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Your customers trust your selection. ZOMZEY connects you with brands and makers who want your shelves and your customers, you choose what fits, and you get paid securely.
Every paid collaboration arranged through ZOMZEY should be clearly labelled as an ad, as explained in the Advertising Standards Authority’s guide to making clear that ads are ads.
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Your shelves carry trust. Let's help them earn more.
An independent retailer offers something brands can't buy easily, a curated, trusted store and the loyal customers who shop it. Makers would love placement, features or stocking, but matching the right products to your shop, and being fairly rewarded for promotion, is mostly word of mouth and rep visits. ZOMZEY opens the door. Brands and makers post real, paid opportunities, featured placements, window displays, stocking deals, and you choose only the products that genuinely fit your store.
How it works for independent retailers
It’s simple. Browse opportunities from brands and makers wanting your shelves and customers. See a product that genuinely fits? Make your offer and set your terms, a feature, a display, a stocking arrangement. If they choose you, you deliver it, and you get paid securely through the platform. You stay in control, you only ever take on products that truly fit your store and your customers.
What makes ZOMZEY different
On ZOMZEY, you’re valued for what you actually deliver, real footfall, real customers, real sales, not follower count. Every deal you complete builds your verified track record, and the stronger it grows, the higher you rank and the more brands seek you out. Every Member is verified and every deal is funded through ZOMZEY Protected Payments before you start. We built ZOMZEY so independent shops get rewarded for the trust and footfall they’ve built.
Who you'll work with
All kinds of Members come to ZOMZEY wanting your shelves and your customers.
Indie Product Makers
Makers wanting trusted physical placement they can't easily arrange alone.
Food & Drink Brands
Brands wanting shelf space and features in speciality retail.
Beauty & Cosmetics Brands
Brands wanting placement and features in relevant stores.
Home & Lifestyle Brands
Brands wanting display and stocking in lifestyle retail.
Sustainable & Ethical Brands
Brands wanting placement in conscious, values-led shops.
Craft & Artisan Brands
Makers wanting a home for handmade goods in curated stores.
Showcase your store, and we'll help it shine
On ZOMZEY, your profile is how brands find stores like yours, so we'll help you build a strong one. ZAi helps you present your store, describe your customers and footfall, present your rates with confidence, and pull your best features into a showcase. Every deal you deliver builds your verified track record automatically, lifting your ranking and bringing more brands to you. Showcase your store to be searched and found by the brands who'd love to be on your shelves.
Ready to earn more from your store?
Sign up free as a Hub, build your profile with ZAi's help, and start choosing the products that fit your store. Free to join, and you stay in control.
ZOMZEY for independent retailers: your questions
Is ZOMZEY free for independent retailers?
Yes. Independent retailers join free as Hubs, are listed in Discover free and pay commission only when a paid placement completes. Shops and Communities Pro is optional and lowers the commission once you are trading regularly; the pricing page lists every figure, and there is no listing fee and no charge for being found.
How are independent retailers paid on ZOMZEY?
The brand or maker funds the deal under Protected Payments before the display, feature or stocking arrangement starts. You deliver it, upload dated evidence such as a photograph of the window, the shelf or the event, and the payment is released to your payout method once the Member approves it within the review window.
Do independent retailers need to label paid placements?
Yes, wherever a placement was paid for, from a window or a table to a staff pick or a social post. Label it as a promotion where customers see it, and keep genuine recommendations separate. The ASA and CMA guidance linked above explains what counts, and consumer law prohibits presenting paid promotion as independent opinion.
What should independent retailers charge?
Price by footfall, the position and the time: a window for a fortnight, a till point display, a featured shelf for a month, a launch evening, a bag insert or a newsletter mention, each with a clear description and a price on your rate card. The free Earnings Estimator gives independent retailers a starting range.
What evidence do independent retailers upload?
Dated photographs of the display or event, the footfall or sales figures the offer promised, and a copy of any newsletter or social post that carried the feature. Evidence lives on the deal page, so approval is against what you both agreed rather than from memory.
How do independent retailers attract the right brands and makers?
Describe your customers and your location honestly, show past displays in your showcase, connect your accounts so your figures are validated, and keep your rate card current. Every completed deal adds a review and lifts your Star tier, which is what brands and makers compare when they choose independent retailers to work with.
Can independent retailers keep control of what goes on the shelf?
Yes. You only take on products that fit your store and your customers, you set the terms of any stocking arrangement, and you can decline anything that does not belong. ZOMZEY records the agreement and protects the payment; the choice of what to feature stays with you.
What if a brand changes the brief after I accept?
Changes are agreed on the deal page and recorded next to the original terms, so nothing changes until you both say so. If the new ask is more work, quote for it before you agree; independent retailers stay in control when the record is kept in one place.
In short, independent retailers earn on ZOMZEY by selling the space, time and audience they already have, with the payment protected until the promotion has happened. ZOMZEY brings the brands and makers to you and keeps the record.
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