Websites for shops and local retail
Your hours and your address, accurate, on a phone, five minutes from your door.
A neighbourhood shop is rarely searched for from afar. People look for you because they are already on the next street, because they wonder whether you are still open, or because they want to know if you have what they need before making the trip. All three searches happen on a phone, standing up, in under a minute.
That is why a retail website is judged first on three boring things: accurate opening hours, an address that opens directions in one tap, and a clear idea of what you stock. The rest — the story of the house, the producers, the photos — comes afterwards, and is there to create desire rather than to inform.
We build these sites for shops, grocers, florists and maker-retailers in Vevey, La Tour-de-Peilz and around.
What it includes
Opening hours you can trust
Including closures, public holidays and summer hours. A wrong opening time does more damage than having no site at all.
An address that opens directions
One tap and the map opens. With the nearest parking when it is not obvious, because that is often what decides.
What you stock
Not an exhaustive catalogue: the aisles, the ranges or the specialities — enough to know whether the trip is worth it.
The rhythm of your year
Seasons, deliveries, holidays: a page that can change four times a year without us re-invoicing you.
The website and the Google profile work together
For a shop, a good share of searches never reach a website: they stop at the Google profile on the right of the screen. That is where hours, reviews and directions are read. Many shopkeepers conclude that a site is pointless. The opposite is true: the profile and the site feed each other.
The site is what gives Google the material to fill in the profile and push it up — a real name, a real address, categories, products, consistent pages. Without it, your profile stays one line among many. With it, it becomes the first result for the people who are three streets away.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a shop website cost?
The Showcase pack is CHF 1,000, fixed price: three pages, your hours, your address, what you sell and the launch.
Can I sell online?
That is a different job and a different budget. Before going there, the real question is whether your customers would buy at a distance what they come to you for. Often the answer is no — and a page that brings people into the shop earns more.
My hours change with the season.
The Complete pack includes an area where you change them yourself in two minutes. On the Showcase pack, we can also set up summer and winter hours from the start.
I already have a Facebook page and a Google profile.
That is already good, and it keeps working. The site reinforces them: it gives Google more to rank you on, and it stays yours the day a platform changes its rules.
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