Your competitor just got 12 walk-ins. For $4.99.
A gold pin on the map of your district. Visible to every person who opens the map right now. Starts free in new cities. No marketer, no ad budget, no monthly fee.
What just happened across the street
A café around the corner published a pin on LOKIO ten minutes ago: "First coffee free for the next hour. Croissants on the counter." The pin appeared gold on the map — impossible to miss.
Twelve people who were already browsing the map nearby saw it. They were not searching for that café. They were scrolling the map looking for something to do, something free, something nearby. The pin was the answer.
Seven walked in. Five ordered food alongside the free coffee. Three came back the following week without any promotion. Customer lifetime value started with a single $4.99 post.
Your café was two streets away. Same district. Same customers within walking distance. You posted nothing. They chose the place that showed up on the map. Yours did not exist.
This is not advertising. This is visibility. The businesses on the map get the foot traffic. The ones not on the map do not.
People are already on the map
LOKIO is not an empty platform waiting for your ad. People are already here — and they are not here for you. They are here for themselves.
Someone posted a joke from the park bench nearby. Someone else is looking for company for dinner. A tourist just landed and opened the map to see what is happening in the district. A girl is deciding between two restaurants and checking which one has something interesting on the map right now.
These people are within walking distance of your business, with the map open, deciding where to go. Your banner pin is not an ad that interrupts them. It is the answer to a question they already asked: "What is nearby right now?"
A person scrolling Instagram sees your post between 300 other posts, most from other cities. A person on LOKIO sees your pin because they are physically near you, right now, looking for exactly what you offer.
The Tuesday afternoon
A neighbourhood café. Slow Tuesday. Eight empty tables at 14:00.
Step 1. Open LOKIO. Write: "First coffee free for the next hour. Croissants too. We are right here." Pick the banner option. Publish. Five seconds. Cost: $4.99.
Step 2. The pin appears gold on the district map. The free-stuff filter ranks it on top. Every user who opens the map in the district sees it. Cost: $0 more.
Step 3. Within an hour: 12 walk-ins. Each gets the free coffee. 8 order food. Average ticket $9. Revenue: +$72.
Step 4. Within the day: 5 more walk-ins from the same pin. Average ticket $7. Revenue: +$35.
Step 5. Following week: 6 return without any promotion. They remember the place. Approx ticket $7. Revenue: +$42.
| Amount | |
|---|---|
| You spent | $4.99 |
| You made (same day) | $107 |
| You made (following week) | +$42 |
Margin on coffee is 65–75%. Actual profit captured: roughly $70 on the day and $28 the following week. From one post. On a Tuesday afternoon that would have been empty.
One walk-in pays back the $4.99. Everything beyond that is pure upside.
It starts free
LOKIO does not charge you when there is nobody on the map. That would be unfair. Prices scale automatically with how busy your city is:
| Tier | Your city | Banner cost |
|---|---|---|
| 0 · Seed | New city, few users | Free |
| 1 · Early | First active users | $1.49 |
| 2 · Growing | District-level activity | $2.99 |
| 3 · Active | City is busy | $4.99 |
If your city just launched, your banner is free. You pay nothing until the map has enough people that your $4.99 actually delivers customers. The price goes up only when the value goes up.
No contract. No monthly fee. No commitment. One purchase at a time.
What the alternatives actually cost
| Channel | What you pay | What you get | ROI timeline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Ads | $3–5 per click | A click from someone who might be in another country. Not targeted to your district. | Days to weeks |
| Facebook / Instagram Ads | $7–12 per 1,000 views | Impressions from people scrolling at home, mostly out of area. | Days to weeks |
| Yelp listing | $300+ per month | Reviews from 3–6 months ago. No real-time visibility. | Weeks |
| Local marketer | $1,000–3,000 per month | They manage your socials. You hope it works. Result unknown until month-end. | Months |
| Influencer post | $50–500 per post | One post to their followers — mostly not in your district. Gone in 24h from the feed. | Unpredictable |
| LOKIO banner | $0–4.99 once | Every person who opens the map in your district. Gold pin. Real-time chat. Same-day walk-ins. | Same day |
The math
A café runs Google Ads for one month: $1,000. At $4 per click = 250 clicks. Conversion rate 2–5% = 5 to 12 actual visitors. Cost per visitor: $80–200.
The same café posts one LOKIO banner: $4.99. Twelve walk-ins on the same day. Cost per visitor: $0.42.
| Google Ads (1 month) | LOKIO banner (1 day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Spend | $1,000 | $4.99 |
| Visitors | 5–12 | 12+ |
| Cost per visitor | $80–200 | $0.42 |
| Time to result | Days to weeks | Same day |
| Targeting | Global, mostly irrelevant | Your district, right now |
That is not a small difference. That is two orders of magnitude.
$0.42 per walk-in vs $80–200 per walk-in. While you are thinking about it, your competitors are getting new customers and profit right now.
Who this works for
Café, coffee shop, bakery. "Leftover pastries free from 19:00." Five people walk in who would have gone home.
Restaurant, bar. "Live music tonight, first drink on us." The pin fills tables on a slow Wednesday.
Personal trainer, yoga instructor. "Evening class at 19:00, two spots left." No subscription platform. No commission. One pin.
Barbershop, beauty salon. "One slot open at 16:00, walk-ins welcome." The slot fills instead of staying empty.
Neighbourhood market, grocery. "Fresh fish today, just arrived." The street knows in five minutes, not next week.
Street vendor, food cart. "I am here today, corner of 5th and Main." Updates location daily. Regulars find you wherever you are.
Language school, tutoring. "Free trial lesson at 17:00." Nearby students see it. The class fills.
Coworking space. "Day pass half price today." Freelancers nearby see it and walk in.
Gallery, theatre, event space. "Opening tonight, free entry." The district shows up.
If your customers can find you on the map — LOKIO works for you. Someone nearby walks in today. Someone across the city sees your pin when they zoom out and comes tomorrow. A tourist browsing the map before their trip bookmarks your place for next week. The pin reaches anyone who sees the map — not just the person around the corner.
What this is NOT
Not a subscription. You do not pay monthly. You pay per pin, when you want, if you want. $0 in new cities.
Not advertising. Your pin does not interrupt anyone. It appears to people who opened the map looking for something nearby. You are not buying attention — you are answering a question.
Not complicated. There is no dashboard. No campaign manager. No analytics suite. You write a sentence, pick banner, and publish. Five seconds.
Not a marketplace. You do not list your business in a directory. You post an offer — it lives for a few hours, a day, or up to 30 days with a boost. When it expires, it disappears cleanly. No stale listings from six months ago. Every post is fresh.
Not Instagram. You do not need followers, a content strategy, or a photographer. You need one sentence about what is happening at your place right now.
Not exclusive. One table or fifty locations — the mechanic is the same. A single café posts one pin. A chain posts one pin per location. Each pin works locally, reaches the people nearby, and costs the same $4.99. No enterprise tier, no bulk discount, no special treatment. Everyone plays by the same rules on the map.
Try it right now
Open app.lokio.org on your phone. Sign in with Google — takes five seconds. No business registration, no forms, no approval process.
Tap the + button. Write what is happening at your place: "Free espresso until 18:00." "Live music tonight, first drink on us." "Two spots left in the evening class." Select the banner option — your pin turns gold.
That is it. The pin is live. People nearby see it. They reply in the chat. They walk in.
You do not wait for a report. You do not check analytics next month. You see people at your door today.
In most cities right now, the banner is free. No payment, no card, no commitment. Post a pin, see what happens. If it works — you just found the cheapest customer acquisition channel that exists.
Put your business on the map.
A banner pin from $0 to $4.99 depending on your city. The people within walking distance are already on the map. The only question is whether your business is there too.
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