The visitor cannot ring you, and that is the point
A foreign line calling a Kenyan number means roaming charges and a format they are unsure of, so a great many simply will not bother. Messaging costs them nothing and works the moment they find wifi. For a business on this coast that is the difference between reachable and theoretical.
- A WhatsApp button that opens a chat with you
- Your own page with its own web address
Local customers are checking too
Before anybody sets off for the shop they want to know whether you have it and whether you are open. Answering that in a chat turns a browser into somebody who arrives intending to buy.
- Photos of your goods, your shop or your work
- Listed under your category and your city
December is the heaviest month on this coast
Tourism peaks in December and it arrives alongside Kenyans travelling down for the holidays, which fills the town with people who have no local recommendations and often no local number. Most of them chose where to eat, stay and shop weeks earlier, from photographs, on a phone. Being listed while that planning is happening is what puts you in it, rather than being discovered by whoever happens to walk past.
One version of a listing, free for everybody
No paid placement and no way to buy your way higher up a page, because there is no payment mechanism anywhere in the platform. A hotel and a one person business get exactly the same listing.
- Free to list, with nothing to pay later
- No commission on anything you sell
- Customers can leave a rating and a review
Be reachable before the season arrives
Free listing, one short form, and any customer can message you.
Questions
Can somebody abroad message me?
Yes, from any country, without needing a Kenyan number or paying roaming.
What does listing cost?
Nothing, and there is no commission on bookings or sales.
Should I add photographs?
Yes. For anything a visitor chooses in advance they matter more than the description does.