Discover deals, earn your place as a community champion, and keep your dollars where they belong — right here in Cape Fear.
🛡 Our Privacy Promise to You
✓We only ask for what we need. First name, email, phone, and one birthday. That is it.
✓No last name required. We do not need to know who you are — just that you are part of our community.
✓No gender. No age. No demographics. We are not building a data profile on you.
✓Your birthday is just for local specials. We will never use it for anything else.
✓You control every notification. Turn off anything you do not want — no guilt, no consequences.
✓We will never sell your data. Not now, not ever. This platform exists to connect people, not exploit them.
🌊 Founding Members
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Join before we hit 10,000 and earn your Founding Member badge permanently on your profile.
Create Your Free Account
No credit card. No address. No life history. Just you and Cape Fear's best local businesses.
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We ask for five things only — first name, email, phone, password, and your next birthday. Everything else is optional notifications you control.
No last name needed. Ever.
Used for SMS deal alerts only if you opt in below. Never shared.
At least 8 characters
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Your Next Birthday *
Local businesses will surprise you with exclusive birthday specials — automatically. We only need the month and day, not the year.
🔒This is locked after you register. We ask for your birthday once and store it securely. To protect the integrity of birthday specials for local businesses, it cannot be changed after signup. If you ever have a genuine issue, contact us and we will help.
Notification Preferences — all optional, change anytime
🏷 Daily Deal Alerts
Email when new deals go live each morning
📱 SMS Deal Alerts
Text message for same-day deals (rarely used)
🎂 Birthday Specials
Reminder when local businesses have an offer for your birthday
🏪 New Business Announcements
When new local businesses join CFL
📊 Weekly Impact Report
Your personal impact + community scoreboard update
You're in. No spam. No data selling. Just Cape Fear's best local businesses, deals, and birthday surprises waiting for you.
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You're a Cornerstone
Your first verified local purchase earns you the next tier. Start exploring.
🔒 Your birthday is locked in. Local businesses will surprise you automatically — you don't have to do a thing.
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Know 2 people who'd love this?
Help us grow the Cape Fear buy-local community by texting two friends right now. Each text goes out once — their info is never stored or saved unless they choose to join.
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Your friends' privacy is protected. The phone numbers you enter below are used only to send one text message right now. They are never stored in our system, never added to any list, and never contacted again unless your friend chooses to create a CFL account themselves.
Preview — what your friend will receive
Hey [Friend's name]! [Your name] invited you to join CapeFearLocal — a free directory of locally owned businesses across Cape Fear. Discover deals, birthday specials from local shops, and help keep dollars in our community. Join free: capefearlocal.com/join 🌊
Sent once · Never saved · One tap to join or ignore
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Your friends will receive a text from you shortly. Their numbers have already been discarded from our system — we meant it about the privacy.
🌊 Every person who joins gets us closer to unlocking Daily Deals and Birthday Specials for the whole community. Thank you for helping grow Cape Fear local.