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Bombay Brew Café
Juhu West, Mumbai
2 Reels
3 Stories
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Ankita Sharma
Food & Local
18.4K Followers
18.4K Followers
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FAQs
Mela was built for you specifically. Businesses on this platform aren't looking for celebrities or mega accounts - they want creators with real audiences, local presence, and genuine content. Your 8,000 engaged followers in Pune are worth far more to a Pune cafe than a 500k fashion account in another city. On Mela, your size is never a disqualifier. Your niche, your city, and your authenticity are what matter.
When you cold DM a brand on Instagram, you are interrupting them with no context, no structure, and no guarantee they're even open to collabs. On Mela, every business has already posted a brief - which means they have already said yes to the idea of collaborating. You are not pitching into a void. You are walking into a room full of businesses that are actively looking for someone like you. Apply in seconds, and let them come back to you.
Yes. Businesses on Mela post collabs across three formats: paid, barter, and affiliate. When you browse the feed, you can filter specifically for paid opportunities and skip everything else. You'll only see what works for you. That said, if you're early in building your portfolio, barter collabs with the right brands can open doors that paid opportunities follow. Entirely your call. Mela just gives you the choice.
Across food and beverage, fashion, beauty, fitness, lifestyle, and more - from local cafés and salons to D2C product brands. The format varies too: some businesses want a single Instagram Reel, others want Stories, some want a YouTube feature. Paid, barter, and affiliate deals all exist on the platform. You filter by what fits your niche, your city, and your preferred collab type - and only apply to the ones that actually excite you.
Every collab you do through Mela is a piece of content, a brand association, and proof of work - all of which compound over time. Businesses discover you through your profile, which means the more collabs you complete, the stronger your presence on the platform becomes. Beyond that, working with brands that genuinely fit your niche means the content you create actually resonates with your audience - which grows your engagement, not just your portfolio.
Absolutely. And you're in good company. Most businesses on Mela start with barter - a free meal, a complimentary service, a product to keep. If your business has something worth experiencing, that's all the currency you need. Post your barter collab brief, set your expectations clearly, and let creators who genuinely want what you're offering come to you.
Sign up free, post your first collab invite free, and receive your first application free. No card required. You only upgrade when you want to unlock all your applicants or run multiple campaigns at once. By that point, you've already seen Mela work. You're not paying to try it - you are paying to do more of it.
Because on Mela, you never reach out at all. You post your collab brief once - your brand, your offer, what you're looking for - and creators apply to you. No cold DMs. No being left on read. No chasing. Every creator who lands in your inbox has already read your brief and decided they want in. The dynamic is completely flipped.
Look through their profile, pick the one that feels right, and message them directly. That's genuinely it. Mela gets you to the moment of connection. Everything after that happens between you and the creator, however you prefer to communicate. No platform sitting in the middle, no mandatory workflow to follow. You stay in control.
Every creator profile shows you their niche, active platforms, follower count, and portfolio of past work. You can see exactly what kind of content they make and who their audience is before you decide anything. Nobody gets shortlisted unless you choose them. And since creators on Mela are actively applying, not passively waiting to be discovered, you are already dealing with people who are motivated, engaged, and looking to collaborate seriously.