Give them a place to start.
Share your Avenue address through your website, social profile, or a QR card at your counter. Their visit starts at your door.
YOUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE INTERNET
Your next customer
could be your
neighbour’s customer.
You bring your people. Your neighbours bring theirs.
Together, we give more people a reason to discover your business.
Starting in Ottawa. Free to request an invitation.
YOUR LITTLE CORNER
OF THE INTERNET.
OF THE INTERNET.
THE STUDIO
JQ SOLUTIONS
COFFEE & CO.
F O U N D E R S A V E N U E
Every business brings people. Every visit can open a door.INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES. A SHARED OPPORTUNITY.
Bring your people.
Help them meet ours.
Every business has a circle of customers, followers, and friends. The Founders Avenue is being built to connect those circles through thoughtful introductions. Someone arrives for your business and finds another reason to stay. Someone else’s visitor could find you.
Meet our neighbours.
Visitors explore complementary businesses through storefront introductions. Our preview shows how a website project can lead to design, photography, and more.
More ways to be discovered.
The aim is a community where businesses introduce customers to one another. We’ll test real visits and inquiries with the founding group.
TRY A SAMPLE CONNECTION
One visit.
A few new possibilities.
Start at JQ Solutions. Open “Meet our neighbours” and follow the introductions. There’s always a way back.
01 / THE FIRST DOOR19
JQ Solutions
A customer comes to explore a website for their business.
Meet JQ’s neighbours ↗02 / A NEW DIRECTION13Studio Mira
They discover a designer who could help shape the brand.
Explore the sample studio ↗03 / ANOTHER POSSIBILITY17Paper Plane
A photographer could bring the people behind that brand into focus.
Meet the sample photographer ↗Illustrative journey. Studio Mira and Paper Plane are sample businesses; these connections are not endorsements or confirmed partnerships.
A NEIGHBOURHOOD YOU CAN EXPLORE
Come for one.
Discover another.
Stroll past the storefronts, follow a discovery walk, or go straight to a business. Open its door and meet its neighbours.
Walk the Avenue ↗TRY NOW Meet our neighbours in the sample storefronts
OPEN NOW Founding invitation requests
UP NEXT Public storefronts & business-selected recommendations
PLANNED Shared campaigns & referral reporting
HELP BUILD THE FIRST CIRCLE
Your business.
In good company.
Bring your story and the businesses you’d love people to discover. We’re gathering independent owners to shape the first neighbourhood together.
- Request a founding invitation.
- Tell us what you do and who you serve.
- If invited, help shape a community of useful introductions.
Starting with Ottawa, welcoming interest from other places. Applying is free. Registration and optional monthly Pro membership will be explained before activation. No payment is collected now.
A few good questions.
Why join if I already have a website or Google Business Profile?
Keep them. The Avenue is designed to add another path to your business: people discovering you through neighbouring businesses and their audiences. Our founding pilot will test how those introductions turn into visits and inquiries.
Does shared audience mean sharing customer lists?
No. Businesses share a link or QR code with their own audience. Visitors choose where to explore. Joining does not give other businesses your customer list.
Are these real business recommendations?
The connections shown now are illustrative. Most preview storefronts are fictional. Business-selected recommendations and public business publishing are planned for the founding launch.
Does joining guarantee more customers?
No. The aim is useful discovery, and results will depend on visitor interest and participation. We’ll measure the founding pilot before making claims about traffic or sales.
Will there be a business view?
Yes. Business workspaces are being prepared for invited owners. This first launch accepts invitation requests; account sign-in, public storefront publishing, recommendation management, and referral reports are not yet available.
Is this a mobile app?
You can explore on your phone today through this mobile-friendly website. A dedicated mobile app is planned for a later stage.