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Services Provided

Shop Local Delmarva is a community-centered digital platform built to connect 10,000+ local businesses, delivering instant discovery, smooth onboarding, and reliable performance across iOS, Android, and the web.

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Mobile App

Development

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UI/UX Design

& Development

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Web Portal

Development

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Integration

& Admin Tools

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About Shop local

Shop Local Delmarva is passionate about supporting small, family-owned businesses. They recognized the struggle these businesses faced in gaining visibility despite offering remarkable products and services. Today, it supports hundreds of local businesses, helping them manage listings, and grow their visibility online.

The Mission & the Make

AppVerticals built a digital home for local businesses, developing a platform tested across 75+ prototypes and 1,500+ business listings, capable of handling 50,000+ monthly users, delivering sub-second search results, and enabling business owners to update listings instantly without friction.

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Country

Delmarva Peninsula (USA)

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Industry

Local Business Directory/ Community Commerce

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Work Duration

6 months

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Team Composition

7-Member Design, Engineering & QA Team

From Queues to Quick Wins

From Queues to Quick Wins

Notify users of new business enrollments and alert owners about payments.

Ensure smooth syncing between mobile, web, and backend services.

Provide an admin panel with full visibility and control for the client.

Build an onboarding flow that enables businesses to create listings in minutes.

Real Queue Challenges

Invisible Local Businesses

Invisible Local Businesses

Many shops lacked a digital presence, making discovery difficult.

Complex Management for Owners

Complex Management for Owners

Updating details required technical knowledge, which discouraged participation.

Fragmented Discovery for Users

Fragmented Discovery for Users

People relied on word-of-mouth, outdated lists, or scattered social posts.

No Admin Oversight

No Admin Oversight

The client needed a secure, centralized admin panel to maintain quality.

Unique Solutions We Delivered

We designed a fully integrated platform empowering local businesses to scale digitally while giving users a fast, reliable, and intuitive discovery experience.

15,000+ users accessing listings

15,000+ users accessing listings

Avg. search results delivered in <1 sec

Avg. search results delivered in <1 sec

1,500+ listings managed without support

1,500+ listings managed without support

100% of updates monitored and approved

100% of updates monitored and approved

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Breaking Down the Process

Research

Research

Design

Design

Development

Development

AI Integration

AI Integration

Deployment

Deployment

Stats That Tell the Story

Businesses Registered

Businesses Registered

300+

Faster Discovery Time

Faster Discovery Time

45%

Crash-Free Sessions

Crash-Free Sessions

97%

Business Self-Onboarding

Business Self-Onboarding

80%

The Tech Stack Powering Shop Local

Frontend
Backend & APIs
Cloud & Infrastructure
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React Native

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.NET Core

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Azure

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Google Cloud

The Word On Us

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AppVerticals not only designed a fast, intuitive app and web portal but also built a strong dashboard that allows us to manage hundreds of listings independently. The search and filtering are lightning-fast, and the entire system has been rock-solid since launch. Their team tackled every technical and usability challenge with professionalism. We couldn’t have asked for a better partner.

Founder

Shop Local
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Bring your neighborhood to everyone’s fingertips

Empower local businesses with a platform they’ll love with AppVerticals