Curated sponsorship opps + auto-applies for student creators
University students in the creator economy struggle to secure brand sponsorships because brands prioritize established full-time creators over time-constrained students.
CampusDealFlow aggregates student-friendly brand deals from social/ads/emails and auto-fills applications using your profile. Get daily alerts on campus-specific opps, submit with one-click, and nurture leads to close. Solves discovery and application time for busy students.
University students aspiring to monetize as content creators in the creator economy
Auto-application bot + campus geo-filtering for hyper-local deals
professional
Daily curated opps from 50+ sources, filtered for students
One-click submit using your pre-filled profile data
Push/email notifications for new matches by niche/uni
Follow-up email sequences for unresponsive brands
Store reusable app data like stats/media
Filter deals by campus/city
Weekly summaries of applies/replies
Pull live stats from IG/TikTok
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| uni_location | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| media_links | jsonb | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| source_url | text | No |
| budget_min | int | Yes |
| expires_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| deal_id | uuid | No |
| status | text | No |
Relationships:
/api/dealsFetch filtered deals
/api/apply/:dealIdAuto-apply to deal
/api/alertsGet user notifications
/api/followupSend nurture email
/api/profileUpdate profile
No auto-apply
20 applies/mo
None
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 180 | 3.5% | $170 | $2,040 |
| Month 6 | 1,100 | 9% | $2,664 | $31,968 |
Discover & submit to curated opps daily—save time, land deals as a uni creator.
Scrape Twitter for student creators complaining about deals, DM with free trial; post in Facebook uni creator groups; run $50 Reddit ads targeting college subs.
Deal board
Manual, no auto-apply/student filter
Automation + geo-targeting
Discovery
Analytics-focused, not opps
Apply automation for students
Deal data moat from aggregation; user apply data improves matching
Explosion of micro-deals; tools like Zapier enable easy aggregation
Scraping TOS violations
Use APIs + partnerships
Deal quality
User voting + curation
Success: 60 signups
Success: 20 applies
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