Store Locator

Store Locator module allows customers to make an order digitally. As well as, pick that up at a physical point. It is now possible to provide complete information about all stores on the website, allowing customers to pick up their orders at the closest point of sale using a convenient search by location or postal code.

Business Value

The store pickup module adds business functionality with rich features. This will result to attract customers to buy from the offline stores.

It reduces the cost of overall order as transportation costs get reduced. Additionally, this module helps clients in saving money. As it saves the delivery charges.

This also improves the customer experience by providing more delivery options.

Account & Pricing

• An additional Google account is needed to use this extension. A new account can be created free of cost.
• Click here to signup up for Google. If you have an account log in to your existing account.
• Google Maps API is used in this extension for address auto-complete to work. Click here to get the Google Maps API key. 
• You must provide a Google API key with Geocoding API and Distance Matrix API enabled.
• Google Maps API offers free usage up to a certain limit and quotas After that, you can check the detailed pricing information and choose a plan according to your need.

Feature List

• Customers can pick up their orders at the location that is closest to them.
• Buyers can see all of the nearest pickup locations on Google Maps.
• Google Maps can be used by shoppers to determine the distance and route from their current location to the pickup location.
• The consumer will get a notification through email when the order is planned or rescheduled by the admin.
• The owner has the option of setting up multiple pickup points.
• Holidays can be set for specific dates or a range of dates by administrators.
• Shop administrators can set store timings in a variety of ways.
• The merchant can see a list of pickup locations. Store owners can choose a distance range in kilometers for local pickup sites.
• The entrepreneur has the authority to assign various products to diverse customers.
• You can create an infinite number of retail locations on your website.
• Make your website more informative to improve the client experience.
• Find a store by entering a radius, zip code, or city/state. You can add, modify, or delete store addresses, images, URLs, descriptions, and contact information.
• Show the store's hours of operation, including any lunch breaks.
• The user interface is intuitive and mobile-friendly.
• Stores can be found depending on their distance and closeness.
• It's SEO-friendly because it has the option of including meta tags. Open-source, multi-store, and multi-language support are all included.
• It's simple to set up and customize.
• The vendor has the option of instantly closing the store.
• The program also estimates distance ranges in offline mode. 

How Does Module Store Pick-Up Work?

Configuration of store pickup by the admin.

Here users can add the store with their own configurations. The admin mentions the method name and fills in other fields. Users can give the handling fees, and range of kilometers. Users can enable the emails as notifications for suitability.

Selection of modes

The admin has independence whether he wants to work in online mode or offline mode. For distance-based SSA, the admin will discover a component called Distance Provider, where he or she must select either Google Map or Offline Calculation in the Provider box.

Calculation of distance

In the online mode, the user will select the google map for online distance calculation, If in case the user is in offline mode then they have to set distance in the field calculating distance offline.

Manage the online store and timings

Here the user can add any number of stores. If they want they can remove one. While adding any store the user will add the latitude, longitude, name image, and other specifications required in fields. Users can add the store timings meaning at what time the store is open and at what time the store is closed. if the store is closed at any other mentioned time user can mark it urgently close.

Product assignment to another store

While selecting any product, the owner can The admin can designate products for each store in this section. To do so, the admin will use the Assign Product button feature for the same. 

Easily manage pickup store orders

These features will give the overall view of the store pickup order. Here the admin will get all the details of the order like purchase date, grand total, ID, and status.

Set the holidays for the store

Here users can set the holiday dates of the store. Users can set and update the holiday from which date till to date. The admin can add the new holiday to the list. Here they will mention the name of the holiday and the date range. 

Raise the order from any store

The admin can raise the order from any store. The admin will pick up any order and they can schedule a date and time for the same. At the customer end, customers can read in the order form which store they have to pick up the product.

Customers know about the nearest pickup location

With this module, customers can also know about the nearest pickup store. To find this customers need to tell about their location. It can be fetched manually or automatically via Google Maps. After this customers can get a list of pickup stores from the storefront.

Benefits

For Store Owner

• The store locator solution gives the store owner hold on the nearest customer.
• Increases the customer engagement of your store.
• Give the chance in the brand making.
• Visibility of store increases hence exponentially give hike in the sale.

For Customer

• Give informative research to the customer about the store.
• Easy to manage between the product and the store for allocation. 

Live Demo

You can check the live demo of Store Locator.

Support Policy

• You get free 3 months of technical support included.
• You can buy a 6 or 12 months extended support agreement.
• For issues, please create a ticket or send an email to support@webkul.com
• Free lifetime updates of the module.