[goda90]

Would this gave the option for one organization in a city to do the work for small stores? I can imagine stores might not have the resources to host a part of this, but maybe the municipality, a co-op, or a large company that wants to support the local economy could host it. This comes to mind because my employer wouldn't have a need for this since we make enterprise software, but we profess to support the local economy via hosting a farmer's market, using local food when possible in our cafeteria, encouraging local bookstores for reimbursable education materials, and even sponsoring the local public radio. We would have way more resources to host an instance than a corner shop that sells yarn.

[wukerplank]

There are businesses built on top of local economies, e.g. Atalanda in Germany: https://atalanda.com/ (I'm not affiliated, but I know people who work there.)

They partner up with local businesses for the goods and bike courier services for the delivery.

[Aeolun]

I imagine it would be hosted (and funded and administrated) by the local business association, with tech support coming from a global foundation (same one developing the product).