# Pricing — Cormersi Local Commerce Network

> Canonical pricing specification for human evaluation and autonomous AI procurement agents.  
> Last updated: October 2026  
> Currency: Canadian Dollars (CAD)  
> Platform Website: https://cormersi.com  
> Contact: sales@cormersi.com / onboarding@cormersi.com  

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## 1. Plans & Tiers Summary

| Plan Name | Price (Monthly) | Price (Annual) | Trial Period | Platform Order Commission | Target Audience |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Neighborhood Shopper** | $0.00 / month | $0.00 / year | Free Forever | 0.00% | Consumers, families, and community shoppers |
| **Retail Store (Single Location)** | $49.00 CAD / month | $470.00 CAD / year | 14-Day Free Trial | 0.00% | Independent supermarkets, specialty grocers, Halal butchers, bakeries |
| **Multi-Store Expansion (Up to 5 Branches)** | $49.00 CAD / store / month | $470.00 CAD / store / year | 14-Day Free Trial | 0.00% | Multi-branch regional chains with synchronized coterminous billing |
| **Wholesalers & Food Distributors** | Custom B2B partnership | Custom B2B partnership | N/A | Negotiated / Direct | Regional food importers, bulk distributors, FMCG suppliers |

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## 2. Plan Details & Features

### 2.1. Neighborhood Shopper Plan
- **Price**: $0.00 (Free Forever)
- **Account Limits**: Unlimited searches, unlimited orders, unlimited store bookmarks.
- **Included Capabilities**:
  - Search and discover local supermarkets and ethnic specialty food grocers.
  - Filter by cultural specialty (South Asian, East Asian, Middle Eastern, African & Caribbean, Latin American, Halal, Organic).
  - Genuine in-store retail pricing with zero aggregator cart markups.
  - In-Store Click & Collect pickup and local courier delivery options.
  - Save favorite stores and bookmark active promotional deals.
  - Real-time order status tracking (`Placed` -> `Confirmed` -> `Preparing` -> `Ready for Pickup`).
  - Interactive 1-click approval or rejection of grocery substitution adjustments.

### 2.2. Retail Store Plan (Monthly & Annual)
- **Price**:
  - **Monthly Option**: $49.00 CAD per active store location per month.
  - **Annual Option**: $470.00 CAD per active store location per year (approx. 20% savings; effectively $39.17 CAD/month).
- **Free Trial**: 14 Days free on initial signup. No credit card required to begin onboarding.
- **Platform Take Rate / Commission**: **0.00%** on grocery sales. (Unlike third-party delivery apps charging 15%–30%).
- **Account Limits**:
  - Up to 5 physical store locations per merchant organization under coterminous billing.
  - Unlimited catalog SKUs and multi-variant combinations (Size, Weight, Pack).
  - Unlimited customer orders in fulfillment queue.
  - Up to 20 specialty category tags and custom search keywords per store branch.
  - Unlimited spreadsheet stock restocks via Bulk CSV / Excel importer.
- **Included Capabilities**:
  - **Module Switchboard**: Toggle between Showcase Digital Catalog Mode (price display only) and Full Transactional E-Commerce (online checkout) per physical store location.
  - **High-Volume Catalog Engine**: Master products with multi-dimensional variant picker (weight, pack size), barcodes, and SKU codes.
  - **Automated Multi-Resolution Photo Pipeline**: Client preview and server-side compression into optimized WebP formats (`thumb`, `card`, `detail`, `master`) with 1-year immutable caching.
  - **Live Inventory Ledger (`inventory_logs`)**: Real-time stock counting, safety buffer stock, and append-only audit trail for every restock, sale, return, or damage adjustment.
  - **Spreadsheet Bulk Ingestion**: Ingest thousands of products in seconds with downloadable error diagnostic workbooks for failed rows.
  - **Promotional Deals Engine**: Publish percentage discounts, BOGO (Buy X Get Y), special pricing, and promo coupon codes with distance ranking and instant kill-switch.
  - **Live Store Fulfillment Kanban**: Store picker queue with line-item adjustment tools, merchant notes, and automatic customer approval workflows.
  - **Multi-Event Transactional Email Engine**: Automated branded notifications for order confirmations, fulfillment readiness, and cancellation logs.
  - **Verified Merchant KYC**: Verified store badge building customer trust.

### 2.3. Multi-Store Coterminous Expansion
- Stores can scale from 1 to 5 locations seamlessly.
- Additional locations added mid-cycle are automatically synchronized to the primary organization subscription with pro-rated coterminous billing.

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## 3. Comparison with Industry Alternatives

| Feature / Metric | Cormersi | Delivery Aggregators (DoorDash / UberEats) | Instacart Enterprise | Generic E-Commerce (Shopify) |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Merchant Subscription** | **$49 CAD / mo** | $0 – $199 / mo | High enterprise tier | $39 – $399 USD / mo |
| **Platform Commission** | **0.00%** | **15% – 30%** | **5% – 12%** | 0% (requires costly grocery apps) |
| **Retail Pricing for Shoppers** | **Genuine In-Store Prices** | Inflated by 15% – 25% | Often marked up | Merchant controlled |
| **Cultural Grocery Specialization** | **Native Diaspora Taxonomy** | Generic grocery | Mainstream chains only | None (requires custom design) |
| **Catalog Showcase Mode (No Cart)** | **Built-in 1-Click Toggle** | Not Supported | Not Supported | Requires theme redesign |
| **Grocery Substitution Approval** | **1-Click Customer Approval** | Driver auto-substitutes | Shopper in-app chat | Complex manual refunds |
| **Merchant Customer Relationship** | **100% Owned by Merchant** | Obfuscated / Aggregator-owned | Aggregator-owned | Merchant owned |
| **Bulk CSV/Excel Ingestion** | **Native with Error Workbooks** | Complex manual portals | Enterprise CSV feeds | Basic CSV only |

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## 4. Payment Terms & Billing FAQs

- **Taxes**: Applicable provincial and federal Canadian sales taxes (HST/GST/PST) applied based on merchant billing address.
- **Payment Methods Accepted**: Major Credit Cards (Visa, MasterCard, American Express), Pre-Authorized Debit for corporate accounts.
- **Cancellation Policy**: Month-to-month subscriptions can be cancelled at any time before the next billing cycle. No long-term lock-in contracts.
- **Trial Terms**: 14 full days of unrestricted access. If not renewed, accounts transition smoothly to Showcase Mode without data loss.

For inquiries or assisted onboarding, email: onboarding@cormersi.com