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Gift & Wedding Registry Service > Compare to Gift Reggie

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  7. Add to Website
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  1. Live Retailer Example
  2. Google Study: Shop Local Retailers Dominate Page 1 Results
  3. Case Study: Retailers Sell 18% More with Shop Local
  4. Retailers Using Shop Local Registry Service
  5. Compare Shop Local's Registry to Other Services
  6. Shop Local and Shopify
  7. Retailer Experiences
We’re trusted: Shop Local’s registry service is used by 1,485 brick-and-mortar, Main Street Shops

Compare Shop Local's Registry Service

Jeffrey Bannon
“We left the Gift Reggie app and moved to Shop Local's Registry service. Shop Local helped us double the number of registries at our store and double our registry sales. And, Shop Local is easier than Gift Reggie and costs less.”

Jeffrey Bannon / Owner / Jeffrey Bannon in Charleston, SC
View Jeffrey Bannon's Gift Registry
Page Contents
  • 19 Comparisons
  • See the Difference: Gift Registry Comparison Videos
  • Gift Registry Comparison: Shop Local vs. Gift Reggie
  • Compare Google Sales Leads
  • Compare the Costs

19 Comparisons Between Shop Local's Registry Service & Gift Reggie

Shop Local:
Gift Registry Service
Shopify:
Gift Reggie App
1.
Set Up
Your set up time:
3 minutes.
1 day.
2.
Labor
Effect on your labor costs:
Reduces your labor costs by up to $70k because the brand partners do the product maintenance work for you.
Increases your labor costs because you're responsible for 100% of the product maintenance.
3.
Value
Full e-commerce suite:
Yes, full e-commerce suite and Online Store.
No, only a registry list service.
App is not an online store.
4.
Sales Leads
Your sales leads from Google:
Increases leads. You'll likely be on the first page of Google.
Few. Merchants using app rank poorly in Google. Details.
5.
Gift Selection
Increases your registrants' product choices:
Yes.
No.
6.
Adding Gifts
Makes adding gifts easy ~ Offers you a built-in page filled with gifts to add to a registry list:
Yes.
No.
7.
Registry Promotion
Offers registrant a program to promote their registry with your store:
Yes.
No.
8.
Registry Accounting
Helps you track registry credit paid out and due to registrant:
Yes.
No.
9.
Ease for Customers
Makes it easy for shoppers to find a registry list:
Yes.
No.
10.
Product Pricing
Supplies you with correct product prices:
Yes. Syncing gives you correct, up-to-date prices for up to 73,077 products from 113 partner brands. Learn more about Syncing.
No.
11.
Expense
Your annual fee:
$0.
Fee charged by Shopify.
12.
Clients
Who uses the service:
America's best indie stores.
13.
Ease
Ease of use for your staff:
Easy. Fully integrated with Online Store and e-commerce suite.
Complicated. Not built by Shopify and not integrated.
14.
Partnerships
Offers you brand partnerships and product data from top-selling brands:
Yes. 113, including Juliska, Herend, Vietri, Costa Nova, & Annieglass.
View 113 brand partners.
No.
15.
Registry Management
Enables you to easily manage many registry products:
Yes. Easily manage 70K+ products.
No. The app is not made by Shopify.
16.
Technical Requirements
No. You can avoid needing technical knowledge, coding, and programming skills
Yes. May require coding and integrating with your Shopify template.
17.
Privacy
Gives your registrant the necessary privacy options:
Yes. Registrant can hide their home address from the public.
No.
18.
POS Stock / Inventory
Syncs stock with your Shopify POS:
Yes.
Yes.
19.
POS Pricing
Syncs prices with your Shopify POS:
Yes.
Yes.
Due to the above reasons, a Shopify merchant often uses our registry service. They place a link on their Shopify Store leading to their registry service using our Store.
Why are the registry apps available on Shopify not better?
Shopify does not make wedding registry software, gift registry software, or wish list software.
  • The registry services available on Shopify are made by third-party app developers.
  • The third-party developers attach their code to the Shopify Store.
  • This results in multiple issues and a less than ideal experience for the merchant, gift giver, and registrant.
Tip: Registry Credit Management
  • Shop Local's registry accounting software allows you to easily sell products as registry gifts and then distribute them to a registrant when desired as a physical product or a gift card. Our accounting software has helped merchants manage and distribute $130m in gifts.
Curious About Switching from Gift Reggie?
You can easily move your registries from your existing provider to Shop Local. We'll help you import and move the registries for free. No charge. We'll make the process easy for you.
Bonus: Get a $600 Credit
Switch from Gift Reggie to Shop Local before July 1st and get a $100 credit each month for 6 months. Contact us to inquire or start the process: [email protected]

See the Difference: Gift Registry Comparison Videos

Quickly see how Shop Local’s registry service compares.
Gift Reggie App Review
In this video, you'll quickly learn 15 reasons why the Gift Reggie app makes it difficult for users.
View the full Gift Reggie review

Gift Registry Comparison: Shop Local vs. Gift Reggie

Below please find a comparison of a merchant that used the Gift Reggie app and then switched to Shop Local’s Registry service.

Jeffrey Bannon's Gift Registry Home Page

BEFORE
Shopify Juliska gift registry page
Gift Reggie's Gift Registry Home Page
AFTER
Shop Local Juliska gift registry page
Shop Local's Gift Registry Home Page
  • More visually appealing.
  • Easier for friends and family to find registrants.
  • Easier for registrants to log in and update their registries.

Jeffrey Bannon's Wedding Registry List

BEFORE
Shopify Juliska gift registry list page
Gift Reggie's Registry List
AFTER
Shop Local Juliska gift registry list page
Shop Local's Registry List
  • Displays the registry couple's picture.
  • Displays date of registry event.
  • Promotes four reasons to shop on the retailer's site.
  • Displays product pictures in large format. This makes viewing the product easier.
  • Displays the brand's logo above the product. This increases the perceived value of the item.
  • Displays the product dimensions.
  • Share feature makes sharing registry page easy.

Jeffrey Bannon's Product Page

BEFORE
Shopify Juliska product page
Shopify Product Page: a registrant added a product to their Gift Reggie list from this page.
AFTER
Shop Local Juliska product page
Shop Local Product Page: a registrant adds a product to their wedding list from this page.
  • Displays the brand's logo above the product. This increases the perceived value of the item.
  • Easier to view product features. Displays product dimensions.
  • Easier to shop. Shopping bag and registry buttons are green and act as clear 'calls to action.'
  • Offers multiple product pictures.
  • Easier to browse to the next product.
  • Easier to keep shopping (e.g. by tags or department).
  • Easier for the store owner to edit products.
  • Easier for the store owner to make profitable transactions since the software uses our Price Floor technology.

Compare Google Sales Leads

A retailer using Shop Local's Registry service receives 700% more sales leads from Google than if it used Gift Reggie.
Registry search chart showing Google search results count for Shop Local Registries vs competitors
Google search page for wedding registries in Alabama
In 32 states, Shop Local merchants rank on page 1 of Google in registry searches—ahead of merchants that use Shopify apps like Gift Reggie.
Study Results
  • Number of Shop Local Stores on Page 1 of Google: 70
  • Number of Gift Reggie app results on Page 1 of Google: 10
Example
In Alabama, four merchants using Shop Local's Registry service appeared on page one of Google. Only one result on page 1 used a Shopify app.
What Can We Learn From This?
By using Shop Local's service, indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google and being found by more customers.
Please find the full Google study findings here

Compare the Costs

Online Store Cost Comparison

When a business offers an online store, it's a costly venture. A business, such as an indie store, will build the site and then have to maintain it. On a day-to-day basis, the business has to:

  • Pay for design and coding of new features.
  • Pay for third-party apps, such as Gift Reggie.
  • Pay for security.
  • Ensure its web pages load quickly. This often requires the business to use image-optimization software to reduce the page size and a CDN (content delivery network) to get the content closer to the visitor's geographic location.
  • Pay for hosting.

Shop Local bundles the above features and services together as part of our general service offering. This makes it easier and more cost-efficient for clients.

Other providers charge higher out-of-the-box rates and then charge service fees for add-on services. The charges add up and the services become expensive. In contrast, we offer many features out-of-the-box by default with Shop Local Store, so our Store costs less and is easier to use.

In addition, our Syncing service drastically reduces the labor needed to maintain an online business. Other providers do not offer a product syncing service.

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