Your Shop Local Store has a feature you might not be aware of: Products Requested.  Learn what products registrants have listed on their registries.

About this feature:

The Products Requested feature is a wonderful tool to help you be prepared for upcoming wedding events.  

• Have a popular registry item you like to keep in stock?  
• Want to make sure you are stocked and ready for an upcoming bridal shower?  

The Products Requested feature lets you see who has registered for an item,

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can download and print a flyer that promotes your store offers Gift & Wedding Registry.  

What's Included on the Flyer:

• Your store's logo.
• Your store's bonus offerings.
• Your store's website address.
• A link and premade custom QR code for your store's registry home page.

These custom flyers save your store time because they’re pre-made with no extra work needed. The QR codes make it quick and easy for registrants to view registry offerings directly

We are pleased to announce that Rutland's of Texarkana has joined Shop Local to grow its online tabletop and bridal registry business.  In the absence of tabletop and giftware stores in their hometown of Texarkana, the founders, Alexandra, Lauren, and Mindy (Mom and her 2 daughters) jumped on this missed opportunity and recently opened their store welcoming friends, neighbors, and loved ones. 

The store instantly received great benefits:

• Customers and registrants can shop for 9k+

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature:  We've made the "email registrant templates" easier to locate and added more features for retailers to communicate with Registrants.  

What’s New:

Communicate with the Registrant Card:  From the Registrant's Overview page, there is now a large area with email templates located on the left-hand side of the Overview Page.  

These email templates include:

• General
• Welcome
• Incentive Offerings
• Steps for linking a wedding website with your store's

You’re Invited 💌

Are Your Online Sales Struggling?  Wedding Registry Events Down? 
Join us for a live, workshop webinar to learn how to utilize built-in Shop Local tools and finish 2025 strong.  

Why Join?

• An indie store sells $78k on average in registry gifts.
• Registries are the sweet spot for online sales.
• Now is the time: registrants are creating registries every day. We want them registering at your store.
• Join a community of indie stores succeeding.

When? (please pick one)

• Wednesday,

We are pleased to announce that Velvet Magnolia has joined Shop Local to grow its online tabletop and bridal registry business after being referred by sales rep Greg Waylock of Cassmeyer Collection. Founded by owner Anne Lofton, Velvet Magnolia offers residential and commercial design services, gifts, bridal registry, large-scale furnishings, and more. 

The store instantly received great benefits:

• Customers and registrants can shop for 7k+ products online.
• The store avoids 12 

NEW YORK, NY — April 27, 2025 – Shop Local, the leading wedding registry platform for indie retailers, will announce the 2025 Best Wedding Gifts award winners this week.  The honor is presented to the top 100 retailers and top 100 brands in America.  

The top 100 brand finalists included Herend, Juliska, VIETRI, and Beatriz Ball.  The top 100 retail finalists were led by The Ivy House in Dallas, TX; Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN; P.S. the Letter in Fort Worth, TX; and Friend &

Stuck in a rut?  New to the wedding registry industry?  

Try out some of these ideas to grow your registry business.  

Build Strong Partnerships

• Collaborate with wedding planners, bridal salons, local wedding venues, photographers, and other vendors to create a network of industry partners.
• These are the first stop on a registrant’s wedding to-do list.
• These partnerships can lead to referrals.

Identify Your Registrant Audience

• Are you targeting young couples, second marriages, or perhaps

Get orders in now before price hikes possibly take affect due to tariff implementations.   We urge you to follow The Ivy House's example they recently posted on their social media page (see photo).  Send an email, a quick text, post on social media - anything you can do to get the word out.  Registrants do not want to lose their credit dollars!  

P.S. Thanks to The Ivy House for sharing such a smart idea 💡