New Feature: A Brand Can More Easily Access Key Admin Features

FOR BRANDS
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We made it easier to view and browse through all of a brand's admin tools. The Collections Overview and a collection's page now show a navigation menu on the left side of the page with a brand's collections and departments.

Previously, one would have to visit multiple pages or drop-down menus to access different admin tools. With this update, one can quickly view and access the following admin tools on one page:

• Products
  • Add

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New Feature: A Brand Can Choose to Sync (or Not) a Product

FOR BRANDS
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now easily toggle Syncing on or off for a product. This feature is helpful if you do not wish to Sync discontinued, damaged, or defective products.

How this feature works:

• This feature allows you to control which products appear on retailers' sites.
• If you want a product to be listed on your Shop Local Store but not appear on retailers' sites, you can turn off Syncing for that product.
• When a product is on your Shop

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New Feature: A Text Message Quickly Informs Registrant About a New Gift 📲

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A registrant can now receive a system-generated text message when a gift is purchased off their registry list.

How this feature works:

• When a registrant creates a new registry, they’ll be asked to enter a phone number during sign-up.
• Below the phone number field, there will now be a checkbox that reads: "This is a mobile telephone number and may receive applicable text messages."
• This box is checked by default.
• If the box

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New Feature: View Carrier Package Tracking for All Orders on One Page 📦

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now track all of your packages in one place. The "Track My Packages" page is split into two tabs and gives you an at-a-glance view of all retail orders (sending) and wholesale orders (receiving). 

The Retail Orders (Sending) tab shows the following order tracking information:

• Shipping Date / Order ID
• Carrier / Tracking Number
• To (Address)
• Status / Last Updated

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New Feature: Brands can Assign Who is Responsible for a Wholesale Order

FOR BRANDS AND SALES REPS
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now select whether your brand or your rep is responsible for a wholesale order.

How this Feature Works

1. Your brand is responsible:
   • When you set your brand as responsible, the assigned sales rep will be notified about the order via a summary report email.
   • The sales rep will still receive the email, but no action is required from them.
      
2. Your sales rep is responsible:
   • If your brand

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New Feature: Share Your Store's Stock

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now update and manage your store's stock for Syncing brand products.
 
Previously, stock displayed on your Shop Local Store was automatically synced with the stock from the Syncing brand. This only reflected the overall stock available from the brand, not your store's individual inventory.
 
With this new update, you can now share your store's stock levels for Syncing brand products. This ensures that what’s displayed on your ......
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New Feature: Add Internal SKUs to Products

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now add internal SKUs to Syncing Brand products via your Shop Local Store.

The internal SKU appears on a product's Details page and on gift lists in the product modal. This feature helps your staff more easily locate Shop Local products in your inventory.

Please follow these steps to view this feature: 

1. Log in to your Shop Local.
2. Search for a browse to a product on your Store.
3. Click the product to open the Details page.&

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New Feature: Gift Givers Receive a Text Message After Their Purchase 📲

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A gift giver can now receive system-generated text message related to their order. 

How this feature works:

• When a gift giver purchases a registry gift, they have the option to enter their phone number at checkout.
• Under the phone number field, they'll now see a checkbox with the message: "Text me regarding my gift. We will send you a text message to your mobile phone number confirming your order. Message and data rates may apply."

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New Feature: Gift Givers Are More Likely to Complete a Purchase Due to More Instances of a Registrant's Picture

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: The picture of your registrant now appears in more places throughout the purchase process.

We recently added the registrant's image to the 'Add Gifts' modal on a registry list. This addition keeps the registrant top of mind for gift givers, which enhances their gift-giving experience and increases their chances of completing a purchase.

A registrant's image also appears in the following places:

• On the registrant's gift list
• In the

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New Feature: Add a Custom Message at Checkout

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now add a custom message to show to a customer before they checkout. This custom message appears in the modal after the customer adds an item to their shopping bag and on the order form.

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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New Feature: Group Gifting for Registry Items 🎁

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: You can now allow group gifting for registry items. Now, multiple friends and family members can contribute towards a gift for a registrant, making it easier to give high-ticket items.

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.

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New Feature: A Registrant Can Require a Password to View the Registry Gift List

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A registrant can now password-protect their registry. By adding a password, a registrant can choose who they wish to get access to their registry.

Benefits of having a password-protected registry:

1. Privacy: Only gift-givers that received the password from the registrant can access the registry. 
2. Controlled Access: A registrant can control who can access their registry.
3. Greater Security: A registrant's personal details will not be

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New Feature: Gift Givers Can Specify the Occassion for a Wedding Registry Gift at Checkout 🛒

Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: Gift givers can now select the occasion for  the wedding registry gift being purchased.

The gift types choices are:

• Wedding gift
• Bridal shower gift
• Engagement gift
• Don't know
• Other reason / not applicable

When a gift giver selects "Bridal shower gift" or “Engagement gift” as the gift type, they are shown an alert, such as:

"A Friendly Note about Shower Gifts...

• Per the registrant's preference,

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