Hounslow Chamber has just been made aware of an organisation called ShopAppy, it is a website/app, where you can order on line from your local independent shops.
The independent businesses collaborate with either click and collect or local delivery. Although we need to be cautious that we do not raise expectations too high and local businesses are swamped by demand in the current climate.
Message from ShopAppy:
This is a quick guide to getting started. We hope it helps. You can have only one business on or them all.
If you want to go ahead, happy to help you - Jackie
07920 045108
Here's how to get started
1. Register your organisation on
shopappy.com/vendor
this will mean we can create your area on the platform
2. Identify a potential free or flat fee delivery option or be the delivery (taxi, bike, local businesses offering delivery) and introduce them to us
3. If possible identify a local phone line that can be promoted in press, on social media etc.
Example communications template to local businesses via email or facebook
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, (name of organisation) are implementing the ShopAppy.com scheme. We urge our businesses to get involved.
Shopappy is an online market place that supports shopping locally, even if you have to stay at home. In normal circumstances it is a browsing tool with built in click and collect. Due to Covid-19 the team have implemented a delivery solution.
If you don’t have an e-commerce business already, this is an opportunity for you to make that step and keep your business trading during these troubling times.
If you do have an e-commerce business already, please do take a look at how you can feature here as we are offering delivery within a 5 mile radius and working together will help market the whole town.
This is an opportunity for businesses to come together and support one another as an online market place, delivering what customers need.
To be involved:
2) Click on the green button at the bottom to register as a vendor.
3) Fill in your details and select the pay later button.
4) You will receive info and some videos to help get you started and if you have any problems you can email
info@shopappy.com
or contact us directly.
We suggest you start by offering bundles or packs for instance:
- food parcel
- craft pack
- health care pack
- reading pack
- A music pack
- self care pack
- dinner date pack
- cocktail party kit
- date night in
- family meal pack
PLUS a voucher for people to order, to buy now but to enjoy later, which may help your loyal customers to support you as footfall and custom drops and gives us all something to look forward to after the outbreak. Here is an
example
You are the experts in what you can offer, so think about what those in isolation might need, and offer this through our
ShopAppy.com
tool.
Founder of ShopAppy.com, Jackie Mulligan says “We hope and expect this pandemic will end soon, and that we can minimise the long-term impacts of permanently lost businesses when the peak is over. This gives us all a chance to spend local even if we cannot visit the businesses in person right now.”
