How multiple gift givers can contribute to the same registry gift.
September 17, 2024
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.
To allow group gifting, please follow the...
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Shop Local has been busy adding new registry features to help your indie store sell more. We have stores doing $1,000,000+ in registry sales a year. This can be you 😉
We're excited to share 7 new registry features with you:
Your Registry Overview Page
One page to get a bird’s eye view of 10 key metrics.
See new registry activity and updates as they occur in real time.
How to view: Log in → Hover over "Gift Registry" → Click &
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: You can now change your wedding registry plan. This feature helps you more easily manage your business's registry subscription.
Previously, your business had to message a Shop Local coach to request a plan change. With this update, you can upgrade or downgrade your registry plan at any time. The new "Change Plan" modal also shows discounts and monthly savings for each plan, helping you see savings and make the best choice.
How to leverage newsletter discounts to compete with top brands.
August 28, 2024
Shop Local analyzed the websites for top selling brands in the tabletop and giftware industries. We noticed a common trend among these websites: a pop-up window offering a discount for signing up for a newsletter.
35% of the top 20 brands offer a discount for signing up for a newsletter. The discounts offered range from 10-20% off, and the only requirement is that a customer enters their email address to receive emails from the brand.
FOR BRANDS AND RETAILERS
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: You can now easily view the whereabouts of a wholesale order. A member can view if the order has shipped, the carrier (e.g. UPS, FedEx, etc.), and the expected delivery date.
If you're a retailer, you can view the status of multiple shipments from different brands on one page. Without this feature, you'd need to visit, say, five different brand websites or carrier websites, log in, and search for this information.
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A new tool to discover and connect with new retail partners easily.
August 9, 2024
FOR BRANDS
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We made it easier for your brand to identify new prospects. The new Prospects page helps your brand expand your network by connecting with new retailers on Shop Local.
The Prospects page is broken down into sections that help prospect for new retailers:
Retailers by Specialty
Shows retailers by their industry and specialty (ex: gift shops, home goods stores, jewelry stores, tableware stores, etc.).
OPENING ORDERS & REORDERS
An opening account with Salisbury is a minimum order of $600.00 retail value. Reorders of less than $100.00 retail value are subject to a $10.00 processing fee.
SHIPPING
There is a $10 .00 charge per address for drop shipments.
TERMS
There is a $50.00 charge for NSF checks.
ENGRAVING
The cost for lettering is $1.00 per letter, and $14.00 minimum (retail) per side per item (10 characters). ...
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Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Patrick's Fine Jewelry & Gifts in St. Francisville, LA / +1,040%
🥈 Adler's Jewelry in New Orleans, LA / +604%
🥉 Saint Street in Clarksville, ...
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How your business can communicate registry terms and conditions to your registrants.
July 31, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: Your business can now choose to require registrants to agree to registry terms and conditions. If your business requires registrants to agree to terms and conditions, you can add your business's registry terms and conditions to your account.
Your registry terms and conditions will be displayed to the registrant in the following areas:
When a registrant signs up for a new registry, your terms and conditions will appear in a window that the
How to send a link of a registry or product to family and friends via text, email, or social media.
July 15, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: We made it easier to share a registry or product with family and friends via mobile. The new "Share" link opens a tray with various options for sharing the link to a registry or product.
Previously, one had to follow multiple steps to share a link:
Copy a link to a registry or product.
Open an email or text to the person they wish to send a link to.
Our Farmhouse woven serving tray with glass bottom finish is ideal for entertaining, providing an eye-catching rustic backdrop for bread and cheese, sliced pizzas and flatbreads, and other charcuterie delights. Whether you're having a formal dinner or a casual gathering, this item will look wonderful on your table or kitchen island. This country-style charm, created from durable organic vines, adds a warm and welcoming touch to serving and is a fantastic conversation starter.
Top-3 Retail Movers
🥇 Dalton Brody in Washington, DC / +902%
🥈 Barbara Stewart Interiors in Bowling Green, KY / +511%
🥉 The Kitchen Table in Hattiesburg, MS / +394%
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How to export an Excel file with multiple registries with one click.
June 26, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has an updated feature: We made it easier to export information for multiple registries at the same time.
Previously, your store could only download information for one registry at a time. With this update, you can download an Excel file with all of your store's registries for a given year with the click of a button.
For each registry, the generated Excel file displays the following information:
This lovely set of four woven charger plates and napkin rings gives earthy complementing color tones and limitless alternatives to your table with an eye for eco-green design. The natural rustic mix of these table accents fashioned from forest vines will give your dining area a charming cozy feel where the vines eventually deepens in color hues as it ages botanically while setting your natural table backdrop. Set of 4.
New gift list makes it simple to see the top wedding gifts from a brand.
June 11, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: A brand can now designate up to ten products to appear on a top-10 wedding gifts list. This lists helps a registrant more easily see the best products, add more products to their registry list, and receive more gifts—which translates into more sales for the retailer and brand.
In the example shown, we see the Top-10 Wedding Gifts list for LAFCO, a luxury candle and home fragrance brand. LAFCO can review the products on the list, adjust...
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How to view Syncing brands' files on one central page
May 30, 2024
Your Shop Local Store has a new feature: We've added a new Brand File Center to show brands' shared files on one page. The new Brand File Center is a central area to view Syncing brands' files, including catalogs, price lists, PDFs, and brochures. These files are grouped by file type and sorted by Syncing brand.
How Retailers Can Use This Feature
View files from Syncing brands, including catalogs, price lists, PDFs, and brochures.
How social media influencers with the help of Amazon are bypassing brick-and-mortar retail shops
May 23, 2024
Kiara Springs, a 25-year old, is part of a new retail trend, shares The New York Times. She sells about $10k/month online but doesn’t own a brick-and-mortar retail store, pay a landlord rent, go to the wholesale markets, or have a POS system. Her “sidewalk” to get traffic is TikTok, and her “POS” is Amazon. Her “stockroom” is the brand’s warehouse. She has an Amazon affiliate account and goods are drop shipped.