We are pleased to share that Galway Irish Crystal products are ready for Syncing.
Galway Irish Crystal joins our network of 112 premium brands that Sync products with over 1,480 retailers.
Visit Galway Irish Crystal's Shop Local Account:
View the 112 Galway Irish Crystal products you can Sync with here:
https://belleekandgalwaycrystal.myshoplocal.com/collections.cfm/Galway_Irish_Crystal
How to Sync
We are pleased to share that SMEG products are ready for Syncing.
SMEG joins our network of 111 premium brands that Sync products with over 1,480 retailers.
Visit SMEG's Shop Local Account:
View the 186 SMEG products you can Sync with here:
https://smeg.myshoplocal.com/
How to Sync
For Brands and Distributors
Shop Local offers different promotions for brand and distributor partners. By participating in any promotions, a brand or distributor earns a credit that can be applied to monthly subscription fees or additional services (e.g., product imports, image imports, etc.).
We're happy to see Pieces of Eight and Fincher & Ozment Jewelers sharing their 2025 Best Wedding Gifts Award on Facebook and Instagram.
Both stores easily downloaded their awards and shared them with their followers โ a great way to celebrate their success and connect with customers.
If your business earned a spot on the top retailer or brand list, we invite you to share a post about your placement and tag us on Facebook (ShopLocal.org by Bridge) or Instagram (@shoplocalnetwork). ๐
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...NEW YORK, NY โ June 9, 2025 โ Shop Local, the innovative e-commerce and wedding registry platform empowering indie retailers, announced today the addition of world-renowned brand, SMEG, to its growing platform. This latest addition marks a significant expansion of Shop Localโs premium product offerings into the kitchen and home appliance markets and reaffirms the companyโs commitment to supporting local retailers through cutting-edge technology.
Shop Local now works with over 110 leading
Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in May 2025:
Top-3 Retailers
๐ฅ Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
๐ฅ P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
๐ฅ Friend & Company in New Orleans, LA
Top-3 Retail Movers
๐ฅ The Carriage House in Indianola, MC / + 566%
๐ฅ Eleganz Plus in Brooklyn, NY / +560%
๐ฅ Lautares Jewelers in Greenville, NC / +231%
By gift registry sales / % change in May 2025 online revenue vs. prev. month
Top-3 Wedding Registry Brands
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With tariffs on everyone's minds, prices of many products have been increasing. In May, brands raised their prices on 6,945 products, producing an average price increase of 9%. If a retailer didnโt make these changes, these price increases would cost their store 9%.
Thankfully, indie stores using Shop Local have the updated price for these 6,945 products. They donโt lose 9%โand they didn't have to manually update prices for each product. The stores receive the updated prices instantly via our
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now edit MSRP pricing for your Syncing brands.
Your store Syncs with brands that participate in the Syncing service to share products. By default, Syncing brands set the MSRP for these products. If you wish, you may increase a brand's MSRP by a percentage. This will affect all of the Synced products that appear in your account from this brand. Your store will not be able to decrease the pricing.
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now download a flyer with your monthly registries to easily promote them in-store.
These custom flyers save your store time because theyโre pre-made with no
Thank you to Liesl Noble for sharing her experience after buying a gift from P.S. The Letter, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services:
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"The website made it easy to see the choices on the registry, and I appreciated being able to see more detailed views of the items to make more informed choices. Easy to order, quick confirmation... Highly recommend!"
~ Liesl Noble in TX
Shopped at P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
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Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We've added the ability for your business to add an internal ID and note for your authorized retailers.
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...Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now view reporting and forecasting for your registries. This helps your business make informed decisions to continue growing your wedding registry service.
Your Reporting & Forecasting page now shows stats by year for your registries. These include:
Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in April 2025:
Top-3 Retailers
๐ฅ Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
๐ฅ Friend & Company in New Orleans, LA
๐ฅ Table Matters in Birmingham, AL
Top-3 Retail Movers
๐ฅ Calico Mushroom in New Albany, MS / +472%
๐ฅ Stafford's of Spartanburg in Spartanburg, SC / +396%
๐ฅ Queen City Market in Selma, AL / +389%
By gift registry sales / % change in April 2025 online revenue vs. prev. month
Top-3 Wedding Registry Brands
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Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We've added a new award for the 2025 Best Wedding Gifts Finalists. ๐ฅณ
This finalist designation is awarded by Shop Local to the top 100 retailers and brands. It is based on 2024 online wedding registry sales from 1,450 retailers that use Shop Local's Online Store and Wedding Registry service who collectively sell 3,500 brands.
[ ] ๐Complete your Success Checklist.
[ ] ๐Add a link on your primary website leading to your Shop Local Registry Home page.
[ ] ๐ฐUpdate your registry incentive amounts to attract more sign-ups.
[ ] ๐ Review the Leaderboard to see top-selling registry brands and products.
Thank you to April Johnson for sharing her experience after buying a gift from Staffords of Spartanburg, a merchant using Shop Local software for their e-commerce and registry services:
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"Easy to navigate bridal registry. I also loved that they informed me that the couple preferred to pick up their gifts in the storeโless work for me! The online site also allowed me to mark my gift for the shower, as I will also have to buy a wedding gift..."
~ April Johnson in SC
Shopped at
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now quickly edit a product's information directly on its Details page.
Previously, one would need to click "Edit Product" on the Details page to edit a product's name or price.
With this update, one can now edit this information on the Details page. This takes fewer clicks and saves you time from visiting multiple tabs in the "Edit Product" modal.
Please follow the steps below to access this feature:
Congratulations to the following members for being the top gift registry performers in March 2025:
Top-3 Retailers
๐ฅ Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
๐ฅ P.S. The Letter in Fort Worth, TX
๐ฅ Friend & Company in New Orleans, LA
Top-3 Retail Movers
๐ฅ Fincher & Ozment Jewelers in Tuscaloosa, AL / +653%
๐ฅ La Dentelliere in Scarsdale, NY / +525%
๐ฅ Eleganz Plus in Brooklyn, NY / +403%
By gift registry sales / % change in March 2025 online revenue vs. prev. month
Top-3 Wedding Registry
We have updated the display of lifestyle images and home page slides in your Online Store.
Slide Ratio
For step-by-step instructions on how to add, update, or view slides, please follow this help document:
https://www.shoplocal.org/help-center.cfm/198/Add-and-Update-