Beacons
Leave something for others to discover.
Free forever on iOS & Android. No ads. No algorithmic feed.
Public, for things the whole community should find.
Your garage sale, this Saturday. Drop a Beacon and it gets its own page on the open web, with a link and a printable QR code, straight away. That’s how you put the word out, right where you are. Change the time and the page is simply right; the people following it see what changed the next time they look.
Print the QR card and put it on the gatepost. The sign becomes the page.
No login wall. Photos, times, directions and a tap-to-call button, in any browser.
One tap moves the pin to where you’re standing. A snapshot you choose to send, never a trail anyone follows.
Private, for the people you pick.
A BBQ between two families. Same Beacon, but you choose who sees it, and nobody else does. No link doing the rounds, no strangers turning up at your gate.
It’s gone when it’s over.
A Beacon is for a thing that’s happening, not a listing that sits there for months. Close it and it stops being live for everyone else. The people who followed it keep it in their past beacons, so the ones who cared can still find it.
Put the word out where you are.
Beacons live in the Blinko app, which is where you drop one and re-pin it. You can also look around from a browser first.
Common questions
Who can see a Beacon?
That’s your call when you drop it. A public Beacon is for the whole community to find. A private one goes to the people you pick, and nobody else.
Do people need the app to open one?
No. A public Beacon has its own page on the open web, with photos, times and directions, in any browser.
What happens when it’s over?
It’s gone when it’s over. Close the Beacon and it stops being live for everyone else; the people who followed it keep it in their past beacons.
Something is happening at your place.
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