Cityhome

Cityhome is an online marketplace with a mission — to empower small businesses and their surrounding communities. Cityhome also matches consumers with the product that they're looking for from a small business as close to their home as possible to save in shipping time, money and carbon footprint. Small businesses focus on solving problems and supporting charities that largely impact local communities. Cityhome's goal is to decrease the carbon emissions seen in traditional ecommerce by matching consumers with the product that they're looking for as close to their home as possible. The platform also automatically matches consumers with the product that they're looking for from a business as close to their home as possible to save in shipping time, money and carbon footprint.We knew that in order to convince small businesses to join Cityhome, we would need to make the onboarding process as simple as possible. To test Cityhome's functionality, we partnered with small businesses with manufacturing capability and who were otherwise closed to make face shields using an open patent. The original product listing for shoppers to "Donate a Face Shield" still exists in our backend as a reminder of how we started.Cityhome creates a unique e-commerce shopping environment that highlights what's missing from traditional online shopping - the journey of discovery, the enjoyment of product curation, and the value of supporting a small business and their community.