🖥️ Update your website content
🔗 Add a link leading to your Shop Local Store
📱 Promote your online and registry services on social media and in-store
🛍️ Sync with more brands to offer more products
⭐️ Ask customers to review your business
🔍 Update search terms to help boost your Google ranking
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Below are three reviews from shoppers who bought a gift from a merchant using our software:
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"The website was so user friendly and I had a wedding gift ordered in no time at all! Highly recommend."
~ Robin Burger in TX
April 21, 2024
Shopped at Tipton Hurst in Arkansas
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"Great website...extremely user-friendly. Easy and fast. Thank you!"
~ Kent Beaty in OK
April 27, 2024
Thank you to Candace Johnson, owner of Cactus Flower in Fort Lauderdale, FL, for taking the time to leave a review about her experience as a Shop Local member. 😊
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"This review is definitely a 5 star plus. My association with Shop Local has been hugely beneficial to my business and to me personally. The concept is so perfect for this time in retail. Furthermore, the support and service offered are extraordinary. I am so grateful for Shop ...
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Do website service providers need a digital health label?
May 18, 2024
When you pick up a package of Oreos or yogurt at the grocery store, you can see the nutrition (or lack of it!) on the nutrition label on the back. Health advocates are encouraging the FDA to make warnings more obvious on packages—such as by placing information on the front of the package, shares The Wall St. Journal. Advocates have looked abroad for inspiration. In Mexico, you’ll find labels with a black octagon, resembling a stop sign, on the front of Doritos and Nature Valley ...
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Use the live chat feature to quickly connect with a Shop Local coach
May 9, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: You can live chat with a Shop Local coach. All Shop Local members have access to live customer service seven days a week.
With the live chat feature, a Shop Local coach can quickly answer your questions and solve any problems your business may have.
Please follow the steps to access this feature:
Log in to your Shop Local account.
Roll over Management at the top of your page. In the drop-down menu under "Shop
How Shop Local's software quickly added Home Décor items to the online store for a popular College Station boutique
May 8, 2024
Shop Local welcomes new member Sabi Boutique in College Station, TX. Sabi Boutique has joined the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business. This fashion, accessories, and home decor shop is a destination for women to indulge and pamper themselves.
Sabi Boutique saved $3,020 and 4 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform. They have chosen Shop Local to expand their online store’s home decor and tabletop assortment. They will also offer...
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How online trends in the used car market parallel those in the wedding registry market. Online gift giving predicted to increase at the expense of in-store giving by 40% by 2030.
How online trends in the used car market parallel those in the wedding registry market. Online gift giving predicted to increase at the expense of in-store giving by 40% by 2030.
May 7, 2024
Jinjoo Lee in The Wall St. Journal shares how the used car market has improved in the last 20 years because much of it is now conducted online. When car buyers use the web, they are more likely to save money (saving about 2%), and dealers can, in theory, make more with dynamic pricing (about 2%)—thereby giving each party a win. Unlike 20 years ago, when we didn't have smartphones, today 95% of used car purchases start online. While 31% of used car purchases were completely in-person,...
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At Shop Local, it's our job to help find ways to grow your online business. Part of that job is researching different registry software to see if it could be a good fit for your store.
If you offer a gift registry service, you may have heard of MyRegistry. MyRegistry is a third-party universal registry service that seemingly integrates with your primary website, stating that they "offer a suite of technology solutions [for retailers] that boost revenue, engage customers, and reduce ...
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Indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google when they use Shop Local. Merchants know this because of their page 1 rankings in search tests, such as for Florida results.
These Shop Local retailers located in Florida appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store:
How an invitation from Syncing brand Mackenzie-Childs helped this retailer offer 2661 more products in only one day
April 22, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Olive Branch Gardens in Wallace, North Carolina, has joined Shop Local to grow their online business. Olive Branch Gardens is a florist and gift store with a limited selection of MacKenzie-Childs products on their primary Shopify website.
Olive Branch Gardens saved $2,740 and 4 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform. They have chosen Shop Local to expand their online store assortment and offer a gift registry program.
When we compared our registry service to other registry software, we found 17 unique ways that our registry service helps gift givers, registrants, & merchants. Many other registry services don’t offer these 17 features below.
6 Ways Our Service Helps Gift Givers in Ways That Other Services Do Not
Gift Giver’s Experience (E.g. Friend or family member giving a gift)
The gift giver can easily find the registrant’s gift list because the service helps merchants rank
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Tennessee
April 18, 2024
Indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google when they use Shop Local. Merchants know this because of their page 1 rankings and how they beat big-box stores in search tests, such as for Tennessee results.
These Shop Local retailers located in Tennessee appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store:
Carol Schroeder recently shared how local shops help our communities and their environment. I liked the excerpt below from her post:
”Returns are one example of something local shopkeepers do better than Amazon and other giant web retailers. The e-commerce return rate is estimated to be two to three times that of brick & mortar stores – averaging a shocking 20%-30%. According to The Guardian, a returns platform “recently calculated that only 50% of ...
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How Shop Local helps 3 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Louisiana
April 11, 2024
Indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google when they use Shop Local. Merchants know this because of their page 1 rankings and how they beat big-box stores in search tests, such as for Louisiana results.
These Shop Local retailers located in Louisiana appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store:
How an invitation from Syncing brand Mackenzie-Childs helped this retailer set up an online store in only one day
April 8, 2024
We are pleased to announce that FairyTales in Lombard, Illinois, has joined Shop Local to grow their online business. FairyTales is a family-owned store that offers home décor, unique gifts, collectibles, apparel, and more.
FairyTales saved $2,740 and 4 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform. They have chosen Shop Local to expand their online store assortment and offer a gift registry program.
FairyTales, Inc. is celebrating 30 years of ...
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How a store owner can replace labor-wasting website maintenance with a free car
April 5, 2024
The new 2024 Model 3 Tesla is here and a store owner can get it for free. All they have to do: replace their labor-wasting website maintenance with our Syncing service. A store owner saves more than $400 (the average cost of a Tesla lease) each month and make their customers happier.
How Shop Local helps 2 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Delaware
April 4, 2024
Indie stores have the best chance of ranking highly in Google when they use Shop Local. Merchants know this because of their page 1 rankings and how they beat big-box stores in search tests, such as for Delaware results.
These Shop Local retailers located in Delaware appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store:
As a store owner, you know how important it is to choose a registry service that works well for you, your employees, your registrants, and gift-givers (family and friends). In addition to working well, the registry service should offer your store good value (price vs. results).
When looking for registry software, some retailers consider MyRegistry.com for their registry service. MyRegistry.com offers gift registry creation and management features that integrate with a retailer's Shopify ...
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