Geebiz is a business services directory that promotes local businesses in the region of Geelong, the Surf Coast and the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.
The area has suffered significant business downturn in recent years and this app is designed to provide a low-cost advertising medium for local businesses (particularly small to medium sized businesses) and an easy-to-use business directory for local residents. Rather than have local residents and businesses use global search engines and business directories when looking to make a purchase, which will often return search results from other parts of the state and country, they can use Geebiz and be guaranteed that the service providers are all locally based.
Push notification has also been incorporated into the app (using the Pushwoosh application) enabling Geebiz to promote businesses and special offers they might like to make to app users. These promotional push notifications will be limited to one per day (i.e. Geebiz businesses will have to apply to be featured on the app) and will be delivered via a scheduling application to ensure that they arrive first thing on a business day. This enables Geebiz users to take advantage of discounts and other special offers for a limited period - typically a single day.
Businesses who wish to be featured on Geebiz will be able to purchase a twelve month subscription which entitles them a single page within the app, containing a map of their location, an overview of their business, their contact details and their trading hours.
Geebiz users will be able to use browsing and search facilities to find local businesses and then to access their web site and/or to make a phone call directly from the businesss Geebiz page using a single touch of their screen.