Your city's minority-owned spots, in one app.
Browse your city
Restaurants, barbers, designers, and creators, one city at a time. Filter by neighborhood, category, or what's open right now.
See what's near you
Every listing in your city is pinned on the map. Allow location and the app sorts places by distance.
Points for check-ins
100 points for every GPS check-in. Redeem them for rewards at Detroit businesses for now. Tiers run from Bronze to Platinum at 60,000 lifetime points.
Follow local creators
A TikTok-style feed where verified creators post reels about the businesses in your city.
Real screens. From the iPhone app.
Captured from the iPhone app in the iOS Simulator: the city map and a business page.
Where BLKMKT stands today.
The iPhone app is live on the App Store. Merchant quotes go here once merchants have used it and agreed to share them.
Listings are free, forever. BLKMKT keeps a 14% platform fee plus standard payment processing on Apple Pay orders placed through the app, and takes no cut of anything you sell off-platform. Paid plans from $49/mo add product and service publishing, plus analytics, placement, and done-for-you content.
We're a small team led from Detroit. The app is built by people who shop the businesses on it. A person reviews every business application by hand, and mail to hello@blkmktplace.co reaches the founder.
Payments run through Stripe and Apple Pay. We don't sell your email or browsing data. The privacy page lists what we collect and why.
Find businesses near you, earn 100 points for each GPS check-in, and save drops you don't want to miss. Invited creators with 5 videos past 10,000 qualified views earn $0.50 per 1,000 views on them, paid monthly. The How it works page walks through each step.
Get found by locals looking for minority-owned businesses.
Free to claim with six photos, a profile page and a spot on the map. Paid plans from $49/mo let you publish products and services.
Join the list for new cities + drops.
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Get the app.
Free on iPhone. Android is on the roadmap. Join the email list above and we'll tell you when it's out.