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Join the Shop Local Revolution in Columbus with CityTr.ee.
"Let's make shopping local the first choice for everyone in Columbus."
Unlock the power of citywide business recommendations to boost yours sales and grow your business.
At CityTr.ee, we're redefining how local businesses grow and thrive—by connecting local businesses with each other and the community. Imagine a citywide collaborative network where local Columbus businesses recommend each other to each other's patrons, boosting visibility and sales for everyone involved. That's CityTr.ee. Now, you can be part of this exciting movement where local businesses recommend you to the residents of Columbus.
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Why Join CityTr.ee?
Your business deserves to be known, but with so many residents in Columbus, getting noticed by all your potential patrons can be difficult, time consuming and expensive.
CityTr.ee makes it easier by leveraging the power of local business recommendations and smartphone referrals, ensuring that your business becomes well known throughout Columbus.
By displaying QR coded Shop Local flyers throughout their locations, dozens to hundreds of Columbus local businesses can recommend your business directly to their patrons and walk-by shoppers, boosting your sales.
Then their patrons and walk-by shoppers use their smartphones to refer your business to their friends, family and coworkers, growing your business.
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It’s NOT eCommerce—It’s Better
CityTr.ee isn’t just another online marketplace. It’s about real-world connections. CityTr.ee directs people to your physical location (or website or phone number) for purchasing directly from you. No middleman, no hassle—just more customers coming through your door.
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MUST READ
Boost Your Business in 3 Easy Steps
Boost Your Business in 3 Easy Steps
1. Launch Your CityTree
2. Receive Business Recommendations
3. Receive Smartphone Referrals
1. Launch Your CityTree
To get started, you create a simple one-page webpage known as a CityTree for showcasing your business, products, and services. Your CityTree also recommends non-competing local businesses helping them gain visibility, boosting their sales—collaboration is the key to everyone's success!
A. Add your business details. Add products and services including photos. Add discount pricing to create special offers. You’ll have a fully functional CityTree up and running in minutes.
B. Select non-competing local businesses to recommend within your CityTree—collaboration is the key to everyone's success!
C. Display your QR coded Shop Local flyers throughout your location enabling your patrons and walk-by shoppers to launch your CityTree onto their smartphones.
(be creative to drive more people to your CityTree)
Your QR code launches your CityTree onto their smartphones—boosting your sales as shoppers find all the products and services you added within your CityTree.
"Your CityTree also recommends non-competing local businesses helping them gain visibility, boosting their sales—collaboration is the key to everyone's success!"
2. Receive Business Recommendations
you do no work
Within their CityTrees, dozens to hundreds of local businesses can recommend your business, as well as, all the products and services you added within your CityTree—recommending you to:
Their patrons.
Walk-by shoppers.
Visiting tourists.
Columbus residents.
Dozens to hundreds of local businesses can recommend your business to their patrons and walk-by shoppers—boosting your sales—you do no work—just more customers coming through your door.
3. Receive Smartphone Referrals
you do no work
By scanning the QR coded Shop Local flyers of the dozens to hundreds of local businesses recommending you (and your flyers too), shoppers place your business, as well as, all the products and services you added within your CityTree onto their smartphones for purchasing directly from you—boosting your sales—you do no work—just more customers coming through your door.
With your business on their smartphones, thousands to tens-of-thousands of shoppers will instinctively refer the products and services you added within your CityTree to their friends, family, and coworkers—growing your business—you do no work—just more customers coming through your door.
That's how a larger volume of the residents of Columbus discover your products and services.
That's how your business grows while you help non-competing local businesses thrive—collaboration is the key to everyone's success.
The price? You choose based on the value you receive—$0, $10, $20, or $30 per month—no gimmicks no contracts.
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"We’re not just encouraging people to shop local—we’re encouraging a boycott of big retail, keeping Columbus vibrant and unique."
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Affordable, Flexible Pricing
What makes CityTr.ee even more unique? Our voluntary pricing model! You choose how much to contribute based on the value you receive—$0, $10, $20, or $30 per month. You’re free to adjust or cancel at any time. No contracts, no hidden fees—just pure value based on what you feel is fair.
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7 Ways to Increase Revenue
1. Boost In-Location Sales: Educate current patrons about all your offers.
2. Patron Referrals: Your loyal patrons use their smartphones for to refer you to their friends, family, and coworkers.
3. Unlimited Business Recommendations: Boost sales as an unlimited number of local business recommend you via their CityTrees.
4. Unlimited Smartphone Referrals: Grow your business as an unlimited number of shoppers who discovered you via other businesses' CityTrees, refer you to their friends, family, and coworkers.
5. Recommendations Beyond Columbus: Local businesses in Columbus and surrounding areas can recommend you to their patrons and walk-by shoppers, generating sales throughout your entire marketing area.
6. Priority Bonding: Conscientious shopper who are passionate about shopping locally will see your "Shop Local" flyers knowing you too share their passion for community, forging a bond between you and them—making you a priority to shop, a priority to refer.
7. Instant Special Offers: Instantly promote your deals on dozens to hundreds of CityTrees throughout Columbus and beyond, instantly reaching thousands of shoppers and educating them of your special discounts.
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Who Can Join?
Whether you own a boutique, restaurant, yoga studio, hair salon, or anything in between, CityTr.ee is designed for local businesses of all types. From bakeries and barber shops to florists and fitness clubs, CityTr.ee brings the community together, helping local businesses flourish.
Built for and run by Hair Salons, Hair Stylists, Beauty Salons, Beauticians, Nail Salons, Nail Stylists, Makeup Artists, Barber Shops, Barbers, Photo Studios, Photographers, Women's Boutiques, Shoe Stores, Clothing Stores, Restaurants, Bakeries, Coffee Shops, Florists, Lighting Stores, Furniture Stores, Paint Stores, Auto Repair Shops, Auto Detailers, Dentists, Optometrists, Chiropractors, Weight Loss Centers, Dermatologists, Acupuncturists, Day Spas, Fitness Clubs, Yoga Studios, Martial Arts Studios, Dance Studios, Men's Tailors, Seamstresses, Image Consultants, Appliance Shops, Repair Shops, Computer Services, Printing Services, Tax Prep Services, Music Stores, Hobby Shops, Veterinarians, Pet Groomers, Dog Walkers, Carpet Cleaners, Window Cleaners, Landscapers, Plumbers, Handymen, Home Contractors, House Painters, Wallpaper Hangers, Electricians, Maid Services, Bike Shops, Sports Stores, Thrift Stores, Jewelry Stores, Book Stores, Art Galleries, Interior Designers, Music Venues, Wedding Services, Food Trucks, Breweries, Sports Bars, Wine Bars, Deli Markets, Farmers Markets, Bed And Breakfasts, Travel Agencies, Souvenir Shops, Candle Shops, Novelty Shops, Gift Stores, Antique Stores, Candy Shops, Ice Cream Parlors, Pizza Parlors,
and many many more.
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Ready to Thrive?
Join us and become part of a community-driven movement to help local businesses, like yours, thrive while keeping money in the community. We’re not just encouraging people to shop local—we’re encouraging a boycott of big retail, keeping Columbus vibrant and unique.
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Launching your CityTree is quick, easy, and risk-free. Choose your voluntary pricing—$0, $10, $20, or $30 per month—and start connecting with local businesses and customers across Columbus.
Support the Campaign
Know other local businesses that would benefit from CityTr.ee? Share the revolution by spreading the word! Let's make shopping local the first choice for everyone in Columbus.
Share this link with local businesses.
www.citytr.ee/shop-local
Mark, Founder of CityTr.ee
As a sole proprietor myself, I created CityTr.ee to fight back against the devastation of big retailers and help local businesses thrive. Join me in this movement to shift sales towards local businesses and create a brighter future for Columbus.
Let’s grow together!
P.S. Shop local—boycott big retail.
