Ecodia
Locals.
A map that makes choosing the local option easy, with a reward you redeem at the counter before the timer runs out.
The challenge
Plenty of people would choose the local shop over the chain if it were easy. It rarely is: you do not know what is near, there is no reason in the moment, and loyalty schemes cost the merchant a cut they cannot spare. The intent is there; the nudge is missing.
What we built
Locals makes the local choice the easy one: a map of what is near, and a reward you redeem at the counter with a six-character code before a five-minute timer runs out. Customers pay nothing and the platform takes nothing; merchants set their own reward. The map is the nudge, the counter is the payoff.
The platform takes nothing
Most local-loyalty apps monetise the merchant. Locals does not. The merchant sets the reward, the customer pays no fee, and the platform takes no cut. The honesty is the pitch.
Customers pay nothing. The platform takes nothing.
How we worked
Locals is live on both stores and the web, and its web app leans on Glovebox for directions, one Ecodia product carrying another. The economics are deliberately clean: no customer fee, no platform cut.
What it adds up to
Live on the App Store, Google Play and the web, running a real Sunshine Coast merchant cohort.
Customers pay nothing and the platform takes nothing, so the local choice carries no toll.
The web app embeds Glovebox directions, so choosing local and getting there are one flow.
An Ecodia product.
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