E-commerce platform launched

A NEW local e-commerce platform has launched to help small independent food drink retailers across north west Wales

Siop.io is a bilingual platform that has been developed over the past year in order to provide a better way for independent retailers across Gwynedd and Anglesey to reach their local communities.

Restaurants, pubs and takeaways will also shortly be able to benefit from the service.

North Wales software consultancy Kodergarten have developed and built the interactive platform.

The hope is that small independent food retailers will be able to sell online in order to sustain their cash flow and revenue during the Covid-19 crisis in the face of intense competition from supermarket click and collect/delivery services.

Paul Sandham of Kodergarten said: “There are all sorts of apps and sites that appeared to list individual businesses, but nothing to support independent food businesses and their local customer base to actually buy anything online and support the fulfilment of the order for both business and the customer.

“We wanted place and location to be at the core of what we developed. Where you live helps to determine which business you can buy from.

“It’s meant to help your local baker, deli, butcher to sell and deliver produce to their customers in the nearby village.

“It’s been more than eight months since we started work building siop.io and we are excited to have recently launched the platform with the assistance and support of Menter Mon.”