digital gapsDigital gaps: the businesses with a problem you fix
Digital gaps are businesses with a problem you can see and fix: 30,029 established South African businesses have no website, and 40,882 of the 68,444 business sites we read run no analytics.
Dated websiteA hotel in Cape Town
Its website is not mobile-friendly
Dated websiteA South African restaurant in Cape Town
Its website footer still says © 2021
No analyticsAn Italian restaurant in Germiston
Website has no analytics
No adsA clothing store in Cape Town
15 clothing store competitors in town run Meta ads; this one doesn't
Low ratingAn used car dealer in Johannesburg
Is rated 3.0★ from 943 Google reviews
Low ratingA restaurant in Pretoria
Is rated 3.7★ from 912 Google reviews
Real gaps from this morning’s run. Names are left off here; in the app each card names the business, with its phone and email.
What you get
- No website: established businesses (20 or more Google reviews) that people look up and find nothing to click
- A dated website: a footer three or more years old (8,281 sites), not mobile-friendly, no HTTPS, no page title or description, hidden from search
- No analytics, or still on Universal Analytics, which Google retired: they cannot see where customers come from
- No ads while their competitors in the same town run Meta ads, named; or ads paid for that land on a weak site
- A low Google rating (6,842 businesses under 3.8 stars), and what customers complain about in their reviews: dirt, pests, broken aircon, slow service, card machines
- Email on a shared web host instead of Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, for IT companies
- Each gap reaches only the sellers who fix it, and leaves out landmarks, chains, big companies and your own competitors
Where it comes from
- Every business website we hold, read for its tools, age, SEO basics and social links
- Google Maps listings, ratings, review topics and recent reviews
- The Meta Ad Library: who is advertising, town by town
Public sources only. No logins, no fake accounts, no leaked data. How Pounce uses data
The rest of Pounce
Prospects
Every business that fits what you sell
Signals
Who is winning, hiring, opening and advertising
Opportunities
Published requirements with a deadline
Enquiry desk
People and businesses asking for quotes
Research
A sourced brief on any business
Alerts
A morning digest of what changed