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This one is after beta. Slot bidding and paid placement are both switched off for the founding shops, so read this as where we are going, not as what you get on day one.
A full book isn't the ceiling, it's inventory. Let clients bid to move each other around, and buy your way to the front of the line when you want more of them. Both put money in your chair.
Discovery is the new front door. Boost puts your chair on it in your own city, and unlike a printed flyer, every hour of it reports back what it earned you.
A client who wants a taken time can offer the holder money to give it up. Consent-based, nobody's bumped, nothing charges until the holder says yes.
The holder pockets credit for freeing their spot, the newcomer gets the time they wanted, and you earn a tip on a slot that was already booked. Found money.
It's a real negotiation, either side can counter until the number works. The holder only ever sees their own payout, never the raw bid.
Turn on Boost and you rise to the front of the near-you discovery feed when clients are looking, the difference between being found and being scrolled past.
Every boosted window tracks its impressions, clicks, and the signups it drove. You spend on visibility knowing exactly what it returned.
Surge pricing and an area leaderboard mean the marketplace gets sharper as your neighborhood fills in, you compete on your block, not against a faceless directory.
Both slot bidding and Boost switch on for your city once there's enough demand between shops to make the market real, no ad budget required to get discovered when it does.