How you go about adding Shop Local 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 Shop Local.
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If you answered A:
Since you have no official website, you can use Shop Local as your business' official website. To your Facebook, Instagram and other social media accounts, add your Shop Local website as your official website (e.g. yourstorename.myshoplocal.com).
To add a link on your Facebook leading to your Shop Local Store, please follow the steps in this help doc:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/160/How-to-Add-Your-Shop-Local-Website-to-Your-Facebook-Account
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If you answered B:
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 gift registry page. You can also add a link that says, for example, "Shop Full Juliska Catalog" that leads to your Shop Local's Juliska page.
To add a link on your primary website leading to your Shop Local Store, please follow the steps in this help doc:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/171/Add-a-Link-from-Your-Website-to-Your-Shop-Local-Store
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If you answered C:
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.
To add a link on your primary website leading to your Shop Local Store, please follow the steps in this help doc:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/171/Add-a-Link-from-Your-Website-to-Your-Shop-Local-Store
To download your Synced products that you wish to add to your primary website, please follow the steps in this help doc:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/188/Download-Your-Synced-Products