Group buying, rebuilt for communities

Your neighbours
are your best
discount code

CommunityShopper lets any group — a tower block, a workplace, a sports club — pool their orders and unlock 10–35% off everyday essentials. The more people join, the lower the price for everyone.

Melbourne · live nowSydney · coming soon
Melbourne first.
We're proving group buying works in one city before expanding.
Premium Laundry Pods 40-pack
Clean Co. · Household
$43.20RRP $48.00
T1T2 · 5+T3 · 15+T4 · 30+
Tier 1 · 10% off4 more → Tier 2
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The mechanic

Simple enough for a group chat.
Powerful enough to save you hundreds.

An admin opens an order, the community pledges, the window closes, and the vendor ships. Every pledge counts toward a better price for everyone.

01

Admin opens an order

A community admin picks a product from verified vendors, sets a 3–14 day window, and shares the link. No upfront costs, no stock to hold.

02

Community pledges together

Members commit to the order. Each pledge is held in escrow — no money moves until delivery is confirmed. As buyer count rises, the price drops for everyone.

03

Deliver, confirm, save

The vendor dispatches. Each buyer confirms receipt. Funds are released automatically. Admins earn a commission. Everyone gets a GST receipt.

Sliding discounts

The more who join,
the less everyone pays

Discounts unlock in tiers. Every new buyer improves the price for the whole group — including everyone already committed.

TierBuyers neededDiscountExample — $48 product
Tier 1
1 – 4 buyers
10%
You pay $43.20
Tier 2
5 – 14 buyers
20%
You pay $38.40
Tier 4
30+ buyers
35%
You pay $31.20
Your payment is held in secure escrow until you confirm delivery. If the order fails, you're refunded in full — no questions asked.

Who it's for

One platform,
three roles

Organisers run campaigns, buyers save as neighbours join, vendors get guaranteed volume — see the steps above for how it works.

Community buyer

Join a group,
pay less together

Request an invite to your community, pledge during the window, and save 10–35% as more neighbours join. Pay only when your order ships — cancel anytime before the window closes.

Search for your suburb to see buying groups in your area, then request an invite to join.

Vendor / Supplier

Guaranteed volume,
one payout

Set tier pricing, receive itemised dispatch manifests, and get paid via Stripe once buyers confirm delivery — no ad spend, no uncertain pre-orders.

Apply as a vendor →

Where communities shop together

Any group can be
a buying community

CommunityShopper works wherever people already share something — a building, a workplace, a club, a school. If you have 10 people and a WhatsApp group, you have a community.

Residential buildings

Apartment towers, housing estates, and strata blocks pooling orders for cleaning products, pantry staples, and household essentials.

Most popular

Workplaces & offices

Office buildings, co-working spaces, and employer groups organising bulk orders for coffee, snacks, health products, and office supplies.

Fast-growing

Clubs & associations

Sports clubs, parent groups, religious communities, and neighbourhood associations pooling orders for equipment, uniforms, and specialty goods.

New in v1

Getting started

How your first order
gets going

A new community doesn't start from zero alone — we help you seed the first campaign so buyers have something real to join.

1

Pick a starter product

Choose from our launch vendor list — everyday essentials with tier pricing already set. No negotiating from scratch on day one.

2

Invite your core group first

Share the link with 5–10 neighbours or colleagues before opening publicly. Early pledges build momentum and unlock better tiers faster.

3

We support the launch

Founding admins get direct founder access — help choosing vendors, nudging members, and troubleshooting your first window close.

Where we're live

Melbourne first —
because that's where we can prove it

We're focused on one city with real communities and real orders, not a global launch map. More Australian cities follow once Melbourne is humming.

Melbourne Live now
Sydney Coming soon
Founding admin programme

Be first.
Earn Elite
from day one.

We're opening CommunityShopper to a small group of founding admins ahead of public launch. You get Elite commission (3.5%) for your first 12 months — a rate that normally requires $50,000 in lifetime GMV — plus direct access to our founding team.

Elite commission from day one
Earn 3.5% on every completed order for your first 12 months — fast-tracked to our top tier before you've hit the usual $50k GMV threshold.
Direct founder access
A private channel with our founding team. Your feedback shapes the product roadmap.
Featured community listing
Your community is highlighted across our marketing as a founding partner.
Priority vendor access
Your community gets first access to new vendors and product categories as they onboard.
Start your community
Apply to run a buying group for your building, club, or neighbourhood. Applications are reviewed by ops before vendors can open pools for your group.

A name members will recognise — not the street address.

Each email can administer one community only. To start another community, use a different email address.

This creates your organiser account now. You cannot open the admin portal until ops approves your application — we'll email you when it's ready. After approval, sign in at the organiser portal with this email and password.

Pick a suggestion to fill in the fields below, or enter your address manually.

No payment required. Ops typically reviews applications within 48 hours.

Approved community? Open the admin portal →

Built with trust at the core

Your money moves only
when the order earns it

Payments are processed by Stripe Connect — held by Stripe, not CommunityShopper — and released only when the order completes or refunded automatically if it doesn't.

Payments & payouts processed by Stripe Connect

1. You pledge

Your card is charged, but funds sit in Stripe escrow — not our bank account.

2. Tier locks or fails

When the window closes, the order locks if enough buyers joined — otherwise everyone is refunded automatically.

3. Delivery confirmed

You confirm receipt (or we auto-confirm after the SLA window). Stripe releases funds to the vendor and organiser commission.

Held by Stripe, not us

Your payment never sits in a CommunityShopper bank account. Stripe holds it until delivery is confirmed or the order is cancelled.

Dispute protection

Wrong item, short delivery, or damaged goods — raise a dispute in the app. Our ops team reviews and resolves within 5 business days.

Verified vendors only

Every vendor is ABN-verified, manually reviewed, and earns a trust score based on fulfilment, dispute rate, and delivery times.

GST-compliant receipts

Every purchase comes with a GST tax invoice for buyers and vendors. Full BAS support for Australian businesses.