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

Beam: time-limited deals from local businesses near you One slow Wednesday night. One beam. Watch what happens.

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

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Beam in 35 secondsThe Beam film

Live deals, from the shops you love.

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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.

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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 dealTen seconds, no design skills.
Set a radius and a timerOne block or the whole neighborhood. The cost shows before she launches.
Beam itNo contract. No subscription. 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 deal: 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 deal 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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Tonight it was a bar. Tomorrow it's your coffee, your dinner, your Saturday.

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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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What's new

Fresh in the app.

Version 1.0.12

Redeem hours, teams and planning ahead

6 changes

  • Redeem hours

    Everyone

    Businesses can set the hours a deal can be used, so shoppers can claim a happy hour deal now, redeem it tonight. If their notifications are on, they hear when it opens.

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  • Add your team

    For businesses

    Invite a manager or staff member so they can help run your beams from their own phone, without sharing your login.

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  • Plan beams on a calendar

    For businesses

    See your upcoming and past beams on a calendar and plan your week of deals at a glance.

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  • Save beams as drafts

    For businesses

    Start a beam, save it as a draft, and come back to finish and send it when you are ready.

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  • Bring your favorite store

    For customers

    Send a link to a place you love, and when they join Beam and post their first deal, you move up a reward level or hear about their deals first.

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  • A ready-made "we're on Beam" post

    For businesses

    Once your business is verified, Beam hands you a short post with your link, ready to share on Facebook, Instagram, X or Nextdoor, so your regulars know where to find your deals.

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Version 1.0.11

A map-first Nearby and your own Beam Page

2 changes

  • Your own Beam Page

    For businesses

    Every business gets a Beam Page, its own link and QR code, that you can customize with a photo, headline and light or dark look, with stats on visits and installs from each place you post it.

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  • Nearby is a full-screen map

    For customers

    Nearby opens on a full-screen map: swipe the deal cards at the bottom and the map zooms to each spot, or switch to a list with one tap.

Version 1.0.10

Redeem at the counter, Counter PIN and deals near home

10 changes

  • Redeem at the counter

    Everyone

    Shoppers can redeem a deal themselves at the counter, either on location or by entering the store's Counter PIN, and both sides see a clear Redeemed ticket.

  • Your Counter PIN, always handy

    For businesses

    Your Counter PIN now shows in Settings, on your Dashboard and on the redeem screen, and you can choose whether customers redeem at your place or you come to them.

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  • Print your own Counter Kit

    For businesses

    Print your Beam QR code in every size you need, including a 5x7 table tent, so customers can scan it right at your counter.

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  • Share your beams to social

    For businesses

    Share any beam to your social accounts straight from your Dashboard, and every new customer who joins from a share is credited to you.

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  • Welcome video for new businesses

    For businesses

    New businesses see a short welcome video that walks through how Beam works, and you can replay it any time from Settings.

  • Real reach and price in the beam builder

    For businesses

    The beam builder shows how many people you will reach and what it costs, even with unlimited redemptions, and the price now reflects how long your beam runs.

  • Deals near home

    For customers

    Add your home ZIP code in Profile so deals near home still reach you, even if you have not opened Beam in a while.

  • Invite friends, earn points

    For customers

    Invite friends to Beam and earn 10 Glow Points for each friend who joins.

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  • Updates install right away

    Everyone

    Beam now installs its improvements in the background as soon as they are ready, so you get new features without waiting for an App Store update.

  • Fixes and polish

    Everyone

    A Back button on every screen, logo upload works, phone numbers format as you type, permission prompts take you to Settings, switching modes or logging out works the same everywhere, and a fresh install has the newest features from its first launch.

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