Hotbar
A matte black Hotbar card reader glowing lime green on a dark gaming desk

Your setup is a small business. Start invoicing like one.

Hotbar mounts to your monitor bezel and charges siblings, roommates, and partners for every controller, couch seat, and carry they consume. Funds settle in 2 business days or one ranked match, whichever ends first.

38 gLighter than the guilt
11 msTap-to-charge latency
2.9% + 30¢Per tap, before tip
0Free controller sessions

Everything in your room has a price. Now it has a reader.

Three billing modes ship on every unit. They run in the background while you play and post to the household ledger at the end of each match.

Controller rental, metered by the minute

Player 2 is billed from the moment the light turns blue. A drift surcharge applies automatically if they flick the stick near the vents.

Jayden, younger brother
Controller rental, 47 min$3.92
Drift surcharge$1.50
Charged to his birthday money$5.42

Tap to spectate

Anyone who stands behind your chair for more than 40 seconds is presented with the reader. Commentary is billed separately at the advice rate.

Theo, roommate
Spectating, 6 min$0.60
"You should have gone left"$2.00
Total$2.60

Carry invoicing

Getting your cousin through a raid used to be a favor. Hotbar itemizes every revive, every boss pull, every "just stand there," and emails a PDF to his mom.

Invoice #0418, cc: Aunt Denise
Revives (×14)$7.00
Boss pulls (×3)$9.00
Net 30$16.00

Ring up your little brother.

The Hotbar Register is live in the demo. Add a couch seat, pick a customer, and watch the tip screen ask Mom for 20%.

Open the demo

Merchants who stopped playing for free.

"My brother owed me $412 in controller time. I didn't know that until Hotbar told me. Now he knows too."
Priya Venkataraman
Priya VenkataramanDiamond II Support Main, Head of Household Receivables
"I put the second reader on the mini fridge. Energy drink theft is down 80 percent. My roommate moved out, which is also down."
Colt Brannigan
Colt BranniganApartment 4C Operations Lead, Part-Time Sniper
"The tip screen asked my dad for 20% after he brought me a sandwich. He tipped. We have not discussed it."
Mara Okonkwo-Beale
Mara Okonkwo-BealeSpeedrunner (Any%, Unverified), Age 16

Pick a plan. Your siblings will pay for it.

Every plan includes the reader, a USB-C cable, and a sticker that says "Card only" for your door.

Solo Queue

$0/mo

2.9% + 30¢ per tap. Same as everyone else.

  • One reader, matte black
  • Tip screen with 18%, 20%, and GG presets
  • Receipts printed in a font that looks expensive
Start free
Most households

Duo

$14.99/mo

For households with exactly one other person who keeps asking.

  • Two readers, one for the couch arm
  • Snack-run surcharge on any order placed mid-match
  • Chargebacks settled by best-of-three
Order Duo

Clan

$249/mo

For LAN parties, dorm floors, and one man named Derek with nine monitors.

  • Unlimited readers
  • Seat pricing by distance from the TV
  • Year-end 1099s for everyone you carried
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