Invest in West Tenth

50% of all small businesses operate from home. They usually start with just a social media page,
where they quickly get buried in social media noise.

Those with websites are rarely ‘search-engine optimized’ for local traffic. Local service directories like Angi and Thumbtack focus on home remodeling and repair professionals, not small creatives.

The result is that we are blind to the vibrant, creative services and goods produced in our very own neighborhoods.

That means millions of small, creative businesses are operating from homes all around us, BUT there has been no easy way for us to see or engage with them. UNTIL NOW!

We've created a marketplace that allows people to connect with locally-made products & creative services.

From home bakers to party planners, family photographers, home organizers, artists, and more. West Tenth is aggregating creative small businesses in towns all around the U.S. and bringing visibility back to local businesses.

We started West Tenth - partly because we realized some of our favorite businesses operate from our communities' kitchens, bedrooms, and garages.

We were frustrated with how difficult it was to find the businesses we love so much. They aren't usually visible in the first pages of a Google search, and combing through noisy social media groups was too much work and too many steps. So, our team got together to create a marketplace where creative experts & businesses are aggregated and where time-strapped households like ours can find them.

We've built tech that not only allows you to see the local creative businesses all around you, but also manages communication directly with small business owners through messaging and transaction completion.

With West Tenth, you can find, interact with, and pay small business owners all in one easy, convenient location.

Small businesses from all 50 states (and several countries!) have applied to be part of our marketplace - sending us a strong signal that West Tenth is needed everywhere.

We charge no listing fees or upfront capital to be on our platform.

Unlike other local service platforms, we don’t charge our business owners for customer inquiries that don’t turn into sales. 

Our incentives are fully aligned with the small business owners we serve.

90%+ of our small business owners are women - which means we're impacting underserved business owners in a big way.

We've collected the perfect dataset of previously un-indexed small businesses to apply the latest artificial intelligence technology to.

We are building AI-powered custom concierge services for local commerce and making ‘conversational commerce’ come to life.

Estimates on the number of home-based small businesses range from 16 Million up to 20 Million. Approximately 2/3rds of all home-based businesses need or want local customers, which means the opportunity is enormous!

• Implement AI applications to transform the way consumers find and interact with local small businesses;
• Onboard thousands more home-based micro businesses in regions where we are already seeing organic growth;
• Market to consumers to grow sales in regions where we have a high concentration of local small businesses.

We've been featured in national publications, numerous local newspapers, and local TV news outlets, all excited about the visibility we're adding to local businesses that don't have physical storefronts or ad budgets.

In 2023, We were recognized as one of the top 100 companies in Utah championing women-owned businesses.💟

West Tenth is the first and only platform of its kind. 

We know - an online marketplace for hyper-local services and goods from your neighbors feels like it should’ve been invented already - with so much available at our fingertips, why hasn't it?  

• Unlike Etsy, West Tenth is truly hyper-local, and it’s not limited to crafts (although we have those adorable things too).
• Unlike Angi & Thumbtack, our focus isn't on repair and remodel contractors. We highlight the creative, collaborative small business owners all around us who make life a little easier and a lot more beautiful.
• Unlike Facebook and Instagram, West Tenth is all the community connection without the social media drain.

Marketplaces like ours are getting snatched up by larger companies for BIG exit amounts. West Tenth could be next, and you could be a part of it!

We're here to remind you that some of the most interesting, talented creators, makers, and entrepreneurs live right in our communities.

An investment in West Tenth is an investment in independent expertise, custom services & products made by hand, and community connection.