Your merchant list goes stale the day you publish it
A shop changes hours, another closes, a new one opens. The PDF on your website was accurate in March. Keeping it current is nobody's full-time job.
White-label neighborhood apps
Your district, in everyone’s pocket.
Fynd builds and runs the mobile app for business improvement districts and main street organizations — your branding, your merchants, published to the App Store and Google Play, managed from one dashboard. No developers, no app store accounts, no maintenance on your side.
Live now in Fishtown District · Philadelphia, PA
Directory
Every merchant
Updated by
Owners
Published by
Your team
The gap
Districts do the work. The information never quite reaches the street.
The newsletter only reaches people already paying attention
Your most engaged residents open it. The visitor deciding where to eat, right now, three blocks away, never sees it.
You are asked to prove impact without any data
Boards and funders want to know what the district's outreach actually did. Open rates on an email do not answer that question.
What you get
A complete neighborhood app, already built.
Not a template you have to fill in. These are the features running in a live district today, configured for yours.
Interactive map
Every business in your district on one map, clustered as visitors zoom and sorted by what is closest to them.
Business directory
Listings with one tap to call, get directions, open a website, or share — so foot traffic actually finds the door.
News and events
Publish neighborhood news and event listings from the dashboard. They appear in the app immediately.
Deals
Run promotions across your merchants and give residents a reason to open the app on a Tuesday.
Owner-claimed listings
Business owners claim their own listing with proof of ownership, so your directory stays current without your staff chasing updates.
Push notifications
Reach the whole neighborhood on the lock screen — a street festival, a weather closure, or a merchant's flash sale.
Newsletter signups
Collect email subscribers in the app and grow the list you already send to.
Usage analytics
See which listings, articles, and events people actually open — and which taps turn into calls and directions.
Website embeds
Drop your events or deals onto the website you already run, pulling from the same content you publish once.
How it works
From first call to the app store, without a dev team.
Brand it
Your name, your colors, your district boundaries and categories. The app ships as yours, not as a Fynd product with your logo in the corner.
We build and publish
We handle the builds, the App Store and Google Play submissions, and the updates after launch.
Your team publishes
News, events, deals, and businesses go out from one dashboard. Invite staff, set roles, work in parallel.
Merchants keep it current
Owners claim their listings and maintain their own hours and details. Analytics show you what residents actually use.
The honest comparison
You could commission your own. Here is what that means.
Plenty of districts have gone out to bid for a custom app. It can work. It is worth knowing what you are signing up for.
Commissioning your own
A custom build
- ×An RFP, vendor selection, and a board approval cycle before any work starts
- ×Your organization owns the Apple and Google developer accounts, and the annual renewals
- ×Every OS update is a maintenance contract or a broken app
- ×You are the first district to find each bug, because nothing else runs the code
Running it on Fynd
A platform already in service
- ✓The app exists and is running in a district today; yours is a configuration, not a rebuild
- ✓We handle store submissions, updates, and the developer accounts
- ✓Improvements built for one district reach every district
- ✓Your staff manages content, not infrastructure
Who it is for
Built for the organizations already doing this work.
You already publish a newsletter, keep a merchant list, and field questions about what is open. Fynd puts all of it where people actually look.
Business improvement districts
Main street and downtown organizations
Chambers of commerce
Merchant and neighborhood associations
Cultural districts and arts corridors
Tourism and visitor bureaus
Questions
The things boards ask first.
How long does it take to launch?
The build itself is not the long pole — the app already exists and is configured for your district. The schedule is usually set by how quickly we can get your business list in good shape and how long Apple and Google take to review the submission. We will give you a realistic date on the first call rather than a number on a website.
What does it cost?
We will always work with you to find a solution that fits your budget, so the first call starts with what your district actually has to spend. Cost depends on the features you want, how many businesses you plan to onboard, and how effectively you are able to get those businesses to engage with the platform. A directory no owner has ever logged into is a different product than one where merchants post their own deals and events. Any figure published here would be wrong for most of the people reading it, so tell us what you have to work with and we will tell you plainly what fits and what does not.
Do we need someone technical on staff?
No. If your team can publish a newsletter or update a website, they can run the dashboard. There is no code, no app store account to manage, and no build process on your side.
We already have a website. Does this replace it?
No, and it should not. The app is for the person standing on the street with a phone; your website is for everyone else. You can embed your events or deals back into your existing site so you publish once and both stay current.
Who owns the content and the data?
Your district's content is yours. We do not sell it, and we do not use resident data for advertising — the app collects anonymous usage analytics and only receives personal details when someone deliberately submits a form. The specifics are in our Privacy Policy, and ownership terms are covered in the agreement we will walk you through.
What happens if we stop working with you?
This is a fair question to ask any vendor, and it is worth putting in writing rather than on a landing page. Ask us on the call and we will walk you through exactly what happens to your listings, your content, and the app itself.
How do merchants get on the app?
We start from the list you already keep. From there, owners can claim their own listing by submitting proof, which lets them maintain their hours and details directly instead of emailing your staff.
Can we see one that is actually running?
Yes. Fishtown District is live in Philadelphia, PA and is the same platform your district would run on. We will walk you through it screen by screen on a call.
Book a demo
See it running before you take it to your board.
Tell us about your district. We will walk you through the live app, what launching would involve, and real pricing for your size.
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A working app, not a slide deckWe screen-share the district that is live today.
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Numbers you can bring to a boardA written price scoped to your feature set and business count.
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No pressureIf it is not the right fit, we will say so on the call.