10 pm, out of milk
A neighbour checks if you're open
It's 10:40 pm and there's no milk. Your Space says you're open until 11, so they walk over instead of driving across town.
Your own app for your convenience store. We make it. You just say yes.
Tell us your hours, what you carry and the services people come in for. In about 3 days you get a link to your free preview. Like it? It goes live. Don't like it? You walk away.
$299 a year once it's live. 3 branded QR codes included.
- Check your preview on your phone, between the morning rush and the evening one
- Nothing goes live without your OK
Your previewReady in ~3 days
- Your hours
- What's in store
- Services you offer
- This week's deals
Cost of preview$0
You approve → it goes live
See it before you pay
One price. You only pay if you say yes.
- Free previewYour preview, ready to look at in about 3 days
- Up to two rounds of changesTell us what to change, in plain words
- Your callSay yes and pay $299 a year, or say no and pay nothing
The preview is free. Billing starts only after you say yes.
After that, your Space stays online and your QR codes keep working. Holiday hours changed? Update them yourself from the app. A few more neighbours stopping in every week pay for it many times over.
One simple price
$299per year
Less than $25 a month
- We design, write and set up your corner store Space
- Hours that are always right, holidays included
- What you carry and the services people come in for
- Weekly deals, posted from your phone
- 3 branded QR codes for the door, the counter and receipts
Neighbours never sure if you're open?
Convenience is the whole point. People want to know you're open, you have it and you're close, before they put their shoes on.
- "Are you open?" calls at night Hours in your Space
- Nobody knows about your services A list they can find
- No time to set it up We make it
- Paying up front The preview is free
Hours, always right
Early, late, holidays: the first thing people check.
What's in store
Coffee, snacks, groceries basics, cold drinks, hot food.
Your services
ATM, parcel pickup, bill payments, propane, whatever you offer.
Now hiring
A job page with an application form, straight to your email.
In a corner store's week
Where your own Space actually helps
A parcel to pick up
People find your services
A parcel notice is stuck on the door. Your list of services shows you're the pickup point two blocks away, and they come in that evening.
You need a new clerk
Applications arrive by email
You share the job page; applicants send their details and availability, and you skip the paper forms.
Hours, services and deals
Open now, close by, and the services people don't know you have
Nobody plans a trip to the corner store. It's 10 pm and there's no milk, or a parcel is waiting, or the bank machine down the street is out of order. In that moment people look for the nearest store that's open, and the one whose hours and address are clear online wins the walk.
Hours matter more than anything. Your regular hours, your holiday hours and any changes, updated yourself from your phone. A neighbour who trusts your Space stops calling and starts walking over.
List what you offer beyond the shelves: coffee and hot food, an ATM, parcel pickup and drop-off, bill payments, propane exchange, phone top-ups. Each service is a reason for someone new to walk in, and most people don't know you have them.
Add a page for this week's deals and one for jobs. Deals bring regulars back; a job page with a short application form means you hire from the people who already shop with you, without a stack of paper forms behind the counter.
Your QR codes, included
Put your Space where your neighbours look
Your Space comes with 3 branded QR codes, ready for print. Point a phone camera at one and your Space opens, nothing to download.
ReceiptsThis week's deals and your hours
The counterServices and deals, scanned while they pay
Neighbourhood flyersNew neighbours find their closest store
Now hiring signApplications go straight to your email
A screen behind the counter?
A screen that sells while people wait to pay
Every customer looks up at the counter while they wait. A screen there can show this week's deals, hot food and coffee specials and the services you offer, and switch to a hiring notice when you need staff.
- This week's deals, changed from your phone
- Coffee and hot food, morning and evening specials
- Your services, ATM, parcels, bill payments
Most smart TVs with a web browser can show it, with no extra box. You change what's on screen from your phone, using the same photos and videos as your site, and a QR code on screen lets people book or save an offer on their own phone.
Compared
Where neighbours find a store today
Each of these shows you exist. None of them says what you have and when you're open, in your own words.
Google Maps listing
Good forBeing found nearby.
Leaves outHours often out of date, and no room for your services or deals.
Delivery apps
Good forOrders from people at home.
Leaves outFees on every order, and the app owns the customer.
The sign on the door
Good forPeople already passing by.
Leaves outNobody sees it from their couch.
Word of mouth
Good forYour regulars.
Leaves outNew neighbours still search before they walk over.
Yours
Your own store Space
Hours, services, deals and job applications, under your store's name.
Show me my Space
How it works
Four steps. We do the heavy lifting.
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Tell us about your business
Your hours, what you carry, the services you offer and a photo of the store.
A few minutes -
We make your free preview
Written the way people search: "convenience store open now", "corner store near me". You get a link to open on your phone.
About 3 days -
You look, we adjust
Something off? Point it out in plain words and we adjust the preview.
Up to two rounds -
Say yes, or say no
Yes: you pay $299 a year and your Space goes live. No: tell us why, and you pay nothing.
Your call
Before you say yes
What convenience store owners ask us
Can I change my hours myself?
Yes, from the app, in a minute. Do it before every holiday and your Space is always right.
Can people apply for a job through the site?
Yes. The job page has a short form for their details and availability, and it lands in your email.
Can I post weekly deals?
Yes, from the app, as photos or a short list. Regulars check them; the QR code on receipts brings them back.
We offer parcel pickup and an ATM. Should those be in our Space?
Yes, plainly listed with the hours. Parcel pickup alone brings in people who'd never have stopped otherwise.
Is a Space worth it for a small corner store?
It's how new neighbours learn you're open and what you have. One page with your hours and services already does most of the work.
Can I show hot food and coffee specials?
Yes, on their own page with photos and times, like breakfast sandwiches until 10 or two coffees for the price of one.
Can I start with just a digital card?
You can. Identity Space gives you one screen with everything people need to call you or save your contact, plus a QR code, for $199 a year. All you need is a phone. Move up to a Showcase Space whenever it makes sense.
Does my Space help with Google?
It gives Google something solid to read: a section for each service, your neighbourhood and your contact details, built to load fast on phones. Nobody can promise a position for "convenience store near me", and anyone who does is guessing.
When does billing start, and is anything extra?
Billing starts the day you say yes: $299 a year. Until then you pay nothing. The one extra is your own domain name (like yourstore.ca), bought separately if you want one.
See a free preview of your convenience store Space before you pay anything.
Send us a few details. Your free preview is ready in about 3 days.
- The preview is free
- All you need is a phone
- Up to two rounds of changes
- $299 a year only if you say yes
1999–Now
Online since 1999, and still in business. Today it's personal apps, QR codes and screens for people who work for themselves, with one goal: make it easy for the people they serve to find them and call. Read our timeline →