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Closeby

A store locator map for your brand

Closeby is to store locators what Stripe is to payments - an easy way to get the UX right for your customers without the engineering hassle of getting a million little invisible things right. Configure, design & publish a store locator for free.

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Design Tools•Website Builder•E-Commerce

Launch Team / Built With

Brian McGuiness

Closeby

Maker

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Hi PH community! We built v1.0 of Closeby almost 8 years ago to solve a problem for a family member’s Squarespace site. They wanted a store locator for their website, but the options available were pretty basic and came with a lot of UX issues. So we did what design-UX nerds do best: get obsessed with the problem and iterate continuously on our (now 15k+) customers’ feedback. Today, Closeby makes a bunch of little things about the store locator experience great. Things like… - Does the map theme (colors, textures, layers, map pins) match my site UI & brand? - Is the map interaction and scrolling experience easy? What about on mobile? - How do I load a map and a bunch of locations without affecting my page’s load time? - How can I add/remove/edit my locations easily? - How do I make my visitors’ experiences frictionless for things like… - Getting directions to locations - Customizing a location’s call to action - Serving visitors the sites nearest them (…without invading their privacy) - **Can I solve all of these UX challenges for my site visitors without becoming a mapping engineer?** Closeby is our proposed solution to all of those problems (and a few others as well 🙂). I’d love for you to check it out if you need a store locator. **It’s free for up to 5 locations**, so you can test it out and make sure it fits your use case without having to put in a credit card.

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10mo ago

Joseph Abraham

SaaS for Greater Good

@closeby_brian Congrats on the successful launch! Wishing you a future filled with success and innovation. What’s been your biggest motivator throughout this journey?

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10mo ago

Brian McGuiness

Closeby

Maker

@dash4u hi! We have businesses with 50k+ locations - and location management at scale is pretty simple, you can do so in bulk via a CSV or Google Sheet.

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10mo ago

Nathan Herald

new.space

@closeby_brian great work and congrats on 2.0! I hope even more of the merchants I shop with will use Closeby so it will be easier for me to find their locations.

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10mo ago

Brian McGuiness

Closeby

Maker

@myobie thank you!

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10mo ago

Kyrylo Silin

Telebugs

Hey Brian, How does Closeby ensure smooth performance on various devices and screen sizes? Do you offer any features to help businesses showcase special promotions or events at specific locations? Congrats on the launch!

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10mo ago

Brian McGuiness

Closeby

Maker

@kyrylosilin thank you! It handles responsiveness to various screen sizes quite well - if I had to guess, Closeby views are probably 60% mobile / 40% web, and it's pretty well-optimized for both. Plus, there are a few settings users can play with to dial the UX in even more for their customer base's preferences. Special promotions at certain locations - there are several ways to do this, from highlighting special pin colors / custom icons for certain locations to custom buttons to link users a promotion or event.

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10mo ago

charles　shiro

Felo

Really interesting concept, @closeby_brian! I'm curious about a few things: how does Closeby handle the need for scalability when a business grows beyond the initial 5 locations? Also, what kind of feedback have you received on the mobile experience—are there any specific challenges users commonly face? Lastly, are there any plans to integrate with popular e-commerce platforms for smoother setups? Can't wait to see how this evolves!

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10mo ago

Brian McGuiness

Closeby

Maker

@charles_ thanks! Past 5 locations, most of our customers use a CSV or Google Sheet to manage locations in bulk. Mobile experience - it's _pretty_ good. The key challenge of course is the ability to scroll a map AND your page with a finger, and we have a few settings that help a user optimize that experience for their customer base. E-comm platforms - yes! We've got an app integration with Shopify and Wix, so customers can install us directly that way as well.

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