A brand or distributor will send an email to its sales reps promoting the Shop Local service. The email may resemble the one below.
Email Subject Line: Sync Our Products
Dear Sales Rep,
What if your stores could sell 18% more?
We have joined a sales program by Bridge that makes it easier for you to sell our products. You will sell more via your retailers' websites. Bridge's Shop Local service can help all of your retailers.
We recommend that you promote Shop Local to your stores.
Why promote Shop Local?
- You will earn more in commission.
- Help your retailers show more product online.
- Help your retailers save time and money in labor.
- Give your retailers instant, accurate pricing.
- Give your retailers instant, professional product images.
- Give your retailers immediate display of new products and pictures.
What is Shop Local? Shop Local is an e-commerce platform. We upload our products to it, and your retailers can more easily sell our products by using it. Retailers can either use their Shop Local account as just an image library, or turn on an Online Store pre-populated with all of our products.
Via Shop Local, we maintain our product data on your retailers' sites. This helps your stores spend less time and money on website maintenance.
In addition, you can receive a free Shop Local account. Your account will show you what orders are made on your retailers' sites in real time.
Using Shop Local, you can be in more places at once. Instead of having to send price lists to many retailers, Shop Local lets us make a change once and have it appear on 100s of retailers' sites.
FAQ
What success has Shop Local had for stores?
Stores that use Shop Local reported selling 18% more due to the program.
Will you get commission on Shop Local generated orders?
Yes. Commission is handled via Shop Local just like it is for any other order.
Does our Shop Local work with a retailer's existing website?
Yes. Shop Local can work with any website, from a beginner site to an advanced one.
How does our Shop Local differ from existing services?
Shop Local is unlike other services. With Shop Local, your stores do not have to download or upload Excel files, click on Dropbox links, or deal with thumb drives. Unlike static file sharing services, Shop Local is a dynamic, real-time file sharing service. Our products are always up to date on your retailers' Shop Local accounts.
Do other brands share products on Shop Local?
Yes, more than 100 of the leading home goods brands use Shop Local.
View all the Shop Local brand partners here:
https://www.shoplocal.org/smart-brand-members.cfm
Which retailers use Shop Local?
1,200+ retailers across the United States and Canada use Shop Local.
View a list of retailers here:
https://www.shoplocal.org/retailers-members.cfm
How much does Shop Local cost?
Free for retailers and sales reps to join. Brands pay to sync products.
Learn more about pricing and services:
https://www.shoplocal.org/pricing.cfm?retailers
How can you or your stores join Shop Local?
Sign up up here:
You can also contact us.
Thank you.
Shop Local,
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