Seventeen years ago, iPhones became a part of our lives, and the first delivery apps soon followed. These new ‘digital partners’ promised local businesses all over the world ‘new additional income streams’ to go with their existing ones.
The delivery apps were sold as the “future”, the new must have. They offered zero or next to nothing commission for the first six months, so millions of local businesses thought they had nothing to lose and signed up.
The old income streams, which allowed small businesses to retain 100% of their income, started to dry up. Takeaway meals practically died and dine-in sales dropped, all superseded by app delivery sales with more and more expensive commissions, which would eventually rise as high as 38%.
While delivery apps established themselves, online giants undercut high street outlets to create more and more online sales. When Covid brought most of the world to a stop, online sales and deliveries took off. Those deliveries now stand at around 5.9 billion a year in the UK, with 1.4 billion of them returned.
Local businesses have tried everything to try to break free and compete with the apps and online giants, but no one has found a solution. Until now.
Step to Shops is the solution. We are the ethical alternative to online giants and delivery apps, offering a unique platform that allows local businesses to retain 100% of their income while encouraging consumers to shop locally, directly and more sustainably supporting: communities, health and the environment.
We empower local shops and businesses with a marketing package designed specifically to compete with apps and online giants so that they can retain 100% of their income. At the same time, we enlighten consumers to the real story behind big tech and ask them to make a more ethical decision on local purchases.
With our UK roll out, we aim to reduce UK online deliveries by 30%. That’s 1.7 billion less deliveries a year over the next five years.
This will bring local walk and buy shopping back to the norm, and deliver huge benefits to local economies and communities, and to the environmental.
While Tech is a wonderful thing that can be used for good causes, we believe that making more use of local shops and businesses is better for everyone.
We charge no commissions, have no apps, no subscriptions and no contracts.
We offer simple flat rate packages most businesses can afford, starting from £35 a week.
One of our principal methods of promotion is leaflets delivered by hand on foot with no additional vehicles.
On our quest to bring ethical shopping to the world, we believe we are doing something with massive potential and for a genuinely good cause, supporting millions of businesses and our environment in the process.
Will you be the the first to cover this amazing journey as we start to bring ethical shopping and Step to Shops to London and the UK? Do you see a story in the making?
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