How you go about adding Bridge to your online business setup will depend on your current online business status. You will choose one of the options below.
- Visit this page to see the three general integration options:
https://www.shoplocal.org/add-to-website.cfm.
- On the above page, find which site/situation best describes your current situation (A, B, or C). Pick the answer below that applies to your business:
A. I have no business website. For example, I only have a Facebook page.
B. I have a business website, but it's only an informational site. My consists of a few informational pages. It does not have an e-commerce function.
C. I have a business website. It is has e-commerce functionality.
- Based upon your answer above, please choose the steps to link to your Bridge.
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If you answered A:
Since you have no official website, you can use Bridge as your business' official website. To your Facebook, Instagram and other social media accounts, add your Bridge website as your official website (e.g. yourstorename.myshoplocal.com).
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If you answered B:
You will edit your existing website and add links from it to your Bridge site.
Please learn more about adding links from your 'parent' / official site to your Bridge site here:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/171/add-a-link-to-your-bridge-account-and-or-add-the-bridge-logo-to-your-website
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If you answered C:
When you have own e-commerce store, you most likely will want to import Bridge's product data into your e-commerce database.
This support doc shows you what data you'll receive in the data feed:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/54/what-data-is-in-the-data-feed
Please contact Bridge to get tips on how to export Bridge data and import it into your website.
If you wish to use option C and yet use Bridge's gift registry software, you can do this. You will add a link to your existing site saying "Gift Registry" and have this link lead to your Bridge's gift registry home page.
