A merchant uses both: They use Shopify's online store and Shop Local's Online Store. They often add a link on their Shopify store leading to their Shop Local Store and Registry services.
For this path, please see our integration solutions below.
A merchant replaces Shopify's online store with Shop Local's Online Store. With this approach, they may still use Shopify's POS but no longer use its online store.
For this path, please click here to learn about replacing Shopify online store.
More than 100 merchants use Shop Local and Shopify because the two services have different features and strengths. A retailer may use Shopify as its primary website and use Shop Local's Gift Registry service and Syncing service. (Shopify does not offer its own registry service—it only offers those by outside, third-party app developers.) Merchants often add a link “Gift Registry” on their Shopify store that leads to their Shop Local Gift Registry home page.
Retailers often switch from a third-party Shopify registry app to Shop Local's registry service. (They may still use Shopify's POS.)
Below please find a comparison of a merchant that used the Gift Reggie Shopify app and then switched to Shop Local’s Registry service.