October 11, 2024
October 11, 2024
Our e-commerce platform helps 1,500 indie stores sell $22 million a year. Perhaps surprising is that more than 90% of these orders are wedding registry gifts. Our stores offer tens of thousands of goods for sale online, with the lion’s share being wedding gifts. Why are wedding registry sales 90% of online sales while non-gift orders ...
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October 9, 2024
October 9, 2024
- Kelly Ahern at Rosenthal
- Damon Willmott at Joseph Joseph
- Marlina Morris and Kathy Scull at Lenox
- John Weeth and Daniel Silva at Vista Alegre
- Matt Hullfish at Costa Nova
- Nicholas Desravines at Alessi
- Lisa Delgado at Orrefors Kosta Boda
- Michael Close and his sales team at Portmeirion
- Kristi Forbes from the NY Tabletop Association
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Adding a link can help you generate $3,200 per registry. Add your link by 9/30/24 and receive a $300 bonus plus a $30 Starbucks gift card 💰
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
Adding a link can help you generate $3,200 per registry. Add your link by 9/30/24 and receive a $300 bonus plus a $30 Starbucks gift card 💰
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
Great news: We are hosting a free, monthly workshop to help you get more orders and wedding registries.
You're invited to join us. We'll help you add a link from your official website to your Shop Local account.
When are the workshops?
- Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 10:00 am EST
- Wednesday, November 13, 2024 @ 10:00 am EST
- When you have a link on your official website, customers can more quickly find your Shop Local Online Store and
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October 8, 2024
How we helped a store in Alabama revamp its online gift registry and save thousands in labor costs.
How we helped a store in Alabama revamp its online gift registry and save thousands in labor costs.
October 8, 2024
By using their Shop Local Store, Table Matters saved $30,983 and 45 weeks in labor on website product maintenance. Through the Syncing service, the store will expand its online collection of fine gifts and home accessories. Table Matters will also ...
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Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024
You’re Invited 💌Wholesale Ordering Service Webinar
Join us for a webinar to learn about using Shop Local's Wholesale Ordering service.
- For brands, learn how to receive wholesale orders via Shop Local.
- For retailers, learn how to place wholesale orders via Shop Local.
When?
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 @ 11:00 AM EST
Why Attend?
- Our Wholesale Ordering service combines the best features from wholesale marketplaces and buying on a brand’s site into a new service.
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October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024
October 7, 2024
Four new, important Shop Local wedding registry features to help your store get more registry sales.
Four new, important Shop Local wedding registry features to help your store get more registry sales.
October 7, 2024
- A Registrant Can Password Protect their Registry
- A registrant can designate their registry as password protected. If they choose this, they'll determine who can access their registry. They'll send the gift giver the public password.
- Benefits: Add privacy, control access, and increase security.
- Details: https://www.shoplocal.org/news.cfm/24544/New-Feature-A-Registrant-Can-Require-a-Password-to-View-the-
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October 3, 2024
October 3, 2024
Top-3 Retailers
🥇 The Ivy House in Dallas, TX
🥈 P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
🥉 Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 MAGPIE in Tulsa, OK / +1,063%
🥈 Little Brown House in Amarillo, TX / +798%
🥉 Black Tie Beach Luxury Decor and Gifts / +768%
By gift registry sales / % change in September 2024 online revenue vs. prev. month
Top-3 Gift ...
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September 30, 2024
How to enhance your customer experience by adding a custom message at checkout.
How to enhance your customer experience by adding a custom message at checkout.
September 30, 2024
By adding a custom message, you can better convey important information, such as shipping or pickup details, return policies, registry gift policies, or promotional offers, directly to your customers. Adding a personal touch to your message also enhances the ...
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September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
Read the full article: https://nymag.com/strategist/article/steal-my-tabletop.html
P.S. Thanks to Ashley for sharing this article with us ☺️ View Post
September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024
- A brand displays our ShopLocal.org logo so that retailers reading the magazine know they can easily sell the products shown.
- When a brand offers our Syncing service, a retailer can instantly display the brand's entire product catalog online.
- The retailer's customers can buy the products and add them to gift registries.
- The retailer doesn't
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September 24, 2024
September 24, 2024
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TOP OF THE CHARTS
LET'S LEAD TOGETHER by JASON SOLAREK
Money is tight for many indie retail shops. Owners often ask themselves: What brands and products
should I invest in to get the best ...
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September 23, 2024
September 23, 2024
Our leaderboard (named Leaderboard) that tracks the best-performing wedding registry brands, retailers, ...
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September 17, 2024
How multiple gift givers can contribute to the same registry gift.
How multiple gift givers can contribute to the same registry gift.
September 17, 2024
A registrant receives group gifting contributions as a gift card from your store. The registrant can redeem their gift card to purchase the item. Items purchased with group gifting won't ship until purchased by the registrant.
To allow group gifting, please follow the...
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September 17, 2024
September 17, 2024
We're excited to share 7 new registry features with you:
- Your Registry Overview Page
- One page to get a bird’s eye view of 10 key metrics.
- See new registry activity and updates as they occur in real time.
- How to view: Log in → Hover over "Gift Registry" → Click &
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September 16, 2024
From selfish reasons like instant gratification to macro reasons like stopping war mongers, here are 10 reasons to make you feel good about skipping Prime Day everyday.
From selfish reasons like instant gratification to macro reasons like stopping war mongers, here are 10 reasons to make you feel good about skipping Prime Day everyday.
September 16, 2024
https://shoplocalraleigh.org/care-2/why-shop-local/)
A notable thing on the above page is the poster’s reasons don’t match the text-based list below it. I liked the text reasons more.
If I were to make a top 10 list, I’d include:
- Instant gratification. Don’t wait for a shipment. Pick it up
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September 16, 2024
September 16, 2024
When I read this, it made me wonder: what is the last experience a gift giver has on our...
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September 12, 2024
September 12, 2024
Read the full article:
https://www.wsj.com/style/design/the-right-way-to-lay-out-your-dining-room-5-formulas-interior-designers-rely-on-0212c54e?mod=mhp View Post
September 12, 2024
How a registrant can require a password to access their registry.
How a registrant can require a password to access their registry.
September 12, 2024
Benefits of having a password-protected registry:
- Privacy: Only gift-givers that received the password from the registrant can access the registry.
- Controlled Access: A registrant can control who can access their registry.
- Greater Security: A registrant's personal details will not be
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September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024
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"Wonderful website. Very easy to find the registry, make my selection, and check out."
~ Lynn Jackson in TN
Shopped at Two Doors Down in Tennessee
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"Your website makes ordering gifts online feel like a personal experience. It was so easy, so quick and you covered everything!"
~ Jennifer Eidt in TN
Shopped at The Finery Jackson in...
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