Business directories have served bricks and mortar retailers well since the Yellow Pages were invented in 1886, but technology is moving on, and a brief description of what your shop sells is no longer good enough. The modern consumer is looking for a specific product, and their first question is: Where can I buy it?

AskTheLocal is a "local shopping search" that lets people find specific products in your bricks and mortar shop. Similar to online shopping search sites like Amazon and Kelkoo, we show your products' pictures, prices, and descriptions, but our difference is that we use geospatial search technology to bring local consumers to your shop door, to buy your products in person.

Key Benefits

• Most targeted local advertising format available because it targets the right consumers looking for your exact products near your shop
• Make your shop and products visible on other search engines, through our service, even if you do not have a website
• Costs less and earns more return on advertising spend

Here is an example of what one of your products in the search results would look like:

• No annual fee - instead you top up an account which is charged each time one of these links are clicked: (a) Shop Hours (b) Phone Number (c) Map and Directions (d) Read more
• See tangible results - you can view reports of which links were clicked
• Try before you buy - you start with £5 worth of free advertising on your account