Digital
NearbyNow
A local services tracker that helps residents find, compare and return to trusted nearby providers, and see who is actually available right now.
Built on Professional Services
What was added
- NearbyNow brand identity
- Repeat-use household tracker emphasis
- Live Availability app
Price £6,495
The price includes the app listed below.
At a glance
- Type
- Ready-made business
- Business type
- Local digital product
- How it runs
- Solo
- Premises
- Not required
- Staff
- Optional
- Revenue
- Mixed
- Typical customer
- Households that want a trusted local services directory they actually reuse
- What you'll need to start
- £1,500–£4,000
- How easy it is to launch
- Moderate
- Room to grow
- High
- Location
- Local
What the business does
NearbyNow publishes a curated local services directory and a personal tracker. Residents save providers they trust, see last-used dates, and check live availability before they enquire. Revenue comes from featured listings, partner introductions and optional household membership.
How it makes money
- Resident searches or browses a local category
- Saves a trusted provider
- Requests a booking or introduction
- Provider fulfils the work
- NearbyNow records the relationship
- Repeat use
primary
Featured provider listings
Local businesses pay for category presence.
secondary
Introduction fees
Paid introductions where the category supports it.
additional
Household membership
Optional tracker and reminder features.
The numbers
These are our estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn.
Year 3 income, base case (estimate)
£122,949
Typical sale (estimate)
£49
Gross margin (estimate)
78%
Break-even point (estimate)
35 active featured providers
How much work it can handle
One operator can manage a town-scale directory
Chance of repeat income
Medium
Forecast at a glance
Directory models are sensitive to local sales effort and provider retention. The preview uses conservative featured-listing uptake, not marketplace GMV.
Year 3 income (estimate), base case: £122,949
Light blue shows income, grey shows costs and dark blue shows profit. Each point is one month, from month 1 to month 36. Year 3 income adds up months 25 to 36. The labels at month 36 are that month's income, costs and profit. The £ amounts are estimates to help you plan. They aren't a promise of what you'll earn. Where an estimate would be below zero, we show £0.
Income by year (estimate), base case
- £30,366
Year 1
- £61,103
Year 2
- £122,949
Year 3
What you get
Commercial
- ✓ Business Model
- ✓ Service Structure
- ✓ Pricing Model
- ✓ Customer Profiles
- ✓ Market Positioning
- ✓ Competitor Framework
Planning
- ✓ Business Plan
- ✓ Financial Forecast
- ✓ Startup Cost Model
- ✓ Break-Even Model
- ✓ Launch Plan
Brand
- ✓ Business Identity
- ✓ Logo
- ✓ Colour System
- ✓ Typography
- ✓ Brand Assets
Digital
- ✓ Website
- ✓ Domain Setup
- ✓ Business Email Structure
- ✓ Analytics
Sales
- ✓ Customer system
- ✓ Enquiry Pipeline
- ✓ Quote Process
- ✓ Customer Onboarding
Operations
- ✓ Step-by-step guides
- ✓ Process Maps
- ✓ Customer Documents
- ✓ Quality Controls
Marketing
- ✓ Launch Marketing Framework
- ✓ Social media post designs
- ✓ Core Website SEO Structure
- ✓ Review Process
Optional extras
Base: NearbyNow £6,495
- Marketing Pro +£750
Expanded marketing strategy and launch plan.
- Company Setup +£350
Company formation support and launch administration.
- Ongoing Support +£95/month
Ongoing technical and operational support.
- Apps See the apps
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- Customisation
Additional work beyond the standard Factory specification.
Apps included
Live Availability
Designed around NearbyNow. Concept: see who is free nearby on a live map, then send a booking request.
Customer Records
Give customers a single place for bookings, documents, invoices and messages.
How it works
1
Chat
Tell us what you have in mind. We'll talk through what fits, what it costs and what's included before you commit to anything.
2
Agree
We send you a written order. You pay half to get started.
3
Shape your idea
Together we decide who your customers are, what you'll sell and how you'll price it. We agree that before any design work starts.
4
Build
We create your brand, plan, website and systems, and check each stage with you as we go.
5
Hand over
When everything's ready, you pay the other half and we give you all your files, logins and access.
This one was built on Professional Services. You can start from that Base and make your own version.