Overview FAQ

It’s an on-line service which allows consumers order items from a wide range of various retailers nearby in your area.
It’s a new sales channel for retailers to sell their items on-line. If they do not currently have the ability to sell on-line this will now open the door to selling their items on-line on a 24 x 7 basis.
The consumers will find it easier to have a single common way of placing orders across different stores.
It will be promoted across the community with a view to build awareness and allow consumers to support local retailers by buying locally.
It includes an optional same-day delivery service so consumers will receive delivery much faster – within hours of placing their order.
It does for retailers what the website booking.com does for hotels and guest-houses.

To promote the use of local retailers instead of using on-line retailers who are located outside of your area or even outside your country.
To encourage a local retail ecosystem / self-supporting bubble
To empower local retailers with eCommerce capabilities if they do not already have such ability to now sell on-line on a 24 x 7 basis.
To allow retailers harness the power of same-day delivery which should increase the level of purchasing done on-line and locally.
To develop a stronger local community and allow it function far better in the event of another Covid type challenge where travel is restricted and consumers may feel isolated.

YES. For any retailer who does not have a website now then ShopNearBuy will be providing a new website for each retailer at no up-front cost.
If any retailer does have a website already but does not have any eCommerce capability (cannot sell their items on-line) then ShopNearBuy will also be providing a new eCommerce facility for each retailer at no up-front cost.
The only amount that ShopNearBuy will charge a retailer is a % fee on any orders processed through this new website. This fee covers the provision of the website with eCommerce capability, marketing &sales to drive orders to the retailer’s website and on-going support with the site.

NO. If , for whatever unlikely reason, the retailer does not process any orders (e.g. if the shop was closed temporarily) then no sales commission will be charged. There are no charges other than a commission on orders processed through the ShopNearBuy site.

There are a number of major business benefits of a same-day delivery service
it brings predictability that the order will be delivered to the consumer on the same-day that it is ordered.
This results in a far better service to consumers and a better buying experience.
Experience with same-day deliveries have shown that the level of packaging and preparation is far less onerous than with other forms of delivery. As the packages will be travelling point-to-point (direct from the retail premises to the consumer) there is less need for sophisticated package protection. There is also NO need for formal labelling of the package and any reasonable description of name and address of the consumer will be sufficient. This should help speed up order preparation.
Delivery costs do not tend to vary with the size and/or weight of the package – it’s normally a fixed cost for each package.

The retailers can benefit by:
Now having a website with eCommerce capability which they may not have had up to now.
Having additional sales revenue driven through this new promoted sales channel.
Allowing the retailer participate in on-line ordering 24 x 7. This is becoming the leading means of buying by consumers.
Allowing consumers to more easily buy locally instead of buying on-line from organisations outside your area / country.
Allowing retailers to harness the power of a same-day delivery service (see above for the benefits derived from a same-day delivery service).
The consumers benefit by:
making it easier to locate local retailers to meet their everyday buying needs
having the option to have deliveries made on a same-day basis
having real-time delivery tracking
having a single buying process across a wide range of retailers
The local economy benefits by:
increasing the overall level of buying sourced from local retailers
delivering orders faster
engaging with local delivery drivers to make deliveries
a more self-sufficient commercial ecosystem
having a stronger local community and allowing it function far better in the event of another Covid type challenge where travel is restricted and consumers may feel isolated.
reducing the amount of packaging paper and materials used