Getting Small Businesses Online for the Lockdown
Get set up on our platform and start taking orders and payments today with your own pop-up ecommerce store for small businesses.
Perfect for cafes, restaurants, caterers, street food pop-ups, breweries, beer shops and more.
An Ordering Platform for Local Businesses
To help out our much-loved local businesses during Covid-19, we’re launching TheLocal.Delivery – a new website to manage your online collection or delivery orders.
Rather than taking a cut from each order you receive, we only require a one-off setup fee to get you started. We set you up to receive orders so you can focus on the prep and delivery!
We’re trying to make this affordable and accessible as possible for everyone, out of a genuine desire to do what we can to help. Set up is a one-off fee of £50 ex VAT, and we’re making exceptions for non-profits and social projects.
Please do just talk to us if you have any questions or concerns!
How it works:
For a one-off cost of £50 ex VAT, you get:
- Space on our new thelocal.delivery domain, with your own custom profile page: thelocal.delivery/your-name-here
- Free hosting while the quarantine lasts.
- A product/menu listing and order form that goes to the email address of your choice, or a PayPal checkout for online payments.
If you do want to use PayPal checkouts, there will be PayPal fees – but these are much lower than most third party apps.
What we do: get you set up on the platform so you’re ready to receive orders.
What you do: prep your products/food and deliver them to your customers/get them ready for customer collection.
… it’s as easy as that!
What we’ll need from you:
- Logo
- Short bio
- Address and contact details
- Opening hours
- Details of how you will deliver OR details of how your customers can collect
- Your product list/menu with prices for every item
- All product pictures you want to use
- The email address you want orders to come to
- PayPal Business ID for payment
The basic terms and conditions:
We’ll set you up with a page and a profile to log in and make changes. While we’ll add your initial product list for you, you’ll be responsible for updating it with anything new.
There’s no stock control function at this point – you’ll have to keep track of it yourself, we’re afraid.
We’re also just a platform – handling payments, refunds and delivery logistics is all down to you. We don’t offer a courier or delivery service. We just wanted to make the process of taking orders as simple as possible, without having to rely on a third party app, or doing it all over the phone or on Facebook messenger.
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“The lockdown due to COVID-19 has left many bars, cafes and restaurants with limited options – eliminating footfall completely. Many have had to quickly move towards delivery or takeaway options to ensure cashflow at this difficult time.
Splitpixel’s solution involves free hosting during lockdown, and costs a one-off fee for the businesses signing up.”
Who are we?
TheLocal.Delivery is built by Splitpixel Creative – a Huddersfield-based digital agency who have been comfortably working from home during the Covid-19 crisis, and were honestly feeling awful on behalf of our mates who run or work for small, independent businesses.
We usually work with businesses of all shapes and sizes across the UK, delivering bespoke web design, WordPress development and digital marketing services.
Learn more about us, if you wantJoin TheLocal.Delivery
Businesses using TheLocal.Delivery
Arcade Coffee & Food
Huddersfield-based cafe serving a vegan menu (rotating daily), Darkwoods Coffee, Magic Rock beers and home made jams, with meal deals.
Click here
Asparagus Green
Just Heat from Asparagus Green Catering in Lepton, Huddersfield. Affordable, home-cooked meals delivered chilled, ready for cooking or freezing.
Click here
Feast & Social
Battersea/Lewisham-based deliveries of fresh fruit, veg, herbs and dry groceries from local wholesalers. They’ve even got pasta!
Click here
Smokin’ Street Food
Make Your Own Pizza Kits! Delivered to your door in the Basingstoke area. Keep your eyes peeled for fresh pizza deliveries.
Click here
Luncheon Muncheon
Street food pop-up providing delicious BBQ deliveries for the people of Fleet.
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Brisket & Bean
BBQ Brisket and Vegan Chilli for collection in Walton, Leicestershire. Book your order for Friday or Saturday!
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Top Notch Deliveries
Groceries and comfort food in Chapel-en-le-Frith, Hayfield, New Mills, Marple, Bredbury, Romiley, Hazel Grove & Stockport.
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The Slow Food Dude
Huge BBQ cheese burgers and fries for collection for the people of Staines!
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Street Food Spain
Fleet-based street food pioneers providing No Bull Paella – order before midnight for next day delivery.
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Deliverveg
Fresh fruit, veg and groceries for delivery or collection in Bredbury, Stockport.
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Paella Escocia
Aberdeenshire-based paella for collection. Place your order in the week and head down to the paella drive-through on Saturday.
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El Toro Paella
Authentic street food paella and tapas with imported ingredients, delivering in St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, and across Hertfordshire.
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The 1in12 Club
Bradford’s most beloved members bar and music venue are offering collection takeout sessions. Keep an eye on the dates.
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