An advertiser who texts you every week asking “is it working?” — and you have no answer because you don’t have tracking on this drop.
Starting from scratch every card. New spreadsheet. New Venmo requests. New “here’s how it works” explanations to businesses who weren’t on the last drop.
Forgetting who renewed. You know three advertisers said they were back in, but you haven’t invoiced them, and the drop is two weeks out.
Explaining EDDM routes to yourself. Tab open to usps.com. Another tab with a route calculator. Another with last drop’s route numbers. You’re thirty minutes in and haven’t sold a single spot.
You're making real money running this model. But you're also spending real time on admin that shouldn't exist.
The fix
When you spin up a drop in SpotDrops, you get a live drop page — a professional, shareable link that shows your card layout, available spots, pricing, and which business categories are still open.
You send that link to a prospect. They pick their spot. They pay through Stripe checkout. They upload their logo, copy, and business details — all in the same flow.
You didn't send a Venmo request. You didn't email back and forth about artwork. You didn't manually mark anything as “PAID.” It just happened.
Share the link. They pick the spot, pay, and submit their artwork. You're out of the follow-up business.
What changes
Self-Service Stripe Checkout
Chasing Venmo payments and manually invoicing
Advertisers pay directly on the drop page — no invoices to send, no payment links to generate, no “hey, can you send me the Venmo again?” texts. Revenue hits your account automatically.
Built-In EDDM Planner
Spending 3 hours planning EDDM routes every drop
Select carrier routes right inside SpotDrops. Filter by household count and income, see your total delivery count, and export PS Form 3587 and your Route Manifest CSV in one click.
QR Scan Tracking
Advertisers asking “is it working?” with no answer
How it works
Create Your Drop
Name your market, set your spot count and pricing, select your EDDM routes, and configure your category map. Your drop page is live and ready to share in minutes.
Advertisers Buy Their Own Spots
Send your link to prospects. They browse available spots, pick their category, pay through Stripe checkout, and upload their artwork — all without you lifting a finger.
Mail It. Track It. Renew It.
Export your print-ready file, PS Form 3587, and Route Manifest in one click. After the drop, QR scan data flows in automatically. Returning advertisers get an automated renewal prompt.
For Operators
We don't get paid unless you do.
The math
$200
Typical spot price
18×$200
$3,600 revenue per card
~$1,876
Typical operator profit
5,000
Homes per EDDM drop
93%
Operator take-home rate
$0/mo
Cost to operators — always
The model generates real income. The platform just eliminates the manual work that was eating into your time between drops — so you can spend those hours selling the next card instead of chasing the current one.
FAQ
Every drop you run builds history, relationships, and renewal revenue. Mail a card and you automatically claim exclusive territory in that ZIP code for 90 days — free.
EDDM route planner
6 routes selected · 80120
Every spot gets a platform-generated QR code with live scan data you can show advertisers. At renewal time, pull up real numbers — not “it went to 5,000 homes, trust me.”
Advertiser Asset Intake at Checkout
Manually emailing for logos, copy, and details
Advertisers upload their logo, ad copy, and business contact info during the purchase flow. Files are stored in-platform, attached to their spot, and ready when you go to layout.
Real-Time Category Lock
Double-booking a category or fielding exclusivity questions
The moment a business pays for a spot, their category locks on the drop page. No double-booking is possible. Other businesses see the bakery slot is taken — and that your HVAC spot is still open.
Renewal Automation
Forgetting who renewed and who needs follow-up
SpotDrops prompts returning advertisers to renew as your next drop approaches. They re-purchase through the same self-serve flow. You see renewal status in your dashboard — no manual tracking.
Multi-Drop Dashboard
Running multiple drops with separate systems
Run as many drops as you want across as many markets — all from one account. Each drop has its own page, payments, and analytics. Your whole operation in one place.
Saved Drop Templates
Starting over with a new spreadsheet every card
Configure your card once — spot count, pricing, dimensions, routes, categories. Your next drop starts where the last one ended, not from a blank spreadsheet.
For Your Advertisers
The experience they actually want.
When you share your SpotDrops link, your advertisers see a clean, professional drop page — not an invoice or a spreadsheet. They understand exactly what they're getting: one exclusive spot, their category locked, thousands of households reached.
They can buy, pay, and submit their artwork in one session. No back-and-forth. No confusion. After the drop hits mailboxes, they see their scan data. At renewal time, they get a prompt and a one-click re-purchase.
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