Our impact mission

Buy better. Buy human. Buy local.

Loyaltie exists to move everyday spending toward the people who make things, and to keep more of that money in the communities that earn it.

Who we're for

Open your Loyaltie store

Real makers sell on Loyaltie today

The shift we want

The same things you already buy, from people you can name.

Coffee, skincare, snacks, pet food. Everyday purchases add up to a huge amount of money. Where it goes shapes who gets to build a business and what our towns look like.

Lilie's fresh roasted coffee bag — Coffee

Skout Organic oatmeal chocolate chip cookie — Snacks

Bone-shaped dog biscuits cooling on a rack — Pet food

Mass commerce

3 steps

You
Platform
Warehouse
Factory

Many steps, many hands, and a maker who is easy to forget. Money drifts away from where people live.

Human commerce

1 step

You
The maker

One step. You know who made it, they know who bought it, and the money stays close to home.

What we are working toward

Three kinds of impact we measure ourselves by.

The purchase choice on a Loyaltie product page: Regular delivery every month, or Buy once

A fairer economy

Independent makers earn a living directly from their work, with predictable income from regulars instead of one-off sales.

The Roost Roastery booth at a local market in Matthews, NC

Stronger local communities

Every purchase from a nearby maker supports a local job, a local supplier and a local story worth telling.

A delivery box waiting on a doormat at a front door

Better consumerism

People buy fewer things made far away and more things made with care, on a plan that fits how they actually live.

The makers behind it

Real makers. Real faces. Real stories.

Every product on Loyaltie comes from a person or a small team who put their name on it. These are some of the makers who sell on Loyaltie today.

Chef's Kiss

Lupin pasta

Roost Roastery

Matthews, NC

A stack of Dudley's chocolate almond toffee

Dudley's Toffee

Beech Grove, IN

Impact, in pictures

This is what better buying looks like.

Not warehouses and logos. Hands, kitchens, tables and doorsteps. The people and places your money reaches when you buy local.

A table set with small-batch sweets and drinks — A table set with things made by people you can name

A hand holding a Chef's Kiss pack in a field of lupin flowers — The maker behind the label

Pantry staples from a nearby kitchen

Kraft gift bags of sea salt caramels — Gifts that arrive with a story

Hand-cut biscuits cooling on a wire rack — Small batches, made by hand

Follow the money

One purchase, and where it goes.

1
You buy something you already buy
Coffee, snacks, skincare, pet food, from a maker instead of a mass producer.
Coffee
Snacks
Skincare
Pet food
2
The maker is paid directly
No retailer in the middle taking the margin, so more reaches the person who made it.
The maker
3
It circulates nearby
Ingredients, packaging, helpers and rent are bought close to home.
Ingredients
Packaging
Helpers
Rent
4
Someone else gets to start
A healthier local economy has room for the next maker to begin.