Get comped in Richmond for posting what you already love.
Richmond runs on neighborhood spots: a Carytown lunch, a Scott's Addition brewery night, a Church Hill bakery morning. On SIGNL, those businesses comp local creators a meal, a service or an experience in exchange for one honest post. If you have 500 followers or more and your people live here, the founding Richmond roster is forming for you now.
The post is the job.
In one line: In Richmond, getting comped on SIGNL means a local business covers your meal, service or experience and you post honestly about it within 48 hours, starting at 500 followers.
SIGNL is free for creators. Always. Businesses pay the platform. You never pay to join, to list, or to get booked.
Comps across the River City
The Richmond market covers sixteen cities and towns, and the comps follow Richmond's real map: Carytown and The Fan dining rooms, Scott's Addition taprooms, Church Hill bakeries, Shockoe Bottom and Jackson Ward institutions, and Manchester across the James River. Salons, barbershops, fitness studios and attractions from Midlothian to Ashland run comp offers too, all on the same roster.
- Richmond
- Petersburg
- Colonial Heights
- Hopewell
- Ashland
- Mechanicsville
- Glen Allen
- Midlothian
- Chester
- Bon Air
- Tuckahoe
- Lakeside
- Highland Springs
- Sandston
- Powhatan
- Goochland
This is the full Richmond market as SIGNL defines it. See the Richmond founding market page for the market story, or all 38 founding markets if your city is somewhere else.
Tiers are automatic, and your counts stack
SIGNL tiers are set automatically by your total audience, and your counts stack across platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, X and LinkedIn all add up into one number. Grow on any of them and your tier rises on its own. Nobody picks your band, and nobody can hold you in one. New to the idea itself? Start with why anyone can be a creator.
- Everyday people with a real local network
- Comped meals, services and experiences
- Where most founding creators start
- Regular local posters with a growing network
- Comped visits plus your own paid rate on your profile
- The roster's sweet spot for local businesses
- Established creators with a big local network
- First in line for paid cash campaigns
- Comped visits whenever you feel like going out
Get comped, or get paid at your own rate
Every SIGNL visit runs one of two lanes, and the lane is set by the business's offer. Here is both of them, in one breath, with nothing fine-printed. For the comp lane in depth, see how getting comped works; for the small-following case, see brand deals with 500 followers.
Get comped
A business covers a meal, a service or an experience. You visit like a real customer and post honestly about it. On these visits, the comp itself is the pay.
Get paid
You list your own rate on your profile, starting at $50. When a business books you at your rate, SIGNL holds the payment and releases it when your post is live, and you keep 97 percent. Paid bookings depend on the business, so they are never guaranteed, but the rate is always yours.
One post, one story sharing the post, 48 hours
Whichever lane, the Standard Visit is the same: 1 post or reel plus 1 story that shares the post, posted to a 48-hour standard, with up to a week at the outside, honest and clearly disclosed. You always own your content, and no business can require a positive post.
Your content stays yours. Rights follow the visit, never a plan. On a comped visit, the business can share your post natively, with you credited, and nothing more: no downloads, no reposts, no ads. On a paid visit, the business can also repost the post and run it as an ad for 90 days under the standard license included in the booking. Either way, the content is yours and it lives on your profile, building your record.
SIGNL is free for creators. Always. Businesses pay the platform. You never pay to join, to list, or to get booked.
From sign-up to first visit in Richmond
Claim your founding spot
Sign up free in the app. Pick Richmond as your market so your profile lands on the roster Richmond businesses will book from. Founding creators are first in line when their market opens, so the spot is worth claiming now, before the market goes live.
Complete your profile
Add your photo, your home city, what you post about and your follower counts on each platform. Your stacked total sets your tier automatically, and a complete profile is what businesses see when offers go out. The full creator overview is on the For Creators page.
Get offers when your market opens
Richmond is a founding market: founding signups are open, the roster is forming, and the market is not live yet. Founding businesses are joining the list now and activate at launch. When the market opens, businesses post comp offers and paid bookings to the roster, and you claim the ones you actually want.
Visit and post
Show up like a real customer, redeem in the app, enjoy the thing. Then post within 48 hours: 1 post or reel plus 1 story that shares the post, honest, in your voice, disclosed as comped or paid.
Get comped or paid, and build your record
The comp is covered, or your rate lands once the post is live. Every delivered visit builds your reliability record, which is how businesses pick who gets the next offer.
Bring your people
Know someone in a nearby founding market whose followers trust them? Send them the right page: Brand deals in Virginia Beach · Get paid to post in Raleigh · Brand deals in Washington DC.
Questions, answered straight
How do I get comped in Richmond on SIGNL?
Claim a founding spot in the app with Richmond as your market and complete your profile. When the Richmond market opens, local businesses post what they are comping: a meal for two, a haircut, a class, an experience. You claim the offers you want, visit like a real customer, redeem in the app, and post 1 post or reel plus 1 story that shares the post within 48 hours, clearly disclosed as comped. On a comped visit, the meal, service or experience itself is your compensation.
Can I also get paid in Richmond, or is it only comps?
Both lanes are open, and the lane is set by the business's offer. Comps are the core lane. You can also list your own paid rate on your profile, starting at $50, and when a business books you at your rate you keep 97 percent of it. Paid bookings depend on the business choosing that lane, so paid work is never guaranteed, but the rate is always yours to set.
How many followers do I need to get comped in Richmond?
You need 500 followers in total, and they do not all have to be in one place. SIGNL stacks your audience across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, X and LinkedIn, so 300 on Instagram and 250 on TikTok already put you over the line. Your tier is set automatically from that stacked total: Neighbors from 500 to 2,000, Locals from 2,000 to 15,000, and Headliners at 15,000 or more.
Is SIGNL live in Richmond yet?
Not yet. Richmond is a founding market, which means founding signups are open now, the founding roster is forming, and the market is not live yet. Founding creators are first in line when the market opens, and founding businesses are joining the list now and activate at launch.
What happens to my post after a comped visit in Richmond?
You always own your content. On a comped visit, the business can share your post natively, with you credited, and nothing more: no downloads, no reposts, no ads. On a paid visit, the business can also repost the post and run it as an ad for 90 days under the standard license included in the booking. The post stays on your profile either way, building your record.
Does it cost anything to join SIGNL in Richmond?
No. SIGNL is free for creators. Always. Businesses pay the platform. You never pay to join, to list, or to get booked. The only money that moves on your side is money coming to you: the comp a business covers, or 97 percent of your own rate when a business books you paid.
Claim your founding spot in Richmond
Founding signups are open and the market is not live yet, which is exactly why now is the moment: founding creators are first in line when Richmond opens. Sign up free in the SIGNL app and stack your counts.
Sign-ups live in the SIGNL app
Create your account and build your founding profile in a few minutes: your market and home city, your handles on each platform, and what you post about. It is free, and it always will be for creators.
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