Sumway

Sumway

Get it done
nearby.

Ask for what you need. A specialist finds it, and nothing is bought until you approve it.

How it works

One conversation for everything near you. Groceries for tonight, a haircut on Saturday, a car wash this afternoon, a flight on Friday. Say what you need, and the right specialist goes to work.

How it works

From the whole continent
to your corner.

  1. 01

    Ask

    Say it the way you would to a friend. "Milk and bread near me." One conversation, no forms, no menus.

  2. 02

    Find

    The specialist for that kind of thing searches the places listed near you that are open and in range, and says what each one can do.

  3. 03

    Approve

    You see the store, the items and the total, with the price held while you decide. Nothing is bought until you approve it with your passkey.

  4. 04

    Done

    The order goes to a real shop round the corner, and you get on with your evening.

The app

One front door.

You talk to Sumway. Specialists do the searching and report back with places, prices and times you can act on.

Sumway Home: an ask bar, suggested prompts, specialists for Grocery, Flights, Coffee and Hair and beauty, and sponsored offers for free-range eggs at Hatfield Fresh Grocer and a wash, cut and blow-dry at Hatfield Hair Studio
Near youThe specialists your area has, on one screen.
Typing 'Milk and bread near me' into the ask bar
AskIn your own words. It asks, it doesn't search.
The Grocery specialist at work, checking Hatfield Corner Grocer
Watch it workEvery step, as it happens.
Two grocers found, and a price card from Hatfield Corner Grocer: milk and bread, total R 47,98, price held for 8 minutes
A real priceHeld while you decide.
11specialists, from groceries to flights
1conversation for all of them
0purchases you didn't approve

Specialists

Someone who knows
each kind of thing.

A specialist shows up in your area when there's a listed place near you for it. What it can do depends on the place: some you can pay through Sumway, some you can book, the rest you can find.

Trust

You stay in control.

Your approval, your passkey
Signing in opens the app. Spending takes your passkey, on a price you've seen. A conversation can find and quote; it can't buy on its own.
Your area, not your address
The app turns your location into an area on your phone and sends only the area. Where you are never leaves the device.
Details kept, not handed out
Addresses, vehicles and passport details are kept by Sumway's kernel, not on your phone, and go only to a merchant you approve.
Offers you can tell apart
Stores pay to show offers, and every one says Sponsored. Everyone in an area sees the same ones; nothing about you picks them.

For merchants

Your shop,
in the conversation.

When someone nearby asks for what you sell, your shop comes up with its distance and hours. Take payment through Sumway, take bookings, or simply be found. Run an offer and it shows on Home for everyone in your area.

Everything near you,
in one conversation.

Coming soon to iPhone and Android phones. Leave your email and we'll tell you when Sumway launches, and where we can, when it reaches your area.

or

We keep your email, your area if you add one, and when you agreed. Your location never leaves your phone; only a broad area does. Privacy