How to Become an Adspots Host: Earn Per Adspot-Hour

Every delivery shift with empty box panels earns nothing for the rider. Every café counter with a plain table tent misses income that a booked campaign would generate. Adspots turns these idle surfaces into bookable physical advertising space — GPS-verified, billed per adspot-hour, and open to hosts across Greenwich and surrounding south-east London boroughs.

Mobile hosts in Greenwich currently list from £11/adspot and local surfaces from £8/adspot, based on live listings on the platform. This guide covers what an Adspots host is, what surfaces qualify, how to set up a listing, and what to expect once campaigns run.

What Is an Adspots Host?

An Adspots host is someone who owns or operates a physical advertising surface — a delivery box panel, a shopfront window, a café table tent, or a gym reception stand — and makes it available for clients to book by the hour.

There are two host categories:

Mobile hosts carry advertising on surfaces that move. Food delivery riders, motorbike couriers, e-scooter operators, and dog walkers are typical mobile hosts. The advertising panel travels their route during the booked slot and is GPS-verified at slot start.

Local hosts display advertising on fixed surfaces inside or outside a venue. Shop owners, café managers, gym operators, and barbershop owners are typical local hosts. The surface stays in place; clients book specific hours during the host's open periods.

Clients browse the Adspots marketplace, select a surface by location, type, and hourly rate, and book adspot-hours. After each booked slot, the host submits a GPS-verified photo as proof of delivery. Verified slots trigger payment.

What Surfaces Qualify?

Any surface that carries a client's printed advertising to people in a defined area can qualify. Published host listings currently active on the marketplace in Greenwich include:

• Food Courier Backpack Board — Greenwich Town at £11/adspot
• Motorbike Delivery Box — Greenwich at £12/adspot
• Café counter table tents in Greenwich Market from £8/adspot
• Corner-shop window posters and shopfront displays from £15/adspot

Every surface must meet the Adspots dimensional spec (downloadable from adspots.ai/store) and pass photo-proof verification at the start of each campaign slot. Surfaces flagged at verification can be corrected before the next paid slot — the check happens at proof time, not at listing stage.

The spec exists so a client's creative prints and displays consistently across every host who books it. A delivery box needs a flat, rigid front panel of a minimum size so a sticker or wrap doesn't wrinkle or crop the design. A window or table tent needs to sit at a height and angle where the advertising reads clearly to passers-by rather than being partly obscured by stock, till equipment, or seating. Surfaces that move too unpredictably to photograph reliably — a bike basket that bounces, a rucksack carried under a coat — typically won't pass verification even if the owner is otherwise a good candidate for hosting.

Not every surface qualifies. A private vehicle used only for personal errands, a surface inside a residential home, or advertising space that would obstruct a road sign or safety signage are all excluded under the platform's listing rules. If you're unsure whether your surface qualifies, the onboarding flow flags likely issues before you submit a listing for review.

How to Set Up a Listing

Setting up a host listing takes most people under 30 minutes.

1. Create your host profile. Sign up at adspots.ai as a host. The onboarding flow asks for identity verification and your surface details.

2. Describe your surface. Add a title, your location, the surface category (mobile or local), and a clear photo of the surface in use. Clients evaluate your listing from this photo, so accuracy and clarity matter.

3. Set your hourly rate. Rates on the marketplace currently range from £8/adspot for café surfaces to £20/adspot for premium interior screens. Set your rate based on route visibility, local footfall, and surface quality. The companion article How Much Does Local Mobile Advertising Cost? explains how clients decide which surfaces to book and at what budget, which can help you price competitively.

4. Add your availability. List the shifts or hours when you are actively running your delivery route or operating your space. Clients can only book from your available slots.

5. Publish your listing. Once live, your listing appears in the Adspots marketplace and becomes bookable by clients in your area.

How Bookings Work

When a client books one of your adspot-hours, you receive the campaign details — the creative (a printed sticker or wrap that the client arranges and delivers to you) and the slot time. You carry or display the advertising during the booked window.

At the start of the slot, you submit a photo through the Adspots app. The platform checks three things:

• A photo confirming the advertising is visible on the surface
• GPS coordinates within 200 metres of your declared surface location
• A timestamp within 30 minutes of slot start

Slots that pass all three checks are marked as delivered and trigger payment to your host account. Slots that fail verification are not billed to the client and do not pay out.

Common Reasons a Slot Fails Verification

Most failed slots come down to a handful of avoidable mistakes rather than genuine problems with the surface itself:

• The photo doesn't clearly show the advertising. A blurry shot, a shot taken before the wrap or sticker is fully applied, or a photo where the creative is partly blocked by a hand, strap, or till display won't pass. Submit the photo once the surface is fully set up and clearly lit.
• GPS drift indoors. Local hosts photographing from deep inside a shop or behind thick walls sometimes register a GPS position outside the 200-metre radius even though they haven't moved. Stepping near a window or doorway before submitting usually resolves this.
• Late submission. The 30-minute timestamp window starts at the booked slot time, not whenever you happen to be free. If your shift or opening hours shift on a given day, update your availability in advance rather than submitting late.

If a slot does fail, it doesn't affect your other bookings — each slot is verified independently, and you can correct the issue for the next one.

Practical Points for New Hosts

You source your own surface. Adspots does not supply physical equipment. Mobile hosts buy a delivery box meeting the dimensional spec — Hartwells UK, Amazon UK, and eBay UK are listed as options in the Adspots host guide at adspots.ai. For local hosts, the surface is typically already in place.

Clients arrange their own printing. Clients organise the sticker or wrap and deliver it to you before the campaign slot starts. You do not manage print production.

Earnings depend on booking demand. The rates above are host-listed rates. Actual income reflects how many adspot-hours are booked. New listings in active delivery corridors across Greenwich have seen bookings arrive within the first weeks of the platform's launch there.

If you are a local business interested in the client side — booking surfaces to advertise your brand — see How Much Does Local Mobile Advertising Cost? for a full breakdown of how budgets and campaign pricing work.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much can I earn as an Adspots host?

Earnings depend on your listed rate and how many adspot-hours are booked. Mobile hosts in Greenwich list from £11 to £16/adspot; local surface hosts list from £8 to £20/adspot, based on current live listings. A mobile host running a four-hour delivery shift at £12/adspot earns £48 per shift when fully booked. Actual earnings vary with campaign demand and your listed availability.

Do I need special equipment to start?

You need a surface that meets the Adspots dimensional spec. For mobile hosts, that is typically a rigid delivery box (40 × 40 cm) from any UK supplier meeting the specification. Hartwells UK, Amazon UK, and eBay UK are listed as suitable options in the Adspots host guide. For local hosts, the surface is usually already in place — a window, counter, or screen.

How does GPS verification work?

At the start of each booked slot, you submit a photo through the Adspots app. The platform checks that the photo is timestamped correctly and that your GPS position is within 200 metres of your declared surface location. Slots that pass are marked as delivered; slots that fail are not billed to the client and do not pay out to you.

How do I get paid?

Payment is processed after each verified delivery. Adspots transfers your net rate — your listed adspot rate minus the platform commission — to your host account. Stripe processes payments on the platform.

Can I list more than one surface?

Yes. If you own multiple delivery boxes or operate a venue with several qualifying surfaces, you can create a separate listing for each. Each listing carries its own rate, availability calendar, and booking history.

What happens if I need to cancel a booked slot?

Cancel through the Adspots app as early as possible so the client can rebook the slot with another host. Repeated late cancellations can affect how often your listing is shown to clients searching your area, since reliability is part of what makes a host worth booking again.

Can I stop hosting at any time?

Yes. You can pause or remove your listing whenever you like — there's no minimum commitment. Any slots already booked and confirmed before you pause should still be honoured, but no new bookings will come in once your listing is inactive.

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Browse the full range of available host surfaces on the Adspots marketplace, or start your host listing at adspots.ai.