Back the indies. Bag the deals.
locolie brings back your high street. Find real discounts from independents near you, tap to reveal the offer and redeem it at the till - and keep the corner cafe, the family butcher and the indie salon thriving. Live in Newcastle now, rolling out across the UK next.
Real discounts on your doorstep
Find independents on a live map, reveal real discount codes, redeem at the till, save your favourites and get a nudge when there's a deal near you.
Find local dealsDrive footfall, then keep them coming back
List free and post offers that pull real footfall through your door. Every redemption captures a customer you own, so you can message them in real time by email, SMS and push - all from one dashboard.
Live in Newcastle, coming to your town next
The problem
Indies are brilliant. Getting noticed isn't.
The chains and online giants have apps, loyalty cards and ad budgets. The indie down the road - better coffee, fairer prices, bags more character - has a chalkboard and a lot of hope. locolie evens things up.
Footfall drifts to the chains and out-of-town retail. Indies lose the discovery game before they start.
Most indies can't stretch to ads or an app, so loyal locals never even hear about their offers.
They serve hundreds a week but capture none of them - no way to bring a single one back.
Why locolie
One app. Your whole independent high street.
Built for the way people really discover, and the way small shops really run.
Live local map
A clean map of the independents around you - just the indies, none of the chains crowding the view.
Real, redeemable discounts
Genuine money off, not gimmicks - and every redemption is tracked, so footfall is proven rather than guessed.
Loyalty that follows you
Collect stamps and unlock rewards at your favourite indies. Progress is tracked automatically by the codes you redeem - no plastic card to lose.
Smart, instant search
Filter by distance, category, rating, open-now and offer type. Find exactly what's near you, right now.
Email, SMS and push that land
Nearby shoppers get pinged about fresh offers; retailers bring regulars back in real time. Reach you don't rent from Big Tech.
Free to start, fair to grow
Retailers list free, forever. Upgrade only for more reach - no contracts, cancel anytime.
Find something for...
Tell us the occasion and we'll point you at the right indies.
Explore
Every kind of indie.
From your morning coffee to your MOT - browse the categories we cover in Newcastle NE1.
On locolie now
Real indies, real discounts.
A few of the 119 Newcastle indies already live in the app.
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For Paws
See it live
A real, fast, properly handy app.
119 real Newcastle indies, live right now. Open it full-screen and it works a treat on any device.
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Live map & feed. Every indie near you - names, categories and offers on the pin.
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One-tap redemptions. Reveal a code, scan at the till, saving applied instantly.
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Fast & lightweight. Optimised images and lazy loading - it flies, even on mobile data.
Tip: open it, then resize your browser - it’s one responsive app for mobile, tablet & desktop.
The secret weapon
The customer data the chains have - finally for the indies.
Every time a shopper redeems your offer, locolie captures them as your customer - name, email, how often they pop in. It's the first-party data the chains built loyalty empires on, that indies have never been able to get. Now you can reach them in real time by email, SMS and push.
94 opted in to marketing
Case studies
Indies, winning.
How real NE1 indies use locolie to pull in footfall and keep customers coming back.
Food & Drink
A Quayside café
“A “20% off before noon” offer filled our quietest hours. We captured 140 regulars in a month - now we just text them when the cakes come out of the oven.”
Hairdressers
A Grainger St barber
“New-client cuts via the app, then automated win-back texts at the 5-week mark. Our chairs are full and the rebookings run themselves.”
Fitness
An independent gym
“Free class taster on locolie, push notification to anyone within a mile. We turned taster sign-ups into members for the price of zero ad spend.”
Illustrative results from early locolie pilots with indies in Newcastle NE1.
The difference
Everything the chains have, without becoming one.
For shoppers
Three taps to a real local discount.
Discover
Browse a live map and feed of indies near you - by category, distance and offer.
Reveal the code
Tap an offer to reveal its one-time code. Real discounts from the indies, not the chains.
Redeem at the till
Show your code, the shop scans the QR, the saving applies instantly. Done.
For retailers
Get found by locals. Start free.
Claim your free listing in minutes and upgrade only when you want more reach. No contracts.
Free
Everything you need to get found and start posting offers.
- Listed in search & map
- Publish offers
- QR redemptions
Featured
Stand out in the feed and search, plus a monthly email feature.
- Everything in Free
- Featured-rail placement
- “Sponsored” badge
- Priority in search & map
- Monthly email feature
Premium
Maximum reach: top placement, push notifications and analytics.
- Everything in Featured
- Top placement
- Push to nearby shoppers
- Unlimited email campaigns
- Analytics dashboard
The team
Three founders who love their high street.
Equal partners, one mission: bring back the indies and keep them thriving.
Tom
Co-founder
Product & engineering - building the app shoppers actually want to open.
Joe
Co-founder
Growth & business - getting locolie into every NE1 shop window.
Roddy
Co-founder
Operations & partnerships - keeping local indies on side and onboarded.
Your high street, in your pocket.
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Have a proper go in your browser right now.
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