About
We're rebuilding local commerce so everyone wins
Good Circles is an independent community marketplace, founded in 2026 by Timothy Franklin and based in Mississippi. The idea is simple: shopping local should save you money, fund a cause you care about, and keep dollars in your community — all at once. We launch in the Jackson metro in September 2026.
Why we exist
Most of every dollar spent at a national chain or a big app leaves your community the moment you tap "pay." Local businesses lose 15–30% of each sale to platforms built to extract from them. And in 2023, when Amazon shut down AmazonSmile, millions of shoppers and nonprofits lost the easiest way they had to give back. We thought the answer should be local, and it should leave everyone better off.
So Good Circles changes the rails underneath the sale. You shop the local businesses you already love, the price is about 10% lower, the merchant keeps far more of their profit, and a share of every sale funds a nonprofit you chose — automatically, at no extra cost to you.
The model, in one line
On a local purchase, you save ~10%, 10% of the merchant's profit funds the nonprofit you picked, the platform takes a 1% fee on profit, and the merchant keeps 89% of their profit. See the full math on how it works »
Who we serve
Good Circles is built for three sides of every transaction: neighbors who want to save and give without changing how they shop, local businesses tired of losing margin to big platforms, and nonprofits that need recurring funding without one more grant or gala.
Where we're going
We launch in Mississippi first, in September 2026, because local-first means launching a city only when there's a real community ready for it. From there we grow node-by-node and by request — the cities that ask for Good Circles most are the ones we build next. You can put your city on the map »
Questions
About Good Circles
Who is behind Good Circles?
Good Circles is an independent company founded in 2026 by Timothy Franklin, based in Mississippi. It isn’t backed by big-box retail or a venture firm with conflicting interests — it’s built to keep money and benefit inside local communities.
What does Good Circles do?
It’s a community marketplace: you shop local businesses, save about 10%, and 10% of the merchant’s profit funds a nonprofit you choose. Merchants keep 89% of their profit on a 1% fee, instead of losing 15–30% to big platforms.
When and where does Good Circles launch?
Good Circles launches in September 2026 in the Jackson, Mississippi metro, then expands node-by-node across Mississippi and to the cities that request it most.
Be part of the founding circle
Free for shoppers and nonprofits, launching September 2026 in the Jackson, MS metro.