For pet stores, bakeries and franchise locations.

Tailmates for Pet Stores

Make your store the place dog people meet.

Every visit ends at your counter. Tailmates turns it into a weekly pack walk your regulars bring friends to.

Start your store's group

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Meetups in Packs: Midweek trail miles on Wednesday, Saturday sunrise loop and Sunday pack walk, each with its time, its place and who is going
Party chat on a walk with Bella: Mochi is already dragging me up the hill, Bella found a puddle, Rocky says hello to everyone, two more blocks and Luna wins, above the Cheer them on composer

Groups with more touchpoints

  • Your store's group

    Posts, chat and a weekly walk for your regulars.

  • The pickup pack walk

    A short walk from your door, the same time every week.

Live voice on a walk with Bella, 4 walking together: on stage you as Host, @mayaandmochi as Co-host and @diego.trails as Speaker, @sofia_k listening with a hand up, and the Host controls button beside 1 hand up, above Mute, Push to talk and Leave voice

Virtual walks

  • Walk from anywhere

    Regulars who can't come walk their own street with you.

  • Guest walks

    Bring a trainer or groomer on stage for questions.

The invite card at the start of an open walk: Bella's photo, the line Bella's on a walk right now, join her, three already walking along, a QR code, and Share and Copy link buttons

Content that brings people in

  • Invite card and QR

    Each walk gets one for your counter and posts.

  • Coming soon

    Podcast episodes

    Walks recorded with each speaker's okay become episodes.

For every counter and location

  • Coming soon

    Counter cards and posters

    Your walk and QR code, with your store named first.

  • Coming soon

    Every location, one plan

    Headquarters prepares every store's walk from one template.

  • A paid walk club

    Set any price. Tailmates assesses a 10% fee from this price.

  • Coming soon

    See who you bring in

    A growth card counts who joins through your links and QR codes.

A sample host growth card for Sample Bramblecove Clinic Walkers: joined through you 12 this week, 40 this month and 1,284 all time, 900 new to Tailmates and 384 already members, then 310 first walks within a week, 220 walked in the last 7 days and 150 still walking in week four
Coming soonThe growth card, with sample numbers.

How to start

  1. Start your store's group

    Free at tailmates.io/host, or in the app under Packs.

  2. Follow the launch kit

    Founding walk, guest walk, bring a friend, then your first podcast.

  3. Ask at the counter

    Hand over the card and name the next walk.

Start your store's group

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Prefer the app? Create your group from Packs.

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Your customers stay yours.

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Questions? Thom Hart, Founder, Tailmates. thom@tailmates.io

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