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Add a Link from Your Website to Your Shop Local Store

Your business benefits when you add a link from your ‘parent’ website to your Shop Local Store.

Benefits to you:

  • Helps customers see all the products and services your Shop Local Store offers.
  • Save yourself time and money on website maintenance. Many brands update the content on your Shop Local Store. This saves your business from having to update data on your site.


How to add a link?
There are two primary ways to add links to your Shop Local Store.

  1. Add the Shop Local logo:
    • You can place the Bridge Shop Local logo (please see below) near your other social media logos such as Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. If you need the Shop Local logo adjusted or the color changed to match your site, please let Bridge know and we'll do that.You may be using a third-party website platform. Please find some tips below when adding the Shop Local logo to those sites.
    • Please follow these steps to add the Shop Local logo via Shopify: https://help.shopify.com/themes/customization/social-media/add-social-media-buttons
       
  2. Add a text link on your site that leads to your Shop Local Store:
    • You may add a link that says "Shop Online" and have this link lead to your Shop Local home page.  If you add a link that says "Shop Online," the URL you link to may resemble this:  yourbusinessname.myshoplocal.com/
    • If you add a link that says "Gift Registry," the URL you link to may resemble this:  yourbusinessname.myshoplocal.com/registry.cfm
    • If you add a link that says "Gift Card," the URL you link to may resemble this:  yourbusinessname.myshoplocal.com/details.cfm/Bridge?prodid=156880
    • You may add a brand-oriented links that says, for example, "Shop the Full Vietri Catalog" and have this link lead to your Shop Local Store's Vietri page.  Your URL may resemble this:  yourbusinessname.myshoplocal.com/patterns.cfm/Vietri

 

Tips:

  1. When you add a link from your site to your Shop Local Store, link directly to your Shop Local Store.
    • Do not add an explanatory page with links to your Shop Local Store; link directly to your respective Shop Local Store.
    • For example, let's imagine that you are going to add a link to your Shop Local registry. Do not add a link to a page on your site explaining the gift registry with links on this page leading to the registry.  Have the link "Gift Registry" lead directly to your Shop Local Gift Registry page.
       
  2. When you add a link, have the link leading to your Shop Local Store open in the same window.  Do not open it in a separate browser window.  
    • Reason: if you open the link in a new window, and the customer browses back to your site, then back to your Shop Local Store, there will be too many windows open.

 


Adding links to your Shop Local Store using a 3rd-party website software providers:

  1. Shopify: https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/216/add-a-link-on-your-shopify-store-leading-to-your-bridge 
  2. Squaresquare: Coming soon
  3. Big Commerce: Coming soon
  4. Teleflora: Coming soon

 


Examples below:

  1. Shopify Example 1
  2. Shopify Example 2
  3. Shopify Example 3
  4. Shopify Example 4
  5. Wix Example
  6. Custom Website Example
  7. Wordpress Example
  8. Squarespace Example

Shopify Example 1

Clicking the "Registry" button in the navigation of Angela Woods Interiors's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

Angela Woods Interiors

https://awoodsinteriors.com/


Shopify Example 2

Clicking the "Bridal Registry" button in the navigation of The Finery Jackson's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

The Finery Jackson

https://thefineryjackson.com/


Shopify Example 3

Clicking the "Gift Registry" button in the navigation of The Menagerie's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

The Menagerie

https://themenagerie.com/


Shopify Example 4

Clicking the "Bridal Registry" button in the navigation of Peridot Home's primary site leads to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

Peridot Home

https://shopperidothome.com/


Wix Example

Clicking the "Bridal Registry" button in the navigation of Zazou's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

Zazou

https://www.zazou.me/


Custom Website Example

Clicking the "Registry" button in the navigation of Five Gold Monkey's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

Five Gold Monkeys

https://fivegoldmonkeys.com/


Wordpress Example

Clicking the "Online Store" button in the navigation of Tish Gammill Home's primary site opens to their Shop Local Home page.

Clicking the "Gift and Bridal Registry" button in the navigation of Tish Gammill Home's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Example:

Tish Gammill Home

http://www.tishgammillhome.com/


Squarespace Example

Clicking the "The Registry" button on The Post's primary site opens to their Shop Local Gift Registry page.

Eample:

The Post

https://www.thepostct.com/


Shop Local logo choices for output on your 'parent' site:

 

 

link to bridge site   link to shop local   add link on parent site   add link   shopify   wix   squarespace   wordpress
Audience: Retailers Brands & Distributors Sales Reps Orgs Int. Designers Publications
Article ID: 171. Created: May 24, 2017 at 6:46 PM / Edited: March 2, 2023 at 5:33 PM
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