The Ivy House, a gift shop in Texas, uses Shop Local to offer an online store, get product data from its brands, and place wholesale orders more quickly.
The easiest software suite to run and grow your online business.
Shop Local offers retailers a variety of key software services to sell more and save time. Using Shop Local, retailers run their e-commerce business, grow their wedding and gift registry business, and instantly stock their website with products. Customers spend more money, registrants are happier, and stores avoid pricing errors.
Start with the free plan today. You can set up an online store in minutes with no technical knowledge.
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We Give Your
Business
A Free Account
yourstorename.myshoplocal.com
View Live Example:
babcockgifts.myshoplocal.com
If you wish, you can use your own domain (e.g. yourname.com).
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Add Your Brands
You can add any brands to your account that you wish. To help you get started, Shop Local offers you a directory of 3,187 brands from which to pick.
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Have Your Brands Do the Work For You
You can send sync requests to brands that share products via Shop Local's Product Syncing service. Your account can be pre-populated with up to 63,693 products from 110 participating brands.
View Live Example:
Babcock's Juliska Home Page
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Receive Orders
Your customers can checkout via your Shop Local Store. You'll receive an email with the customer's contact and order information. If you have real-time credit card processing set up with Shop Local, your Shop Local Store will ask the customer for their credit card information during checkout.
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Grow Your Gift Registry Business
You can use Shop Local's award-winning gift registry software to offer an online registry service to your customers. Family and friends can visit registries on your Shop Local Store and make purchases from the lists. If you have a separate, third-party website, you can add a "Gift Registry” link that leads to your Shop Local Registry home page.
View Live Example:
Babcock's Gift Registry Home Page
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Place Wholesale Orders Easily
When you need to place a wholesale order, you can use your Shop Local Store. Shop Local Wholesale reduces the number of steps required to place an order by 50%.
Choose all of the services below or pick them piecemeal:
When adding products, most retailers receive an Excel file and images. What if there was a way to sell these products online without those steps? There is: Syncing let you bypass Dropbox and Excel. You can use Product Syncing to save time and cut costs.
Please note: a retailer must be an authorized dealer to sync products
Jason Solarek, Bridge CEO, with the Shop Local 'ethos'
1,236 retailers use Shop Local's Online Store, including:
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We get customers to spend
more money with your store.
Stores that use Shop Local sell 18% more. Shop Local gives you a variety of tools to bring in more traffic and get visitors to spend more. Read the case study on 18%.
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We make it easy.
You can set up an online store in minutes. With no technical knowledge, you can offer a powerful, full-featured website to customers. We help you accomplish in hours what other services require weeks to do.
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We're retail experts.
We specialize in retail stores like yours. We understand your business. We bring you 20 years of experience and have overseen $140m+ in online sales for indie stores. Read the history of Shop Local and the team that created it.
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We make the price right.
We offer plans and pricing designed for indie businesses. There is no set up fee. Enjoy our free plan. View retailer pricing.
Retailers that choose Shop Local Store often have a few traits in common, including:
Thankfully, Shop Local can rectify these issues quickly. Most other online platforms require too much time and money. Shop Local is designed to help indie retailers bypass these barriers.
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Situation: | “I have no official business website. I only have a Facebook page or other social media account for my business.” | “I have an official business website; it's only an informational site.” | “I have an official business website; it has e-commerce functionality.” |
Assessment: | Since you have no official website, you can use Shop Local as your business's official website. On your Facebook, Instagram, and other social media accounts, you can add your Shop Local website as your official website (e.g. yourstorename.myshoplocal.com). | You can edit your existing website and add links from it to your Shop Local Store. For example, you can add a link that says "Gift Registry" that leads to your Shop Local's Gift Registry page. You can also add a link that says "Shop Full Juliska Catalog" that leads to your Shop Local's Juliska page. |
How you use Shop Local depends on if you wish to use Shop Local's gift registry service. If you wish to use Shop Local's gift registry service,
you can add a link on your existing site saying "Gift Registry" that leads to your Gift Registry home page.
When you have your own e-commerce store, you may wish to import Shop Local's product data into your e-commerce database. |
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Choice: | Shop Local Handles It All for You | Hybrid | Advanced Hybrid |
Overview: | You use Shop Local Store as your primary website. You can customize the design and content. You can choose to sync with products. 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 use your existing website and import synced data into it. You may use Shop Local's Registry service. |
Services Used: | Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Shop Local Product Syncing | Your 3rd-Party Website + Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Shop Local Product Syncing | Varies |
Examples: |
Ivy House P.S. The Letter Persnickety Pieces Of Eight |
B.C. Clark Babcock Gifts Schiffman's (3 locations) |
Hudson-Poole Jewelers Sasha Nicholas |
Time to Setup: | Instant |
20 minutes or less
» Support page: Add a link from your 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 | Only applicable if using Shop Local Registry. |
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. |
Choice A | |
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Situation: “I have no official business website. I only have a Facebook page or other social media account for my business.” |
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Assessment: Since you have no official website, you can use Shop Local as your business's official website. On Facebook, Instagram, and other social media accounts, you can add your Shop Local website as your official website (e.g. yourstorename.myshoplocal.com). |
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Shop Local Handles It All for You | |
Overview: You use Shop Local Store as your primary website. You can customize the design and content in your Shop Local Store and gift registry. You can choose to sync with products. In addition to synced products, you can add any products that you wish to your Shop Local Store. |
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Services Used: Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Shop Local Product Syncing |
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Example Websites: Ivy House P.S. The Letter Persnickety Pieces Of Eight |
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Time to Setup: Instant Setup |
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Setup Cost: No Setup Cost |
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Shop Local Software Updates:
Free & Instant Software Updates |
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Ideal for: Business wanting a new website. Business with no existing website. |
Choice B | |
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Situation: “I have an official business website; it's only an informational site.” |
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Assessment: You can edit your existing website and add links from it to your Shop Local Store. For example, you can add a link that says, "Gift Registry" that leads to your Shop Local's Gift Registry page. You can also add a link that says "Shop Full Juliska Catalog" that leads to your Shop Local's Juliska page. |
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Hybrid | |
Overview: 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. |
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Services Used: Your 3rd-Party Website + Shop Local Store + Shop Local Registry + Shop Local Product Syncing |
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Example Websites: B.C. Clark Babcock Gifts Schiffman's (3 locations) |
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Time to Setup: 20 minutes or less » View support page |
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Setup Cost: Free or low-cost setup depending on the service used to administer your site |
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Shop Local Software Updates:
Free & Instant Software Updates |
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Ideal for: Business with an existing informational website (such as Squarespace, Weebly, etc.). |
Choice C | |
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Situation: “I have an official business website; it has e-commerce functionality.” |
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Assessment: How you use Shop Local depends on if you wish to use Shop Local's gift registry service. If you wish to use Shop Local's gift registry service, you can add a link on your existing site saying "Gift Registry" that leads to your Shop Local's Gift Registry home page. When you have your own e-commerce store, you may wish to import Shop Local's product data into your e-commerce database. |
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Use Your Own Site | |
Overview: You may use your existing website and import Smart Product data into it. You may use Shop Local's Registry service. |
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Services Used: Varies |
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Example Websites: Hudson-Poole Jewelers Sasha Nicholas |
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Time to Setup: Varies » View support page |
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Setup Cost: Fee that your web person will charge. |
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Shop Local Software Updates:
Only applicable if using Shop Local Registry. |
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Ideal for: Business with an advanced e-commerce website. |
Are there requirements a retailer must meet to join and use Shop Local Store?
Yes, a business must have a federal tax ID (TIN) and one or more dedicated, physical storefronts that consumers can access (e.g. not a P.O. box or postal/mail center).
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