About AOA

AOA (Act of Attraction) brings spaces and events to life. We connect people in real places around the city: in cafes, bookshops, coworkings, bars and at events.

For the people who run these places, AOA is working infrastructure: ticket sales, check-in at the door, a guest CRM, mailings, analytics, table booking, loyalty programs and a Telegram bot integration.

Why AOA

We're on a mission to get people out more

Life gets better when we leave home, find ourselves among people and live something together. People rarely lack the wish to go somewhere; they lack a reason. AOA creates those reasons: find a place, see an event, know who is already nearby, come, meet someone, stay a little longer than planned.

• People matter more than screens: a good scenario ends when someone puts the phone down and talks to the person next to them.
• Real connections matter more than the number of contacts: one conversation in person can be worth more than a hundred swipes.
• AOA does not meet people for you. It makes the signal clearer, the moment safer and the first step a little easier.
• Places should bring people together: not just places people come to, but places where people meet.

Before every new feature we ask one question: will this help a person leave home, be among people or make real contact easier? If not, we probably don't need it.

Culture

AOA builds a culture around support for people, personal responsibility, strong execution and absolute focus on the user.

What we believe

• Getting out of the house is good for you.
• Being among people matters.
• Meeting in person is worth it.
• Technology should help this happen more often.

Getting out makes us happier.

What we do

• For people: Open the map, pick a place and meet the people who are there right now.
• AOA Connect: Every morning at 08:00, one chance to meet in person: one person or a group, 24 hours to decide, a meeting at a real venue.
• For event organizers: Tickets, payments, check-in and analytics: the whole event in one place.
• For venues: Bring in new guests and win back regulars with rooms, NFC and offers.
• For spaces: List your space for free: a page, online booking, a CRM and Telegram.
• Integrations: Monobank and LiqPay for payments, Poster for the till, Nova Poshta, Diia, Telegram and other services AOA works with.

How it works

A space's room is visible only to people who are there right now: they tap their phone on the NFC sticker on a table or check in at an event. People show interest with a honk, and contact appears only when the interest is mutual.

• Private by default: there are no public profiles. A person is visible only to those who are in the same space or at the same event right now.
• Money doesn't pass through us: payments for tickets and goods go straight to the space's or organizer's account through bank acquiring. AOA does not hold the funds.

Who is behind AOA

AOA was created by Zakharii Melnyk, founder and full-stack developer. He built the product on his own, from the first line of code to a working platform. AOA was founded in 2025; the team works in Kyiv.

The founder on social media: LinkedIn · GitHub · YouTube · Instagram · Threads · Telegram · Product Hunt

Company

The platform is operated by Individual Entrepreneur Melnyk Zakharii Volodymyrovych. Full company details, addresses and terms for sellers are published in the merchant agreement.

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