Ask Lucilla
For local shops

People nearby ask an AI what to buy. Be the shop it sends them to.

List your shop with one text. Drop an offer on any street in about ten seconds. You pay only when someone claims it.

Free for your first 50 claims a month. See pricing

What a customer seesReal app
In the Ask Lucilla app, a customer asks for high protein dessert near me and Lucilla answers: MiAmorTortillas, 400 m away, deal 10% off the 4-pack
Recorded in the app on 22 Oct 2026, for a real shop in Hamilton.
Illustration · how a drop works
Drop logexample
    Free · 50 claims a monthStarter · $30 · 300 claimsBusiness · $100 · 2,500 claimsNo cut of the reward20 tools liveList by text · +1 (314) 237-4046Cancel by texting STOPWorks from ChatGPT, Claude or a text

    Pin an offer to your shop, a corner or a zone you draw. Only people standing inside can claim it.

    One loop, four beats

    From their question to your counter.

    01

    Where the customer asks

    By text, in the Ask Lucilla app, or from ChatGPT or Claude. Lucilla answers with the nearby shop that has it and its live offer.

    TextAppChatGPTClaude
    The customer home screen in the Ask Lucilla app: What are you after?
    02

    What you set

    Text the offer in plain words. Pick where it works: your shop, a street corner, or a zone of hexagons you draw on the map. It goes live in about ten seconds.

    Placing three reward zones on a map of downtown Hamilton in the app
    03

    What proves it

    Every claim is a one-time code. They show it at your counter, you scan the QR or type the code, and you get a text. It all lands in your weekly report.

    The counter QR code screen for MiAmorTortillas in the app
    04

    How the money moves

    Listing is free. You pay per claim, never per click, and we take no cut of the reward. Customers pay you at your till, by card or from their own wallet.

    $0to list
    50free claims a month
    $30for 300 claims
    0%cut of the reward
    MiAmor Tortillas dessert wraps on a plate with strawberry sauce
    Photo from the owner of MiAmor Tortillas
    A real listing

    Listed by text. Found when someone asked.

    MiAmor TortillasHome kitchen · Hamilton
    • Single wrapC$10
    • 10-packC$60
    • Live offer10% off the 4-pack
    • How it servesPickup and delivery
    From the app22 Oct 2026
    In the Ask Lucilla app, a customer asks for high protein dessert near me and Lucilla answers: MiAmorTortillas, 400 m away, deal 10% off the 4-pack
    A customer asks for "high protein dessert near me". Lucilla answers with MiAmor and its live offer.
    Both sides of the door

    One agent between the people asking and the shops that have it.

    For the people asking

    They ask in plain words and get a real answer.

    • Ask by text, in the Ask Lucilla app, or from their own AI assistant such as ChatGPT or Claude
    • Get the nearby business that has it, with a live offer, in seconds
    • Claim it, get a one-time code, and use it in person or online
    • Nothing that costs money happens on the first ask: their AI assistant has to show what will happen and get a yes
    For your business

    You hear the demand and answer it in one text.

    • Get told when someone nearby asks for what you sell
    • Answer with an offer that reaches only the people who asked
    • See every claim and every redemption, and what people near you want
    • Run your listing, hours, bookings and reviews from a text
    Capabilities

    Everything a front desk, a marketer and an assistant would do.

    Get found
    Listed from what you have
    Your website, Google listing and a menu photo become your listing.
    On the map with an offer
    A live offer earns a map pin.
    Inside AI assistants
    People using ChatGPT or Claude can find, claim and book you.
    Food trucks and pop-ups
    Text where you are today.
    Win the visit
    Online codes
    A one-time code at checkout, so online sales count.
    Rings up at the till
    Push an offer to Square.
    Keyword deals
    Reserve a word. Anyone who texts it gets a code.
    Ask for something first
    A photo, video, poll, check-in, QR scan or trail of stops.
    Loyalty
    Your regulars, rewarded
    Repeat specials and a free ticket after a set number of visits.
    Events and tickets
    Free or paid, checked in at the door with a code.
    Hear what people want
    Even when you don't sell it yet.
    Learn from every claim
    Polls before a claim, in customers' own words.
    Run your day
    Hours and bookings
    Close for the day or move a booking with one message.
    Review replies
    Without opening another app.
    Booking and order emails
    Forward from Gmail; Lucilla texts you what matters.
    A weekly report
    Leads, offers picked and visits made.
    From anywhere
    A text
    No app, no install.
    App and dashboard
    Offers with requirements, claims, visits and your team.
    Your own AI assistant
    Connect ChatGPT or Claude and run it from there.
    20 tools live today
    Email forwardingGmailGoogle CalendarGoogle Sheets & DocsSquareLightspeed RetailWooCommerceSquarespaceEtsyeBayVagaroCalendlyOutlook CalendarQuickBooksXeroKlaviyoCanvaGoHighLevelStripeMonid

    Start with email forwarding: the booking and order emails you already get become things Lucilla can act on. Then connect the rest.

    Claim meter

    Free to list. You pay when they claim.

    We don't sell attention. We sell claims: a person who asked for what you sell, chose your offer and got a code.

    Every claim is a person who chose your offer and got a code. Slide to the number you expect. This is an example, not live data.

    Your plan
    Starter · up to 300 claims
    $30/ month

    No cut of the reward. Cancel by texting STOP.

    Free$050 claims a month
    Starter$30300 claims a month
    Business$1002,500 claims a month
    EnterpriseTalk to usMany locations

    What each option meters

    Side by side by what you pay for, not as a like-for-like saving.

    PlatformWhat it costsWhat you pay forWhat proves it worked
    Google search ads$66.69per lead · $5.42 per clickClicks, whether or not anyone contacts youStore visits are modelled estimates, extrapolated from aggregated data
    Facebook & Instagram ads$27.39per lead · $0.60 per clickClicks and form fillsA lead is a form, not a visit
    Yelp ads~$146a month per paying locationAd clicks and leads within a budget you setYelp says its metrics “are not independently verified by any third party”
    Groupon20–40%of an already-discounted voucherRedeemed vouchers, from deal huntersRedemption, but the fee comes out of an already-discounted sale
    Square Loyalty$49a month per locationLoyalty for customers who already found youRewards people who already buy from you
    Ask Lucilla$0for your first 50 claims a month · then $30 for 300People who asked for what you sell, chose your offer and got a codeA one-time code redeemed at your counter or at checkout

    Sources, accessed 22 Oct 2026: LocaliQ / WordStream 2026 benchmarks; Google Ads help, “About store visit conversions”; WordStream Facebook Ads Benchmarks 2026; derived from Yelp's FY2025 10-K; Groupon Merchant “Pricing & Fees”; Square pricing (Square Plus). Averages from each publisher's own data. A click or a lead is not a visit; a claim is not a guaranteed purchase.

    Fig 07 · Getting listed

    Seven things. Lucilla finds most of them.

    • Namefound
    • What you sellfrom your menu
    • Categoryfound
    • Where you arefound
    • How you serveasked
    • Hoursfrom Google
    • A live offerputs you on the map
    Fig 08 · Guarantees

    Nothing happens without the people it affects.

    Every claim is a personEach claim is a one-time code, checked at your counter by code, QR scan or a GPS check-in.
    Agents ask before they actAn AI assistant working for a customer must show what will happen and get a yes before anything costs money or reaches someone.
    We never hold the moneyCustomers pay you at your till, by card or from their own wallet.
    No paid reviewsWe do not reward reviews, and we do not pay for follows or likes.

    Get customers who show up.

    +1 (314) 237-4046

    No app. No install. Say STOP to cancel.

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