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 &
From selfish reasons like instant gratification to macro reasons like stopping war mongers, here are 10 reasons to make you feel good about skipping Prime Day everyday.
From selfish reasons like instant gratification to macro reasons like stopping war mongers, here are 10 reasons to make you feel good about skipping Prime Day everyday.
How a registrant can require a password to access their registry.
September 12, 2024
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:
Privacy: Only gift-givers that received the password from the registrant can access the registry.
Controlled Access: A registrant can control who can access their registry.
Greater Security: A registrant's personal details will not be
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"Your website makes ordering gifts online feel like a personal experience. It was so easy, so quick and you covered everything!"
~ Jennifer Eidt in TN
Our most loved best-sellers are an easy pick for wedding gifts, hostess gifts or a personal treat for your own home. So many gatherings in the fall, College games, NFL parties, Halloween porch parties, that have us celebrating and enjoying the warmth and coziness of this time of year.
Stock up on Beatriz Ball at your favorite local specialty store.
Time. It's a concept that permeates every aspect of our lives, either consciously or not. From the small moments of our daily routines to the grandest, long-term plans, time shapes every facet of our lives.
“Yesterday is gone…”
It's weighed heavily on me recently, consuming my brain space in a desire to understand it in its entirety. To share, here is a short (but not at all complete) example of the train of thought from a night this week surrounding the idea of "time...
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In August, brands raised their prices on 598 products, producing an average price increase of 14%. If a retailer didn’t make these changes, these price increases would cost their store 14%.
Thankfully, indie stores using Shop Local have the updated price for these 598 products. They don’t lose 14%. The stores receive the updated prices instantly via our Syncing service.
About the Syncing Service
Syncing is a free service for retailers that is paid for by partner brands. ...
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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.
Ancient Greek philosopher Plato wrote in the Dialogue Republic, “A need or problem encourages creative efforts to meet the need or solve the problem.” This statement led to the phrase “Necessity is the mother of Invention." These words could very well describe Shop Local and how we came to exist. Over time, some have suggested the phrase could be tweaked to read “necessity is the mother of reinvention." This phrase also parallels Shop Local's ethos of supporting...
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Great news: Tableware Today, the bi-monthly print magazine dedicated to our industry, will be publishing our Leaderboard results on the last page of each coming issue.
This article below will appear in the October/November 2024 issue of Tableware Today and explains our inspiration for the Leaderboard.
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.
I bring this book to breakfast each morning. I’ve read it and reread it, and taken copious notes in it. It’s become a talisman about what we want to do.