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April 1, 2024 Alternatives to MyRegistry.com
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Alternatives to MyRegistry.com
April 1, 2024
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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March 29, 2024 Home Tonic Saves $4,120 and 6 Weeks in Labor with Shop Local
How Shop Local's software quickly populated the online store for a favorite Newton, PA retailer
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Home Tonic Saves $4,120 and 6 Weeks in Labor with Shop Local
How Shop Local's software quickly populated the online store for a favorite Newton, PA retailer
March 29, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Home Tonic in historic Newton, Pennsylvania, has joined the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business. This home furnishings, accessories, gifts, and design shop is conveniently located between New York City and Philadelphia. They are a favorite of Bucks County residents and visitors.

Home Tonic saved $4,120 and 6 Weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform. They have chosen Shop Local to expand their online ...
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March 29, 2024 Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Pennsylvania Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Pennsylvania
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Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants in Pennsylvania Get Google Sales Leads 🔍
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Pennsylvania
March 29, 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 Pennsylvania results. 

These Shop Local retailers located in Pennsylvania appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store: 
  1. Contemporary Concepts in Pittsburgh
  2. Glassworks and Feathers and Cheeks in Pittsburgh
  3. Live With It by Lora Hobbs in Peckville
  4. Over the Moon
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March 29, 2024 📲 Can you a text a thank you note for a wedding gift? Garden & Gun tackles this question
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📲 Can you a text a thank you note for a wedding gift? Garden & Gun tackles this question
March 29, 2024
We help 80,000 wedding registrants enjoy their registries via 1,400 indie stores’ websites.  These brides receive tens of thousands of gifts🎁🎁🎁—and they likely will wish to send a thank you note. Can they simply text it? Read the full article: 
https://gardenandgun.com/articles/can-one-text-a-thank-you-note-for-a-wedding-gift/ View Post
Webinar: How to Capture 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Join us Wednesday, April 24, 2024 or Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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Webinar: How to Capture 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Join us Wednesday, April 24, 2024 or Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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Wedding Registry Webinar: Say “Yes” to $5K  in 5 Days
How to Capture 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000

Join me for a webinar where I'll show you my blueprint to get 5 wedding registries worth $5k in 5 days. 

When?
Webinar times:
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2024 @ 10 am EST
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2024 @  4 pm EST  
  • Tuesday, May 21, 2024 @ 10 am EST
  • Tuesday, May 21, 2024 @  4 pm EST &
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March 27, 2024 Tableware Today Interview - Jim Shreve, Tim DeVine, Mark Brashear, & Sally Burnside
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Tableware Today Interview - Jim Shreve, Tim DeVine, Mark Brashear, & Sally Burnside
March 27, 2024
Jim Shreve made Baccarat hip. Now, he and his longtime partner, Mark Brashear, along with Sally Burnside, the former Baccarat sales V.P., intend to do the same for DeVine Corp., the 32-year-old distributor of elite European brands. You're invited to the opening!
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Congrats to you all. This is very exciting. Tim, we’ve known each other since before you started DeVine Corp., 32 years ago. You’ve been looking for the right opportunity to retire.
TIM ...
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March 21, 2024 Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get Sales Leads in Mississippi
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Mississippi
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Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get Sales Leads in Mississippi
How Shop Local helps 4 retailers rank on page 1 of Google in Mississippi
March 21, 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 Mississippi results. 

These Shop Local retailers located in Mississippi appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store: 
  1. Persnickety in Madison
  2. Generations in Meridian
  3. Elizabeth Clair's in Tupelo and Jackson
  4. Oxford Floral in Oxford

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March 19, 2024 Shopper Reviews ✨
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Shopper Reviews ✨
March 19, 2024
We believe in offering a great online shopping experience through our platform. Below are excerpts from three reviews from shoppers who bought a gift using our software: 

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"Easy website to use. Great communication. Visually satisfying to be able to see the gift you are giving. Easy peasy! And I do love easy!"
~ Kelly Buck in AL

Ms. Buck made a purchase at Fincher & Ozment Jewelers, an indie retailer in Alabama that has used our e-commerce software since ...
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March 14, 2024 Alternatives to Gift Reggie
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Alternatives to Gift Reggie
March 14, 2024
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 Gift Reggie for their registry service. Gift Reggie offers gift registry creation and management features that integrate with a retailer's Shopify ...
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March 13, 2024 Shop Local Merchants Are 60% of Google Page 1 Results in South Carolina
How Shop Local helps South Carolina retailers get sales leads
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Shop Local Merchants Are 60% of Google Page 1 Results in South Carolina
How Shop Local helps South Carolina retailers get sales leads
March 13, 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 South Carolina results.  

These Shop Local retailers located in South Carolina appear on page one of Google due to their Shop Local Store: 
  1. Jeffrey Bannon in Charleston (appears twice 😀)
  2. Stafford's of Spartanburg in Spartanburg
  3. The Shops of Provence in
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March 13, 2024 Time to Set your Easter Table!
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Time to Set your Easter Table!
March 13, 2024
We love to mix the springy colors our Azores Oceana collection and the Simple Edge Fern of Madeira Meadow. The light green and blue blend perfectly with our Botanical napkin - perfect for your Easter table! Don't forget a hand woven Easter basket as the centerpiece!! View Post
March 11, 2024 Shop Local Saves Adler’s $44,907 and 64 Weeks in Labor
How Shop Local's software quickly populated the online Store for a legendary New Orleans retailer
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Shop Local Saves Adler’s $44,907 and 64 Weeks in Labor
How Shop Local's software quickly populated the online Store for a legendary New Orleans retailer
March 11, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Adler’s, a jewelry and gift store in New Orleans, Louisiana, has joined the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business. Adler’s saved $44,907 and 64 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform. They have chosen Shop Local to revamp the Gift Registry service they have maintained since their early days.

For over 100 years, Adler's has held its position as the leading jeweler in New Orleans and the Gulf ...
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March 7, 2024 HipBetty
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HipBetty
March 7, 2024
The perfect bridal emergency bag for your wedding weekend. It holds over 300 items, we share a list of all items our very own Kristin used in 25 of years of wedding planning. Blue, black & navy in stock. This makes such a fun bridal shower gift & game too!  View Post
March 6, 2024 Shop Local Merchants Are 50% of Google Page 1 Results in Georgia
How Shop Local helps 5 retailers in the peach state dominate page 1 of Google.
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Shop Local Merchants Are 50% of Google Page 1 Results in Georgia
How Shop Local helps 5 retailers in the peach state dominate page 1 of Google.
March 6, 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.  

Study:
  • We recently conducted a Google study for wedding registry searches in Georgia.
  • We Googled "wedding registry Georgia."

Study Results:
  • 5 merchants using Shop Local registry software appeared on page 1 of Google. There are 10 "organic slots" on page 1--
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March 4, 2024 Workshop: Join Us for a Live Wedding Registry Workshop ~ August 11 - 15
We’ll be guiding retailers through the 5-Day/$5k Challenge Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15, 2024. 
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Workshop: Join Us for a Live Wedding Registry Workshop ~ August 11 - 15
We’ll be guiding retailers through the 5-Day/$5k Challenge Monday, August 11 - Friday, August 15, 2024. 
March 4, 2024
You’re invited...

Our expert coaches will guide you through the $5k/5-Day Challenge Calendar. 

Workshop event includes: 
  • Live, daily virtual meetings (9:30 am EST). 
  • Expert coaching. 
  • Tips and tools to save you time and maximize results. 

You’ll be joining a team of like-minded merchants growing their businesses. You’ll hear first-hand experiences each day. 

Spots are limited. 

Price: $129 
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March 3, 2024 Beatriz Ball Gifts for any Occasion
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Beatriz Ball Gifts for any Occasion
March 3, 2024
Spring is here and so is gift season. Whatever the occasion, engagement gifts, bridal shower and wedding gifts, hostess, birthday, Easter... we want to be part of your story.

Beatriz Ball has your perfect "handmade, on-of-a-kind, artisan gift" for that special person or couple.  View Post
March 1, 2024 Shop Local Saves Breed & Co. $37,435 and 53 Weeks in Labor
How Shop Local’s software helps an Austin, Texas institution renew its Registry program and see immediate results.   
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Shop Local Saves Breed & Co. $37,435 and 53 Weeks in Labor
How Shop Local’s software helps an Austin, Texas institution renew its Registry program and see immediate results.   
March 1, 2024
We are pleased to announce that Breed & Co., a retail store in Austin, Texas, has joined the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business. Breed & Co. made the decision to switch from their previous registry provider and recreate their registry program using Shop Local. Since revamping their registry program 3 weeks ago, Breed & Co. has saved $37,435 and 53 weeks in labor on website product maintenance through the Shop Local platform.

With five locations in total,...
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Webinar: How to Capture 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Join us Thursday, March 28, 2024 or Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Webinar: How to Capture 5 Wedding Registries in 5 Days Worth $5,000
Join us Thursday, March 28, 2024 or Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024 - Wednesday, April 24, 2024
You’re Invited...

Wedding Registry Webinar: Say “Yes” to $5K  in 5 Days
How to Grow Your Sales by  $5,000+ in 5 Days With 5 Wedding Registries

Join me for a webinar sharing my blueprint to get 5 wedding registries worth $5k in 5 days. 

When?
Webinar times:
  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 @ 10 am EST
  • Thursday, March 28, 2024 @  4 pm EST  
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2024 @ 10 am EST
  • Wednesday, April 24, 2024 @  4 pm
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March 1, 2024 Gabriela - a New Registry Favorite!!
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Gabriela - a New Registry Favorite!!
March 1, 2024
One of our newest collections, Gabriela, is quickly becoming a registry favorite! And we love how it mixes so well with our Terra collection and our new Amelia oval placemat. View Post
February 29, 2024 The Perfect Gift Idea Comes In An Elegant Glass Tray
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The Perfect Gift Idea Comes In An Elegant Glass Tray
February 29, 2024
The glass serving trays and cheese board selections available at Calaisio are incredibly versatile. It serves as a serving tray, a decorative tray, or a charcuterie board. Fantastic wedding or anniversary presents for couples, housewarming gifts for recently moved into homes, and birthday presents for women.  Its exquisite earthy tones lend warmth to any dining setting, and it is woven by expert artisans from tropical biodegradable vines.


CALAISIO
natural elegance, extraordinary ...
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Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get Sales Leads in Mississippi
Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get Sales Leads in Mississippi
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Shop Local Merchants Are 60% of Google Page 1 Results in South Carolina
Shop Local Merchants Are 60% of Google Page 1 Results in South Carolina
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Shop Local Merchants Are 50% of Google Page 1 Results in Georgia
Shop Local Merchants Are 50% of Google Page 1 Results in Georgia
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Shop Local Helps Indie Merchants Get More Sales Leads than Big-Box Stores Using Google
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