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Creator Info Center

Everything you need to know about creating, selling, and managing your maps

How It Works

Your guide to creating and managing maps

Creating Maps

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  • Create custom maps with your curated places and recommendations
  • Add detailed descriptions, categories, and eye-catching cover images
  • Set your own prices and keep up to 80% of revenue
  • No minimum or maximum limit on the number of places per map

Managing Your Content

  • Update and improve your maps at any time with real-time changes
  • Track sales and map performance from your dashboard

Getting Discovered

  • Your maps appear in browse, search, and category pages
  • Quality maps get featured placement
  • Build your creator profile and attract followers

Payments & Stripe

How you get paid for your creative work

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Payment Processing

  • Powered by Stripe Connect for secure, reliable payments
  • Connect your Stripe account to start receiving payments
  • Automatic payouts directly to your bank account
  • Full transaction history and reporting in your Stripe dashboard

Revenue Sharing

  • You keep 80% of every sale
  • Platform takes a 20% fee to maintain and improve the service
  • No hidden fees or subscription costs for creators

Setting Up Payments

  • Click "Connect Stripe" in your dashboard to get started
  • Complete Stripe's onboarding (ID verification, bank details)
  • Once verified, you can start selling immediately
  • Payouts typically arrive in 2-3 business days

Example: If you sell a map for €10.00, you receive €8.00 after the platform fee (20%).

Terms, Rules & Quality Guidelines

Standards for creating great content

Content Requirements

  • All content must be original or properly licensed
  • Provide accurate, truthful information about locations
  • Use high-quality images (own photos or licensed stock photos)
  • Write clear, descriptive titles and descriptions

Prohibited Content

  • Spam, duplicate, or low-effort content
  • Misleading or false information
  • Copied content from other sources without permission
  • Offensive, discriminatory, or illegal content
  • Private property without permission

Quality Standards

  • Include proper description for each list recommended
  • Organize places in a logical order or grouping
  • Keep information up-to-date and accurate

Creator Responsibilities

  • Maintain accurate Stripe account information
  • Comply with all applicable laws and regulations

Note: We reserve the right to remove content that violates these guidelines or receives consistent negative feedback. Serious or repeated violations may result in account suspension.

Our Approach

Why PinCloud exists

PinCloud was built to make local knowledge reusable.

Finding good places in a new city shouldn't mean hours of searching, saving, and second-guessing.

We believe locals already know what's worth visiting — and that this knowledge deserves a simple, fair way to be shared.

How we think about creators

Creators are not advertisers on PinCloud.

There are no paid placements, sponsored spots, or algorithmic boosts.

Maps are shown based on relevance and usefulness — not payment.

Transparency & independence

PinCloud is an independent platform.

We don't sell visibility, rankings, or featured placements.

Clear rules, predictable processes, and long-term trust matter more to us than short-term growth.

A note from the team

PinCloud started from a simple frustration.

Every time we traveled, we ended up with dozens of open tabs, saved posts, and half-finished Google Maps lists.

We built PinCloud to turn that scattered process into something reusable — and to give locals a fair way to share what they already know.

We're building this platform slowly and intentionally, with clear rules and no sponsored content.

— Melda & Onat & Carlos

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