Completed
Step 01Product prototype
Retailer and customer workflows, interface concepts and operating model defined.
Our story
Built from the daily reality of retail operations.
Shopper's Mate is retailer checkout and Reward's Mate is the connected customer experience. The product is an MVP in development and we are preparing an initial Brisbane retailer pilot. Nothing on this site should be read as validated, live-store performance.
MVP in development. Initial Brisbane pilot planned.
Our mission
Give independent retailers a connected customer and data advantage.
Independent retailers deserve the same connected checkout, loyalty and customer insight that larger chains already use. Shopper's Mate is being designed so that checkout, the shared Reward's Mate network and everyday retail activity all live in one workflow, instead of scattered across disconnected tools.
From the founder
Tanmay Somani
Founder, Shopper's Mate · Brisbane, Australia
Founder Tanmay Somani has worked at checkout and managed grocery operations, including stock, ordering and dead-stock control. That experience exposed the gap between the daily reality of independent retail and the disconnected systems many teams are expected to use.
With a background in computational data science and computer engineering, he is building Shopper's Mate around a practical principle: record every sale reliably, make loyalty easy at checkout and earn the right to add intelligence from real retailer data.
- Direct founder access during pilot
- Setup help with products, tax and loyalty
- Direct input into the product roadmap
Brisbane, Australia
First location
Brisbane first, then Australian retailers next.
We are preparing a small, founder-supported pilot with a concentrated group of independent retailers in Brisbane. The goal is to test checkout speed, customer scanning, reward use, store workflows and retailer reporting inside real trading conditions before widening access.
We are not operating in other cities or countries. Broader Australian availability is a later phase, once the pilot has produced real feedback and the product is ready to support more retailers well.
Pilot focus
- Checkout speed and staff usability inside a real shift.
- Reward's Mate scanning, points earning and eligible reward use.
- Direct founder support during pilot onboarding and store testing.
- Retailer reporting that reflects only that store's own data.
What we believe
Retailer-first
Every product decision starts from real retail operations, not a theoretical dashboard.
Honest about stage
Shopper's Mate is an MVP in development. We show illustrative previews and label what is planned versus in place.
Practical intelligence
We only add data and AI features once retailers have enough real activity for them to be useful.
Brisbane first
We are preparing a small founder-supported pilot with retailers in Brisbane before expanding elsewhere in Australia.
Build the transaction first.
Add intelligence from real data.
A practical roadmap for building, testing, and scaling a retail platform shaped by real stores.
Building, testing, and scaling with real retailers.
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In progress
Step 02MVP development
Checkout, catalogue, customer scanning, points ledger, digital receipts and initial reporting.
Planned
Step 03Brisbane retailer pilot
Test checkout speed, scan rate, reward use, retailer workflows and customer understanding in real stores.
Future
Step 04Intelligence and expansion
Develop deeper inventory, campaign and forecasting capability from measured transaction data.
What the roadmap deliversBuilt with real retailers.
Built with real retailers.
Measured through real outcomes.
Faster checkout
Less friction at the counter
More repeat visits
Rewards that bring customers back
Smarter stock decisions
Less waste and fewer missed sales
Stronger local businesses
Practical technology for independent stores
Retailer pilot
Help shape a connected rewards network for local retail.
We are preparing an initial Brisbane retailer pilot with independent businesses willing to test the checkout and rewards experience in a real operating environment.