Building a complete zero-commission commerce, booking, and AI storefront platform for independent UK businesses.
Born during the 2020 lockdown and engineered over six years into an official UK Registered Trademark (Whizzly®), Whizzly gives independent shops, salons, and hospitality businesses enterprise-grade checkout and AI tools with 0% commission.
- Client / Platform
- Whizzly® Platform
- Year
- 2020 – 2026
- Architecture & Scope
- Full-Stack Product Architecture, AI Engine & Stripe Connect
- Live Deployment
- whizzly.co.uk
Whizzly® Live Platform — Multi-mode storefront engine supporting physical retail, appointment bookings, and hot food ordering.
- 0%
- Platform sales commission charged to merchants
- 3-in-1
- Retail shops, smart bookings & food ordering
- <0.8s
- Mobile storefront load speed on Google Cloud
- UK®
- Official Registered Trademark (Whizzly®)
Why standard off-the-shelf tools weren’t enough
Small business owners don't sit behind a laptop all day—they are behind the barber chair, in the kitchen, or on the shop floor. They needed a single platform capable of handling physical product variants, service appointment slots with deposits, and timed food orders without writing a line of code.
How Expressive Media architected the platform
We engineered a multi-tenant cloud architecture backed by Stripe Connect (enabling instant Apple Pay, Google Pay, and direct merchant payouts with 0% platform commission), paired with built-in AI tools that turn a single smartphone photo into a complete, SEO-optimised product or menu listing.
Smart Appointments & Zero-No-Show Deposit Engine
Built for salons, barbers, clinics, and studios—featuring automated turnaround buffers, 1-tap Apple Pay deposits, and instant WhatsApp booking alerts.
Modular AI Powerups & Merchant Automation Suite
Includes the AI Product Description Writer, AI Menu Photo Importer, AI SEO Tag Generator, and VIP Customer Re-Engagement Engine.
What we delivered
3-in-1 Commerce, Booking & Hospitality Engine
Unified storefront architecture supporting retail product catalogues, smart appointment scheduling with deposit protection, and real-time takeaway/bakery ordering.
Integrated Whizzly AI Suite
Vision-powered AI Menu Importer, automated SEO metadata generator, AI product copywriter, and automated VIP lapsed-customer re-engagement.
Direct Stripe Connect & WhatsApp Order Flow
1-tap Apple Pay and Google Pay checkout with instant order notifications routed straight to the merchant's WhatsApp and live order terminal.
Built-In WCAG 2.2 Accessibility Suite
Every merchant storefront automatically ships with AA/AAA contrast compliance, keyboard focus management, and semantic screen-reader support.