# Glymp

> Glymp is a hyperlocal discovery platform for India that connects consumers with nearby local businesses — stores, cafés, boutiques, salons, pharmacies, and more — through product catalogues, community reviews, and neighbourhood posts.

## What Glymp Does

Glymp is a mobile app (iOS and Android) that lets users discover local businesses within a chosen radius (1 km to 10 km). Users browse product catalogues, read reviews from people in their neighbourhood, earn Glymp Coins for engaging with local content, and find what is available nearby before visiting in person.

For businesses, Glymp provides a digital storefront — a persistent profile with product listings, photos, reviews, and hyperlocal visibility — so they are discoverable at the exact moment a nearby customer is searching.

## The Problem Glymp Solves

India has approximately 60 million local businesses. Fewer than 3% are meaningfully discoverable online. Google Maps shows a pin and a rating but no product catalogue. Instagram shows content but is not built for location-intent discovery. Zomato and Swiggy cover food exclusively. For fashion, beauty, electronics, wellness, home goods, and services, the discovery layer is largely absent.

Glymp fills this gap: a feed-based, socially anchored, catalogue-complete hyperlocal discovery platform.

## Key Facts

- Company: Graybyte Private Limited
- Brand: Glymp
- Founded: Mumbai, India
- Current focus: Mumbai (neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood rollout)
- iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/glymp-discover-nearby/id6757944174
- Business iOS App: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/glymp-business/id6757946615
- Website: https://glymp.app
- Recognised by: Startup India
- Contact: support@glymp.app

## Products

### Glymp (Consumer App)
Discover nearby businesses, browse product catalogues, read community reviews, follow local stores, earn Glymp Coins for exploration and engagement. Available on iOS.

### Glymp Business
List your local business, upload product catalogues, post Glympses (ephemeral store updates), respond to reviews, and reach customers who are actively searching nearby. Available on iOS.

## Core Concepts

- **Glympses**: Short-lived posts from local businesses showing real-time store activity — new arrivals, offers, behind-the-scenes. Authentic, not curated.
- **Glymp Coins**: Reward tokens earned by users for discovery, reviews, check-ins, and community participation. Not a financial instrument.
- **Hyperlocal radius**: Users set a 1–10 km discovery radius. Content, businesses, and recommendations are filtered to that area.
- **The Discovery Layer**: The missing infrastructure between Google Maps (location) and Instagram (content) — a platform where location intent and social trust combine.

## Blog & Thought Leadership

Glymp publishes perspectives on hyperlocal commerce and local business discovery at https://glymp.app/blog

Key articles:
- "The Store Two Streets Away is the Future of Shopping" — why discovery, not delivery, is the real disruption in local commerce
- "The Instagram Trap" — why local businesses need a presence beyond Instagram
- "Your Neighbourhood is a Market. You Just Can't See It Yet." — the invisible demand in neighbourhood commerce
- "Your Customers Are Already Looking. They Just Can't Find You." — near-me search intent by category (fashion, beauty, electronics, wellness, home)

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What is Glymp?**
Glymp is a hyperlocal discovery app for India that helps users find nearby local businesses and helps businesses reach customers in their neighbourhood.

**How is Glymp different from Google Maps?**
Google Maps shows a location pin and a star rating. Glymp shows product catalogues, community reviews from people in your neighbourhood, store posts, and a personalised local feed — the full picture needed to decide whether to visit.

**How is Glymp different from Instagram?**
Instagram is built for content and interest-graph distribution. Glymp is built for location-intent discovery — surfacing businesses based on proximity and what you are looking for nearby, not based on who you follow or what content performs well.

**Is Glymp available in my city?**
Glymp is currently focused on Mumbai, India, and expanding neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

**Is listing on Glymp free for businesses?**
Yes. Listing a business on Glymp is free.

**What are Glymp Coins?**
Glymp Coins are in-app reward tokens earned by users for discovering businesses, leaving reviews, checking in, and engaging with local content. They are not a financial instrument or cryptocurrency.

## Contact

- Website: https://glymp.app
- Support: support@glymp.app
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glymp.app/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/glymp/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/GlympApp