How our Syncing service helped indie stores avoid a 19% loss due to product price changes.
June 14, 2024
In May, brands raised their prices on 2,627 products, producing an average price increase of 19%. If a retailer didn’t make these changes, these price increases would cost their store 19%.
Thankfully, indie stores using Shop Local have the updated price for these 2,627 products. They don’t lose 19%. 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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"Most e-commerce services promote ‘me’ commerce. They do not connect businesses with each other to leverage the power of the group. Businesses act alone and are lost in a maze of decisions. Massive amounts of time and money are wasted. This wasted time and money is slowly killing indie stores - and hurting brands."
"Shop Local promotes ‘we’ commerce. Our e-commerce platform connects 1,400 retailers with 3,000 brands. Of these brands, 110 are ...
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How a legendary indie store in Georgia was finally able to succeed online in less than a week—and didn’t lift a finger.
June 13, 2024
We are pleased to announce that The Gift Shop in Thomasville, GA, has joined Shop Local to grow its online business. The Gift Shop is a Thomasville tradition offering fine gifts, elegant home decor, and exceptional small-town, individualized service.
The Gift Shop saved $10,354 and 15 weeks in labor on website product maintenance by using the Shop Local platform. Through the Syncing service, the store will expand its online collection of fine gifts and home accessories. The Gift Shop ...
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This eco-chic serving tray serves as both a functional and decorative feature, adding a modern, organic touch to any table. It is handwoven from sturdy vines, and as it ages naturally, its reddish-brown tones become deeper in hue. It's a wonderful gift that lets you enjoy the food presentation with the weaving design while bringing nature into your table. A great way to display your arrangement of fruit slices as well.
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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From rich mac and cheese to exotic Mexican-stuffed bell peppers to the classic chicken pot pie, casseroles satisfy every palate and nutritional requirement. With lovely earthy rustic tones ready to elevate the presentation of the dinner, this 3-quart casserole dish from Calaisio comes with a magnificent woven basket fashioned from exotic vines that inherently withstand heat. Your visitors are going to remember how well your meal was presented and leave with the happiest tummies. Also ...
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We follow pricing for bundles and tiers of services. Over the last decade, we've tried various pricing approaches, as well as ways to visually convey these service offerings. In this post, I share the pricing for our services for retailers since 2017. In some case, we took a step forward and a step back--it wasn't linear progress. We've drawn inspiration from many sources, including our competitors and Tinder.
Presenting bundles is not limited to signing up for a service. A ...
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How Shop Local's software quickly added cookware and kitchen accessories to the online store for a popular Duluth kitchen store.
June 7, 2024
Shop Local welcomes Duluth Kitchen Company in Duluth, MN. Duluth Kitchen Company has joined the Shop Local software platform to grow its online business. This locally owned store offers a wide assortment of kitchen tools, gadgets, and gourmet food items.
The Duluth Kitchen Company brings specialty kitchen to Duluth. Located on the shore of Lake Superior in Northern Minnesota, Duluth is a favorite destination. Visitors come to enjoy the beautiful scenery, shop, dine, and soak in the history of...
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To create a striking presentation at your dinner table, use this magnificent bread basket to arrange all of your buns, rolls, breadsticks, or French baguette slices. This neutral-hued, hand-woven piece looks good in both boho and seaside environments. It is built from naturally occurring, organic forest vines. This bread basket is ideal for hospitably greeting guests as soon as your party begins. Selection of two sizes: 9.75" L x 4" W x 1.75" H and 2.5" L x 4" W x 1.75&...
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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.
A BICENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY REPRESENTS REMARKABLE LONGEVITY AND VISTA ALEGRE IS TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE of it with dozens of new pieces created specifically to commemorate the 200 anos occasion. “It’s a very important milestone and a time of reflection to see how far we’ve come and where we want to go,” says Daniel Silva, who helped bring the brand new luster here since he started the American subsidiary in 2012. Nuno Barra, Vista Alegre product development director and board ...
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I’m going to presume you know Taylor Swift, the pop superstar with widespread public appeal and a vast fan base, who has influenced not only the music industry, but popular culture, politics, and economics. Her recent $5 billion Eras tour had a fiscal impact greater than 50 countries. The Taylor Swift economy has reached every town in America, measured in national retail sales figures, global inflation, and municipal economic bumps where concerts were held. The Swift microeconomy reaches ...
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🖥️ 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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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.
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