We Can Help Your Indie Store
Time with Shop Local
- Setting up an online store is often expensive and time-consuming.
- Leading e-commerce service providers do not provide an easy way for indie retailers to manage an e-commerce store.
- Shop Local's Online Store is more efficient and affordable to use than other leading software choices.
- We offer a free plan. Setup is free.
Overview
Examples
How Are Businesses Using Shop Local's Store?
- Businesses wanting a new website
- Businesses with no existing website
- B.C. Clark
- Babcock Gifts
- The Boutique
- Friend and Co.
- Schiffman's (3 locations)
Businesses with an existing website (such as from Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
- B.C. Clark
- Babcock Gifts
- The Boutique
- Friend and Co.
- Schiffman's (3 locations)
- Businesses wanting a new website
- Businesses with no existing website
Businesses with an existing website (such as from Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
Brand Directory & Syncing
Easily Add Up to 3,241 Brands
Shop Local's Online Store offers your business a directory of more than 3,241 brands to add to your Online Store. Using our Brand Directory, you can easily add a brand to your Store, show a brand's logo, add products for it, and more. Save yourself from having to hunt for this information.
Don't see a brand in our Brand Directory that you need? We'll add the brand. Your Store allows you to add any item from any brand.
For 116 of the brands in the Brand Directory, Shop Local has partnerships with these brands. These brands are our Syncing partners.
Do You Sell Any Of These Brands?
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Do you sell any of the above brands? If so, we can instantly add products from the above brands to your Store.
How Much Does Running an Online Store Cost?
When a business offers an online store, it's a costly venture. A business, such as an indie store, brand, or sales rep group, will build the site and then have to maintain it. On a day-to-day basis, the business has to:
- Pay for design and coding of new features.
- Pay for security.
- Ensure its web pages load quickly. This often requires the business to use image-optimization software to reduce the page size and a CDN (content delivery network) to get the content closer to the visitor's geographic location.
- Pay for hosting.
Shop Local bundles the above features and services together as part of our general service offering. This makes it easier and more cost-efficient for clients.
Other providers charge higher out-of-the-box rates and then charge service fees for add-on services. The charges add up and the services become expensive. In contrast, we offer many features out-of-the-box by default with Shop Local Store, so our Store costs less and is easier to use.
In addition, our Syncing service drastically reduces the labor needed to maintain an online business. Other providers do not offer a product syncing service.
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Features
21 Reasons Businesses Choose Shop Local Store
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Design
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Customers to Shop
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Products
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Pictures per Product
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and Discounts
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Reporting Tools
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and Tax Management
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and Engraving
Features
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Unique URL
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Review Software
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Products to
Social Media
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More Shop Local Store Features
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Our services are compatible with all third-party providers.
Don't have a website? Wish to move to a new platform? No problem. We can help.
Reviews from Shoppers
Shopped at Shop Local retailer Ivy House
Shopped at Shop Local retailer Babcock Gifts
Client Satisfaction
Join 99.3% of Stores
Each month, an average of 99.3% of retailers renew their Shop Local Store service. A high renewal rate demonstrates that retailers are happy with Shop Local's software and customer service. This high customer loyalty suggests that Shop Local is providing great value for members.
FAQ
- You may choose to accept credit card payments online. If you choose to offer real-time credit card processing, your Bridge Store will ask the customer for their credit card information during checkout. When the customer pays online via credit card, the money will normally be available in your bank account the next business day.
- Your business may wish to not accept credit cards online. When you do not accept credit cards online, the customer can still checkout on your Bridge Store. They will enter their billing information, shipping information, telephone number, and email. If the purchase is for a gift registry, the email will include this information. You'll use the telephone number from the order email to call the customer and collect credit card details via telephone. You will key the credit card number into your in-store terminal.
Please note: a few brands do not drop ship to the customer. If not, the item ordered may be shipped to your store, then you may ship it to the customer.
- Regular purchase. When a general public order occurs, you'll ship what you have in stock. If you do not have the product in stock, you may ask the brand to drop ship it.
- Gift registry purchase. You can give the registrant the literal item or give them a registry credit. Bridge's software is designed to help you manage and keep track of what has been given to the registrant. When a registry purchase is made, the software automatically deducts the purchased quantity from the desired quantity. For example, if the registrant requested 12 dinner plates, and 1 is purchased, the software will automatically show that 1 is purchased and 11 are still desired.
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Bonus ~ Through June 31, 2023
Bonus ~ Through June 31, 2023