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Key Choice A Choice B Choice C
  Ivy House Bridge Store
Ivy House
Babcock Gifts website
Babcock Gifts
Sasha Nicholas website
Sasha Nicholas
Choice: Shop Local Handles It All for You Hybrid Use Your Own Site
Overview: You use Shop Local Store as your primary website. You can customize the design and content. You can choose to sync with Brand Syncing partners. In addition to Synced Products, you can add and sell any products that you wish. You keep your existing website and add links leading to your Shop Local Store. For example, you may add a "Gift Registry" link on your site that leads to your Shop Local gift registry page. You may also simply link to a brand's page on your Shop Local account. You use your existing website and import synced product data into it. You'll be importing data so your website's look and features will remain the same.
Services Used: Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Brand Syncing Your 3rd-Party Website + Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Brand Syncing Your 3rd-Party Website + Brand Syncing
Examples: Ivy House
P.S. The Letter
Persnickety
Pieces Of Eight
B.C. Clark
Babcock Gifts
The Everyday Chef
Schiffman's (3 locations)
Hudson-Poole Jewelers
Sasha Nicholas
Time to Set Up: Instant 20 minutes or less
» Support page: Add a link from your official (parent) website to your Shop Local Store
Varies
» Support page: Export your Synced Products
Setup Cost: Free Free or low-cost depending on the service used to administer your site Fee that your web person will charge
Shop Local Software Updates: Free & instant Free & instant Not applicable. You are using your own website.
Ideal for: Business wanting a new website
Business with no existing website
Business with an existing website
(such as Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
Business with an advanced e-commerce website (e.g. major retailer)
Choice A
Ivy House Bridge Store
Shop Local Handles It All for You
Services Used:
Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Shop Local Brand Syncing

You use Shop Local Store as your primary website. You can customize the design and content in your Bridge Store and gift registry. You can choose to sync with brands. In addition to synced brands, you can add any products that you wish to your Bridge Store.
Example Websites:
Ivy House
P.S. The Letter
Persnickety
Pieces Of Eight
Time to Setup:
Instant Setup
Setup Cost:
No Setup Cost
Shop Local Software Updates:
Free & Instant Software Updates
Ideal for:
Stores wanting a new website
Stores with no existing website
Choice B
Babcock Gifts website
Hybrid
Services Used:
Your 3rd-Party Website + Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Shop Local Brand Syncing

You keep your existing website and on it add links leading to your Shop Local Store. For example, you may add a link "Gift Registry" on your site that leads to your Shop Local gift registry page.
Example Websites:
B.C. Clark
Babcock Gifts
Schiffman's (3 locations)
Time to Setup:
20 minutes or less
» View support page
Setup Cost:
Free or low-cost setup depending on service used to administer your site
Shop Local Software Updates:
Free & Instant Software Updates
Ideal for:
Stores with an existing website
(such as Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
Choice C
Sasha Nicholas website
Use Your Own Site
Services Used:
Your 3rd-Party Website + Shop Local Brand Syncing

You use your existing website and import synced product data in to it. You'll be importing data so your website's look and features will remain the same.
Example Websites:
Hudson-Poole Jewelers
Sasha Nicholas
Time to Setup:
Varies
» View support page
Setup Cost:
Setup fee that your web person will charge
Shop Local Software Updates:
Not applicable. You are using your own website.
Ideal for:
Store with an advanced e-commerce website (e.g. major store)

Add Our Online Store and Brand Syncing to Your Existing Web Platform

Our Online Store and Brand Syncing work with all 3rd-party providers. If you are planning on choice B or C above, you may be using one of the third-party providers shown here:

Wordpress brand logo
Weebly brand logo
Shopify brand logo
SquareSpace brand logo
GoDaddy brand logo
BigCommerce brand logo
Magneto brand logo

Tips:

  • See how Shop Local Store compares to other 3rd-party store platforms
  • For Choice B: Learn how to add a link on your Shopify store leading to your Shop Local Store
  • For Choice C: Learn how to export your Brand Syncing Products
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