Is SIGNL legit?
By Jeff, Founder, SIGNL · October 30, 2026
Yes. SIGNL is a real platform run by Extra Medium LLC, a Virginia company, founded by Jeff Rimmer in Hampton Roads, Virginia. It costs creators nothing to join or get booked, its business pricing is published in full ($199, $349 or $699 a month at founding rates), and every visit runs on tracked rules: the post is due to a 48-hour standard, payment on paid bookings is held until the post is live, and a visit with no post does not count and is replaced. This page lists what you can check yourself before you sign up.
SIGNL is a registered business with published pricing, a free creator side, and tracked visits. Do not take our word for it. The pricing, the terms, the fee math and the guarantee are all on this site, in the open, and this page walks through each one.
What does SIGNL cost a creator?
Nothing to join, nothing to list, nothing to get booked. Businesses pay the platform. The only fee that can ever touch a creator is 3 percent of a paid booking, taken from the payout: list a $100 rate, and $97 lands with you when your post is live.
Here is the rest of the creator deal, stated plainly. On a paid booking, the business pays when it books and SIGNL holds the money until your post is live, so you are never chasing an invoice. On a comped visit (a visit where the business covers a meal, service or experience instead of paying cash), the comp itself is the pay, and there is no fee on it at all. You set your own paid rate, starting at a $50 floor, and you keep 97 percent of it. How that protection works is spelled out in how creators make sure they actually get paid.
What SIGNL asks in return: an honest post (never a required positive one), clear disclosure that the visit was comped or paid, and the Standard Visit delivered on time: 1 post or reel plus 1 story that shares the post, posted to a 48-hour standard with one week as the outside limit. What SIGNL cannot do is make a business book you. Paid work depends on businesses choosing the paid lane, and no honest platform can promise you bookings.
What does a business pay, and what counts?
Founding plans are published: Self-Service $199 a month for up to 5 creator visits, Growth $349 for up to 10, Managed $699 for up to 20, with $100 off the first month, a 3-month minimum, and unused visits rolling one month before they expire. One plan covers every location; SIGNL never charges per location.
Every visit is counted the same way. The creator redeems a single-use code in the app at your business, which starts the post clock and records the visit. When a business connects Square, SIGNL reads the redemptions and the register dollars back from Square itself: that is what "counted at the register" means, and if a register number and a hand-typed tally ever disagree, the register number counts. Without Square, staff log codes in the app and they count the same way.
And the guarantee is contractual, not a vibe. If a booked creator does not show up or does not post within a week, that visit does not count against your plan and is replaced. The full owner-side picture is on the page for businesses, and the pricing math is in how much local influencers cost.
What can you verify before signing up?
Five things, all public: published pricing with no demo call required, full terms and a privacy policy, a named founder, a working contact email, and an honest launch status.
Pricing in the open
The pricing page shows both sides: free for creators, and the three founding business plans with the fee math worked out. Platforms that hide pricing behind a sales call are telling you something.
Rules in writing
The terms of use and privacy policy are published in full, including the Visit Guarantee and the rule that no business can require a positive post.
An honest status
SIGNL is new, and this page will not pretend otherwise. Founding rosters are forming in 38 markets, and each market opens as its roster completes. New is a fact to weigh, not a secret to hide.
One more check that separates real platforms from pitch decks: a person answers. Write to hello@joinsignl.com and a person replies. If you are comparing options, the platform comparison puts SIGNL next to the other ways businesses and creators do this, with the differences stated plainly.
Questions, answered straight
Is SIGNL free for creators?
Yes. SIGNL is free for creators. Always. You never pay to join, to list, or to get booked. The only creator fee anywhere in the system is 3 percent of a paid booking, taken from the payout, so on a $100 paid booking you receive $97. Comped visits carry no fee at all.
How does SIGNL make money?
Businesses pay a monthly subscription: Self-Service is $199 a month for up to 5 creator visits, Growth is $349 a month for up to 10, and Managed is $699 a month for up to 20, all at founding rates with $100 off the first month and a 3-month minimum. Paid bookings also carry a 6 percent platform fee in total, split evenly between the business and the creator. Creators never pay to join.
Is SIGNL a real company?
Yes. SIGNL is operated by Extra Medium LLC, a Virginia company founded by Jeff Rimmer in Hampton Roads, Virginia. You can reach a person at hello@joinsignl.com, and the site publishes its pricing, terms and privacy policy in full.
What happens if I sign up and my city is not open yet?
You hold a founding spot. Founding rosters are forming in 38 markets, and each market opens as its roster completes. Founding creators are first in line for offers when their market opens, and founding businesses activate at launch. Signing up costs creators nothing, so the spot carries no risk.
How do I know a visit really happened?
Every visit runs on a single-use code the creator redeems in the app at the business, and the post is tracked to its deadline. If the business connects Square, SIGNL also reads the redemptions and register dollars back, so the count comes from the register, not from anyone's say-so.
Decide with the full picture
Creators: read how to make sure you actually get paid. Businesses: read what happens if a creator never posts. Or browse the Learn hub.