Terms

You must be 13 or older to sign in and vote. One vote per deal per day. Owners and their team can’t vote on their own place, and votes from people who got treats from a place in the last week don’t add heat to it.

Paid deals are always labeled "AD", never pulse, never gain heat and never rank.

Prices are in-store prices reported by locals and restaurants. Deals are valid as listed: no substitutions. Check with the restaurant if something looks off, and report it in the app.

Fake accounts, vote trading and automated voting are not allowed. We may remove votes or accounts that break these rules.

Treats are points you earn in DealHotspot. They have no cash value, can’t be bought by players, sold, transferred or cashed out, and we may change or end them. Some restaurants pay to give treats to people who visit (Treat Spots, always labeled AD). No purchase is necessary: you never have to buy anything to get treats. We may remove treats from fake or automated visits.

Nomlings and items are part of the game and have no cash value. If you delete your account, your Nomlings and items return to DealHotspot.

Nomlings are never sold for money: Nomlings from the Nest and from other players can only be bought with treats earned by playing. If your account has no activity for 12 months, your Nomlings and items rest in the Nest (we tell you 30 and 7 days before). Your account and treats stay. Come back within 90 days and you can bring back anything still in the Nest, free. After that, Nest Nomlings may be given a new home, awarded as prizes or released for others to catch.

Businesses can buy treat packs to give to customers who scan their counter sticker in person. You pay only for verified visits; unused treats stay in your balance and aren’t refundable as money unless required by law. Treat Spots are labeled AD and never change rankings, heat or leaderboards. Bars and alcohol-only places can’t run Treat Spots.

Our list of places is built on OpenStreetMap (ODbL) and Overture Maps data. The places data we publish at /open-data is under the Open Database License, and nothing in these terms limits what the ODbL lets you do with it. Deals, votes, photos, accounts and game data are not part of it.

If you believe something on DealHotspot infringes your copyright, see /copyright for how to send us a notice.

A paid map spot is a revocable, non-transferable licence to show your building on the map, not a lease or property. It ends if payment stops after the grace period, and the spot may then be offered to another business. We don’t guarantee visits or sales.