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Tonight, near you

Happy hours and specials, by town.

Every happy hour on Beam with its days and hours: what is on today, Saturday and Sunday happy hours, late-night ones and food specials.

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A coral and teal ring of light pulses outward from a corner bar over a night city

Beam for businesses One slow Wednesday night. One beam. Watch what happens.

Beam lets any local business broadcast a time-limited beam to everyone nearby, instantly. This is the story of the night The Golden Hour turned it on.

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Act I · The Quiet NightWednesday, 8:04 PM. The Golden Hour has one customer.

The Golden Hour8:04 PM
Walt walks into the empty Golden Hour and heads for his stool while Stacey polishes a glass
The Golden Hour, 8:04 PMGreat taps. Good lights. Eleven empty stools.
The Regular8:12 PM
Walt, an older regular in a flat cap, sits alone at the middle of the bar with his pint and a bowl of peanuts
The regularWalt's been coming for eleven years. Walt is not the problem.
Two blocks over8:15 PM
A different bar two blocks over: flat brick front, cool blue neon, windows packed with people
Two blocks overSame street. Same night. Different story.Foot traffic doesn't know you exist unless you tell it.

Beams like tonight's find you. Not the other way around.

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Free on iPhone and Android. Beams near you, live right now.

Act II · Eight WordsStacey doesn't run campaigns. She writes eight words and sets a radius.

The Eight Words8:51 PM
Stacey holds her phone toward the camera. The screen shows her live beam: Drinks Half Price at The Golden Hour, for the next 2 hours, 1:58:42 left
8:51 PMShe wipes the counter, picks up her phone, and writes eight words."Drinks half price for the next 2 hours."
The Builder8:52 PM
Stacey holds her phone toward the camera showing the Beam builder: radius and duration sliders with the live cost before launch
Write the beamTen seconds, no design skills.
Set a radius and a timerOne block or the whole neighborhood. The cost shows before she launches.
Beam itYour happy hour is free and always listed. Live on nearby phones instantly.
A pulse of coral and teal light ripples outward from The Golden Hour, block by block
Launch9:00 PM
9:00 PM. She taps Launch. A pulse ripples out from her storefront, block by block.Every phone with Beam inside the circle lights up. Right now.

Act III · The TurnHere's what a beam looks like from the other side.

0.3 Miles Away9:01 PM
A phone lights up a stranger's face with a warm coral glow
A woman on the night street holds up her phone showing the Beam live map: coral rings pulsing around the pins and The Golden Hour, Drinks Half Price, 1:29:44 left
A customer in the doorway holds up his claimed beam: Claimed, ready to use, Drinks Half Price at The Golden Hour, with the QR code and 1:29:44 left
0.3 miles awayThree strangers. Same buzz. Half-price drinks, 90 minutes left, four minutes' walk.See it on the live map. One tap to claim. Show the code at the counter. Free for them, always.
The U-Turn9:04 PM
Two friends check the beam on their phone, look at each other, and turn back toward The Golden Hour laughing
The U-turnPlans are soft at 9 PM. A good beam is not.
The Exodus9:09 PM
Inside the other bar, every phone lights up at the same moment and the crowd runs out, phones in hand
Two blocks over, every phone lights up at once.The dance floor empties in fifteen seconds. Phones out. Door out.
The Counter9:14 PM
Full house at the counter: Stacey works the bar while customers hold up glowing phones to be redeemed, Walt watching from his stool at the middle of the bar
The counter, 9:14 PMShow the code. Pour the drink. Keep every dollar.Stacey validates each claim with one scan. Beam takes nothing at the register.
The Register9:30 PM
Stacey scans a code, pours the drinksand keeps every dollar of the sale.
Beam takes nothing at the registerNot a cut. Nothing.
Between pours she checks her phoneReach. Claims. Redemptions. All climbing, all live.
Close up of Stacey's phone scanning the QR code on a customer's phone, a teal confirmation glow between them
The Golden Hour, now completely packed. Walt turns on his stool at the middle of the bar, amazed, while Stacey pours behind him
One Beam Later11:12 PM
Same bar. Same Wednesday. One beam later.
Walt"Where'd all these people come from?"

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Beams near you are live right now.

Tonight it was a bar. Tomorrow it's your coffee, your dinner, your Saturday.

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If it has a door and a slow hour, it can beam.

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Turn quiet hours into walk-ins.

Start free: one happy hour or weekly special, always listed. Need more? Standard is $50 a month for 2 more beams a month, Plus is $100 for 4. No contract, no percentage of your sales, and every dollar rung at your register stays yours.

Stacey pauses behind her bar and looks out at a room that is full on a weeknight

One app. Both sides of the counter.

Download Beam, switch to business mode, and your first beam can be live tonight. Buy credits when you want reach, spend nothing when you don't.

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Free to download and free to start. No contract, no cut of your sales.

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Post your first beam tonight.

Short videos for every step: your first beam, your hours, your team, your counter.

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What's new

Fresh in the app.

Version 1.0.16

Share a beam in one tap, and Beam on Android

5 changes

  • Share a beam in one tap

    Everyone

    Tap Share on any beam to send it to an Instagram Story or Post, WhatsApp, Messages, or Facebook, or to copy the link. Beam makes the photo and writes the message for you.

  • Save the photo

    Everyone

    The share sheet can save a beam's photo to your phone, so you can post it anywhere.

  • Beam is on Android

    Everyone

    Beam is free on Google Play as of Nov. 13, 2026, for customers and for businesses.

  • New beams start with your Counter PIN

    For businesses

    A new beam asks for your Counter PIN by default: your staff tell the customer the PIN and the customer enters it on their own phone, so a beam is only redeemed at your counter. You can switch any beam to self check-in.

  • Distance from where you are

    For customers

    The distance on a beam is measured from where you are now, not from the last place the app saved.

Version 1.0.15

Beams have their own sound

2 changes

  • A sound for beams

    Everyone

    Beams arrive with their own sound, so you can tell a beam nearby just went live.

  • Know when there is a new version

    Everyone

    Beam tells you when a newer version is in the store. It is a reminder, and it never blocks you.

Version 1.0.14

Happy hours near you, in 100 US cities

8 changes

  • Happy hours in 100 US cities

    For customers

    Beam lists happy hours near you with the days and hours they run, in 100 US cities.

  • A heads-up when a happy hour starts

    For customers

    Beam can tell you when a happy hour starts nearby. Turn it off anytime in Profile.

  • Remind me

    For customers

    Tap Remind me on any happy hour and Beam lets you know when it starts.

  • What's on now shows first

    For customers

    Happy hours that are on now come first. The ones starting later are dimmed, with a countdown.

  • Claim your bar or restaurant

    For businesses

    If Beam already lists your bar or restaurant, you can claim it in a few taps and run it yourself.

  • Simpler pricing

    For businesses

    Listing one ongoing happy hour or weekly special is free. Standard is $50 a month for two beams a month, and Plus is $100 a month for four. Every beam reaches everyone nearby.

  • Check in at the door

    Everyone

    For a beam without a Counter PIN, customers check in on their own phone when they arrive, and the beam is redeemed.

  • Deals are now called beams

    Everyone

    What Beam used to call a deal is now a beam, everywhere in the app.

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