The bartender network
Your guests already trust you.
We built the network around that.
The In Crowd Network is a network of bartenders. A guest taps a bartender's NFC card, the same kind of technology as tap to pay, and lands on a shop that bartender put together. When something sells, it's traced back to the person who recommended it.
Why bars
The bar is where people already trust each other.
It's a room where strangers become regulars and a good word travels faster than any ad. Bartenders run that room.
Trust is already yours
Guests take a bartender's word over a celebrity's or an influencer's. They ask what to drink, where to go, what's worth buying, and they act on the answer.
You control the room
You read people, keep things moving and hold the room together. It takes a rare person to do it well, and most people never see how much goes into it.
Deals have always gone down here
A nod, a handshake, a good introduction. Business has always happened at the bar. This is that, with the credit tracked for the first time.
Respect, and credit for it
Plenty of business people love bars and still don't treat bartenders as professional peers. This is a professional network in your name.
People who get it
A group of unusual people who know what the job is really like, helping each other and helping the people they serve.
Another way to be valued
Tips are how the night pays you. This is a second way your judgment counts, without changing how you run your shift.
How it works
Four steps. One person's word.
No app to explain. NFC is the same kind of technology as tap to pay: a guest holds their phone to the card and the page opens.
One tap opens the page
A guest taps the bartender's NFC card with their phone. Nothing to scan, nothing to type.
Picked by a person
A shop put together by the bartender, not by an algorithm.
Checkout, right there
Real products, checked out on the spot.
Traced back to the tap
Every sale is traced to the tap it came from, so the bartender who recommended it gets the credit.
Who it's for
Bartenders first. Everyone else around them.
Built by bartenders, and you come in after a conversation. It's a working space: a place to get things done, compare notes and help each other. The trust you've built stays yours wherever you work next.
Ask your bartender. If they're on the network, tap their card and see what they recommend.
We're selective about who's on the network. If your product is something bartenders would put their name behind, tell us about it.
We're building deliberately and we're glad to talk. Reach out and tell us what you have in mind.
Built by bartenders
Made by people who work the bar.
The In Crowd Network was started by Rich Goll, a bartender with an idea that may help all of us. It's meant to be a place for bartenders to get things done together, and to be helpful to the people who trust them.
Get in touch
Let's talk.
Bartender, brand, guest, investor or just curious. Pick who you are and the form adjusts.
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