A Delaware Public Benefit Corporation

Every person's truth
lies within their dollar.

What you choose to spend it on decides which businesses thrive — and which disappear. DollarVote shows you exactly where your money travels, so every purchase becomes a vote you cast on purpose.

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$0.43
of every $1 stays local at a chain
$0.68+
stays local at a DollarVote business
5–10×
future exchanges each local dollar fuels
Where your dollar actually goes

A dollar doesn't stop when you spend it.

Most people think a purchase ends at the register. It doesn't. Your dollar keeps moving — paying wages, buying supplies, funding the next paycheck. The question is simply: does it keep circulating in your community, or does it leave the moment you hand it over?

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You spend $10
at a local shop
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Wages & local suppliers
~$6.80 stays nearby
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Re-spent locally
again, and again
5–10×
Every local dollar is re-spent five to ten times within the same community before it finally leaves. Spend it at a chain and most of it exits on day one. Educated spending compounds — like interest, but for the place you live.
The power we forgot we had

This is how "We the People"
was always meant to work.

You don't only vote once a year at a ballot box. You vote every single day — with your dollars. Pooled together, those choices are the most direct democratic power we have: the power to decide which values, which wages, and which neighborhoods get to thrive. DollarVote simply makes that power visible, informed, and intentional — so a better, more democratic union is built one honest purchase at a time.

For shoppers

Real people. Real shifts. Same budget.

You don't have to spend more — you just have to spend aware. Here's what changed when shoppers could finally see where their money landed.

Case study · Detroit

Maya redirected her routine — not her budget.

"I wasn't spending a dollar more. I just swapped my chain coffee and grocery runs for verified local spots the app showed me. In one month DollarVote told me I'd kept $284 inside Detroit — money that used to vanish to headquarters two states away."
Maya R. — teacher & everyday shopper
$284
kept local / month
68%
of spend stayed local
$0
extra spent
Case study · neighborhood block

One street, pointed in the same direction.

"Forty of us started using DollarVote to find businesses that pay living wages. Within a season, two shops we championed hired locally and a third opened. We could literally watch our dollars build the block — the urgency hit when we saw what we'd been funding by accident."
Eastside neighbors' group
3
local jobs created
1
new shop opened
90 days
to visible impact
Start finding businesses near you →
The map is free to browse. Begin today — every week of "spending blind" is impact you can't get back.
For business owners

Stop competing with Amazon on price.
Start competing on community.

207 million Americans actively seek values-aligned businesses. DollarVote hands you a verified way to prove yours — and the shoppers who are already looking for exactly what you do.

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+34% new customers

Verified businesses see an average lift in new-customer visits within their first 60 days — shoppers actively filter the map for your badge.

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78% will pay more

Most consumers will choose — and pay a premium for — a business they can verify lives its values. Your DollarVote score justifies your pricing.

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Loyalty you can't buy

A transparent "where your dollar goes" profile builds the kind of repeat, referral-driven customer base that paid ads simply cannot manufacture.

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Priority placement

Rank at the top of the map and category pages in your neighborhood while the directory is still uncrowded — first-mover visibility compounds.

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Own your category now

Early adopters define the local benchmark. Be "the verified one" on your street before a competitor claims that story.

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Free QR scorecard

Print it, post it, share it. Turn your verified score into in-store proof and social content that markets you on autopilot.

Founder Cohort — free forever

Join now and lock in founding-member status: a free verified profile, priority placement, and a permanent badge that tells your community you were first. The ROI of being early isn't a discount — it's the customers and reputation your competitors will spend years trying to catch.

Get your free score →
For shoppers · membership

Why $4.99 a month is the highest-ROI dollar you'll spend.

Less than a single chain coffee — for a tool that redirects hundreds of your existing dollars toward the community you actually live in.

$4.99
per month
Full access to the verified map, dollar-impact tracking, and your personal local-impact dashboard.
Become a member
Cancel anytime · Browsing the map stays free
  • It pays for itself ~57× over. If awareness redirects even $284/month into your local economy (like Maya did), that's a 5,600% return on a $4.99 membership — at zero extra spending.
  • Cheaper than one coffee. $4.99 is roughly a single café latte. You're trading one drink for a month of knowing the truth behind every purchase you make.
  • The 5–10× multiplier works for you. Every dollar you consciously keep local is re-spent 5–10 times nearby. Your $4.99 quietly leverages hundreds of downstream dollars.
  • You fund the mission, not a billionaire. As a Public Benefit Corporation, your membership underwrites verification and transparency — keeping the platform honest and independent.
  • Your vote, amplified. Membership turns scattered purchases into measurable, collective democratic power — the impact of "we the people," made visible.
Your dollar is already voting. Make it count.

Spend like the future
depends on it.

Because it does. Find verified local businesses today, or put your own on the map.