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ADD A STORE
Click here to add independently owned stores to the Delocator.net database. This is your chance to delocate corporate retail stores in your neighborhood!

EDITING STORES
After you add a store to Delocator, you can always log in to edit your post by clicking on the Add & Edit Stores link in the navigation tool. You will see an Edit button next to the listings that you have created on the results page. You can only edit stores that you originally posted. Send an email using the Contact link if there is misinformation about a store you did not post and we'll take care of it.

IN THE PRESS
Delocator.net has been blogged and reported on in traditional newspapers and magazines. Here are links to some favored reviews. If you'd like to blog or report on Delocator.net use the Contact form to send interview questions to xtine or use the buttons below to add Delocator to your favorite social networking tools.

Articles in print

Arellano, Gustavo. "Star-bucker." OC Weekly, 02/02/06.
Dizon, Kristin. "Web site steers away from the corporate chains for an independent cup of java." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 01/24/06
Collinson, Stephen. "Latte lovers left frothing over coffee wars" AFP, Mail&Guardian Online, 06/20/05.
Glenn, Joshua. "Delocate me" Boston Globe, 06/19/05.
Severson, Kim. "The Little Coffee Shop Around the Corner" New York Times, 5/4/05
Zorn, Eric. "Land of Linkin'" Chicago Tribune, 4/22/05
Schwartz, Karen. "Want to Avoid Starbucks? Check out the Web" Columbia News Service, 4/19/05
Allen, Jules. "Site Seeing" St. Petersburg Times, 4/18/05
Grobaty, Tim. "Coffe and the Bear Claw" Long Beach Press Telegram, 4/12/05
Dibbell, Julian. "Big Joe Goes Down" The Village Voice, 4/8/05
Andrews, Catherine. "Coffee for the Independent-Minded", dcist.com, 4/6/05
Chin, Brian. "Indie Café Finder" Local Sec., Buzzworthy, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4/6/05
Carfi, Christopher. "Customers Use Social Technology to Route Around Corporate Monoculture" Social Customer Manifesto, www.socialcustomer.typepad.com, 4/5/05
Attack of the Show, "Must....Have....Caffiene" Episode #5054, G4 TV, 4/5/05
"delocator.net" ArtBase, Rhizome.org, 4/3/05
Live Feed "Delocator launches grassroots anti-Starbucks movement" Agenda Inc. 4/3/05

The blogs that started the hype

StayFreeMagazine.org
BoingBoing.net
LifeHacker.com
Metafilter.com
BrowniePointsBlog.com

And a book

Delocator has appeared in the book Life's Little Annoyances by Ian Urbina.


FAQs

Answers to some commonly asked questions:
Q. I posted a store a long time ago and now it has shut down. How do I edit/delete a store?
Ans. Click on the contact link and send an email to xtine. She'll remove or edit the store in the database. Soon this will no longer be an issue as anyone who posts to the new version of Delocator.net can log in and edit stores they have added to the database.
Q. What does Delocate mean?
Ans. Delocate is a semantic play on the online store locator function which appears on many retail chain websites. Instead of using the online store locator (for instance on the Starbucks website), you can use the Delocator to find and support independent businesses.
Q. When will this be available in my country?
Ans. Delocator.net is maintained by just one person (me) and I am not a programmer. I can't imagine trying to maintain a site that serves more than one country. But... The web code is available on the Get the Code page. You will have to be web savvy in order to download the code and create your own Delocator, but it's not too difficult. I would love to see the project spread virally to other countries. Checkout Delocator.ca and Delocator.co.uk for Delocator sites in Canada and Britain.
Q. Why does Delocator.net list the addresses of Starbucks and other chain stores?
Ans. Web users are free to make their own decisions about where they purchase a cup of coffee. By placing the sheer amount of chain stores next to the (typically shorter) list of locally owned shops, the website attempts to persuade viewers to support local industries.
Q. ...But couldn't somebody use this site to find a Starbucks?
Ans: Sure, but wouldn't they just go to Starbucks.com if that was what they wanted?