Create & Manage An Online Gift Registry Service for Your Business
We're the #1 gift registry service for indie stores: 1,501 of America's leading stores use our service.
- We're responsible for 88,982 gift and wedding registries for U.S. merchants.
- A merchant often gains more than $78,000 in wedding registry sales annually with our service. Each registry brings in more than $3,200 in sales. You can get this additional business, too.
- Sell products from any brand you offer.
- Pre-populate your registry service with up to 74,939 products from 114 partner brands.
- Offer your customers any registry type, including wedding, bridal, and house warming.
- Use the Free plan. No setup fee. No monthly or annual fee. Pay a transaction fee when you receive an online order.
- Merchants report selling 18% more due to our unique Syncing service
- Satisfaction guaranteed or you don't pay (Details).
- We're the easiest registry solution to sell more and save time.
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Overview
- Add An Extra $78,000
- How It Works
- Features
- Unique Features On Our Platform
- Examples
- Brand Directory
- Registry 'Life Cycle'
- Grow Your Baby Registry Business
- Rank on Page 1 of Google
- Gift Registry Grader
- Gift Registry Platform Quick Facts
- Gift Registry Market Facts
- Pricing for Retailers
- Reviews
- Add to Your Retail Business
- Find a Registry
- 5 Day Plan
- FAQ
- Bridge & Shop Local in the News
- Add An Extra $78,000
- How It Works
- Registry Features
- Unique Features On Our Platform
- Examples
- Brand Directory
- Registry 'Life Cycle'
- Grow Your Baby Registry Business
- Rank on Page 1 of Google
- Gift Registry Grader
- Gift Registry Platform Quick Facts
- Gift Registry Market Facts
- Pricing for Retailers
- Reviews
- Add to Your Retail Business
- Find a Registry
- 5 Day Plan
- FAQ
- Bridge & Shop Local in the News
How Do You Keep Up Online?
Use many different resources and spend $1,000s each month on:
- Web developers
- Apps (e.g. Gift registry apps, review apps, etc.)
- Marketing firms
- Social media consultants
- SEO companies
- Photographers
Use Shop Local to get it all done and avoid spending $1,000s each month.
Skip over paying and using multiple resources.
How Much Does Running an Online Registry Cost?
When a retailer offers an online registry, it's a costly venture. An indie store will build the site and then have to maintain it. On a day-to-day basis, the business has to:
- Pay for the design and coding of new features.
- Ensure its web pages load quickly. This often requires the business to use image-optimization software to reduce the page size and a CDN (content delivery network) to get the content closer to the visitor's geographic location.
- Pay for hosting SaaS fees, and/or apps.
Shop Local bundles the above features and services together as part of our general service offering. This makes it easier and more cost-efficient for clients.
Other providers charge higher out-of-the-box rates and then charge service fees for add-on services. The charges add up and the services become expensive. In contrast, we offer many features out-of-the-box by default with Shop Local Store. Due to this, our Store costs less and is easier to use.
In addition, our Syncing service drastically reduces the labor needed to maintain an online business. Other providers do not offer a product syncing service.
» Compare Shop Local to other registry services
The Gift Registry Problem We Solve
~ Sera Alioto / Owner
Alioto's Gifts
Chicago, IL
~ Sera Alioto / Owner
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What problem is Shop Local's Registry solving?
Setting up and running an online registry is expensive and time-consuming. - Leading e-commerce providers do not offer registry software and, instead, make a business install and rely on third-party apps.
- Shop Local is unique in that it offers e-commerce software with built-in gift registry software.
- Shop Local has helped indie businesses manage 88,982 registries and sell more than $130m.
- Businesses can add any products that they wish to their store and gift registry.
- Shop Local's Registry is free for up to 2 registries at a time. Setup is free. (View pricing for offering more registries.)
How It Works
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You open a free Online Store with the gift registry service built-in:
yourstorename.myshoplocal.com
If you wish, you can use your own domain (e.g. yourstore.com).
2
You and registrants use your Online Store to add and manage gift registry lists.
View Live Example:
The Ivy House’s Registry Home Page
3
Friends and family use the gift lists to buy gifts online, via telephone, and in-store.
Features
Add & Update Registries
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Create a Registry
You or the registrant can create a new registry quickly. Setup takes just a minute. You or the registrant can add pictures, notes, comments, and more. -
Offer Many Registry Types
We offer registrants many types of registries, including:- Wedding
- Graduation
- House Warming
- Baby
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Add Products
You and registrants can easily add products from any brand you offer to a registry list. -
Offer Greater Selection
You can offer registrants more selection using our Brand Syncing service. If you choose, the registrant can add to their registry any item from a participating Syncing brand. The service offers up to 74,939 products in 'real-time' from 114 popular brands. This service increases the likelihood a registrant will register at your store, increases their satisfaction, and increases your registry sales. Learn more. -
Showcase Your Best-Selling Registry Items
This helps registrants more easily build their registries. -
Better Branding
Easily show brand logos alongside registered products. This increases perceived value. -
Award-Winning Software
Immediately offer registrants best-in-class, award-winning software. -
Be Mobile
Our Registry automatically adjusts for easy registry management and shopping on mobile phones. View orders, add products, and share news from anywhere.
Shopping
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Easy for Friends and Family to Shop
Customers can easily find your registries and make purchases from it. -
Drive Customers to Your Registries
Your registry service has extensive marketing features to ensure your registries are promoted and found by shoppers. -
Get Sales Leads From Google
Merchants using our service often rank on page 1 of Google, above Walmart, Target, and other leading players. Learn more. -
Works with Zola and The Knot
Registrants can easily link to and share products with third-party services. This boosts traffic to your store and your sales. -
Designed to Work with Bridal Showers
The checkout allows customers to designate if the gift is for the bridal shower or the wedding. -
Coupons
Allow friends and family to use a discount code on a registry purchase. -
Reviews
Allow registrants (i.e. brides) to review their registry experience. These reviews encourage other registrants to register and boost your Google ranking. -
Security
Shop Local offers best-in-class security on all pages and during checkout. Shop Local is PCI Compliant.
Registry Management
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Customize Your Registry Service's Design
Give your registry service the design you'd like. You can customize the registry's design, add you logo, add pictures representing your service, and select colors that match your brand. -
Easily Import & Export Registries
To help make migrating to Shop Local easy, we have features to help you easily import registries from other registry providers. Our service also has features to help you export registry information in our system. -
Registry Credit Tracking
Software includes special tools to help you track what has been given to the registrant and what is due. -
Manage Registry Credit Redemption Time Periods
Software will help you and registrants track when credit should be redeemed. -
Template Emails
Templates help you quickly email registrants to welcome them, market to them, and provide updates. -
Reporting
Use advanced reporting features to gain insights into sales trends. -
Download Registries and Products
Easily download registry contents to Excel. -
Avoid Pricing Errors on Registry Items
Since Synced product prices are up to date, you do not lose money on pricing errors. -
Free Software Updates
Our service is in the 'cloud' and includes free updates that help avoid expensive maintenance costs. -
Save Money
Shop Local offers an ongoing, free plan. There is no time limit on your free registry plan.
Results & Benefits
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Get More Registries
Registrants frequently consider where to register based upon the store's selection. Shop Local Stores offer more product selection and this leads to more registries. -
Registrants Add More Items
Showing more products to registrants encourages them to add more products to their registries. -
Increase Registry Sales
Read the study showing how stores sell more. -
Save Time and Money
You'll reduce employee costs and your time in front of a computer.
You Can Only Get These 7 Features With Our Platform...
We're the only Online Store with brand partnerships. Our brand partners give your Online Store all their products ready for instant selling. New products are online instantly and prices are kept up to date for you. Your store will avoid spending $1,000s on website maintenance and won’t lose money due to product price changes. Learn More
We’re the only company that builds a registry service and an online store. This approach has hundreds of benefits, including making management easier and increasing checkout conversion by multiples.
Your Registry service includes a professional Gift Center filled with gifts organized by brand, department, and price point. This feature produces more orders for you because registrants add more products to their registries due to it. Plus, this feature speeds up the gift addition process and makes registrants happier.
We’re the only registry software with a registry credit accounting system. We make it easy to know what has been given out and what is owed.
We collect sales data from over 1,501 of America’s best stores and share this via the Leaderboard, top-sellers newsletter program and top 10 wedding gift lists.
We’re the only registry software that offers live training and gives you free registry marketing materials.
We’re the #1 registry choice for indie stores. We’re the gift registry leader. Our software will help your store be the best registry player in your market.
Examples
How Businesses Are Using Our Registry Software
- Stores wanting a new website
- Stores with no existing website
Merchant Example:
- 723 wedding registries
- 9 wishlists
- 2 baby registries
Dallas, TX
Stores with an existing website (such as from Shopify, Squarespace, etc.)
Merchant Example:
- Stores wanting a new website
- Stores with no existing website
Stores with an existing website (such as from Shopify, Squarespace, etc.)
Merchant Examples:
- 723 wedding registries
- 9 wishlists
- 2 baby registries
Dallas, TX
- 248 wedding registries
New Orleans, LA
Registrant Examples:
Brand Directory
3,489 Brands and Growing
You can quickly grow your registry business with our directory of more than 3,489 brands. You can pick a brand from our directory, and then add products to a registry. You save yourself from having to manually enter brand names, hunt for brand logos, enter brand descriptions, and upload brand lifestyle pictures. Don't see a brand in our directory that you need? We'll add it. Your Store allows you to add any item from any brand.
For 114 of these brands, you can instantly output in your Store all of the products—these 114 brands are our Syncing partners.
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You can instantly sell all the products from the above brands to your gift registry customers. We have created partnerships with the brands allowing these brands' products to appear immediately in an authorized dealer's Store. The brands maintain the products' pictures, prices, dimensions, and other key variables.
Please note: a business must be an authorized dealer to sync products. Syncing is dependent on the respective brand's approval.
Help Your Business Through the Registry 'Life Cycle'
Shop Local gives your business the tools it needs through the registry life cycle. The registry cycle starts with awareness many months before the event and continues after the event with follow-up messages.
Grow Your Baby Registry Business
Shop Local helps hundreds of merchants across the United States and Canada grow their baby registry business. Registrants and merchants can start a baby registry online and add products to it. Friends and family can purchase gifts online from the baby registry list.
Stores Using Shop Local Rank on Page 1 of Google
Shop Local retailers dominate the gift registry market in Google. In a recent study, we found that:
- In 35 states, retailers that use Shop Local Store rank on page one of Google when doing a registry related search.
- In South Carolina, six Shop Local retailers appear on page one of Google.
- In Tennessee and Texas, five retailers have a page one spot.
- In five states, retailers won four first-page placements: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Wyoming.
- Retailers using Shop Local software are ranking higher than big-box stores such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Walmart, and Target.
- Shop Local has a higher quantity of clients appearing on page one of Google than any other software provider.
To conduct this study, we Googled “gift registry” and the state name. We counted Shop Local Store clients, such as those with [storename].myshoplocal.com website addresses, that appear on page one of Google.
Gift Registry Grader
How Good Is Your Gift Registry Software?
Use the Gift Registry Grader to give you tips to improve your registry's features and make your brides happier.
Gift Registry Platform Quick Facts
Helped
20,202,241
Friends &
Family Members
Purchase
A Gift
Processed
1,178,560
Registry
Orders
Helped
10,125,908
Products Be Added
to Gift Registries
Recorded
40,650
Reviews
for Registry
Purchases
Tracked
55,682,580
Changes for
Registry Items
Get Your Share of the $30+ Billion Gift Registry Market
Quick Facts:
- 2.5 million couples will get married this year in the United States. Due to this, thousands of couples are registering online every day.
- The average wedding registry receives $1,600 in gifts online.
- The most popular month to start a registry is January. The most popular day is Monday.
- On average, 80% of online gifts are bought before the wedding date.
- Retailers display a registrant's registry for 22 months.
- Shop Local helps retailers manage thousands of registries and sell millions of dollars in gifts.
Good news: There is no fee to offer many registry types, including house warming, wishlists, and anniversary. You only pay when you offer 2 or more wedding registries.
Start with a free plan: Your store can offer up to two wedding regisries for free. If you wish to offer 3 or more wedding registries, your store can choose a paid plan. The average wedding registry generates $3,200+ in orders.
Are you a brand? Visit our brand pricing page.
Reviews About Our Registry Software
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"Due to our Shop Local registry, I have more brides registering at our store this year. They see our website and its vast offering, and they want to register with us. Shop Local is boosting our bridal sales."
~ Sera Alioto / Owner / Alioto's Gifts in Chicago, IL
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"We can't imagine managing our registry program without Shop Local."
~ John Kuykendall / Owner / Glass Bazaar in Chattanooga, TN
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"We left Shopify and moved to Shop Local. Shop Local helped us double the number of registries at our store and double our registry sales. And, Shop Local is easier than Shopify and costs less."
~ Jeffrey Bannon / Owner / Jeffrey Bannon in Charleston, SC
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"I let brides know that Shop Local will show the brand's full catalog so brides can add products that we may not have on display in the store. As recently as yesterday, I set up a registry for a bride and showed her how to use the search engine on our Shop Local to search for products. She went home and was able to add a crystal Reed & Barton vase."
~ Robby Smith / Tabletop Manager / Jimmy Smith Jewelers in Decatur, AL
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"Our registry service is MUCH better with Shop Local! Guests want the shopping experience to be quick, painless, and easy, and ... that's exactly what they get with Shop Local. Happy customers buy more, so we're happy, too!"
~ Lee Sandberg / Babcock Gifts in Memphis, TN
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"Shop Local has been so helpful for our Fine Gifts Division! It has enabled us to showcase the products we carry without needing a full-time employee to run our website. Our brides and their guests love the ease of seeing and buying bridal registry gifts online!"
~ Terri Benear / B.C. Clark Jewelers in Oklahoma City, OK
Add to Your Retail Business
Start Using Our Online Store or Syncing Service
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Our services are compatible with all third-party providers.
Don't have a website? Wish to move to a new platform? No problem. We can help.
In 5 Days Be Ready to Sell 18% More
We created a five-day plan to help you increase your sales.
By the fifth day, you'll have your products in your Online Store, be ranking better in Google, and be ready to take orders.
- Open your free Shop Local Online Store with the free Gift Registry service.
- With our directory of 3,000+ pre-populated brands, easily add the brands you sell in your store to your account.
- Send Sync requests to your brands that use the Syncing service.
- Add your first product.
- Welcomes you and learns about your goals.
- Update your Store settings (tax rate, etc.).
- Update your gift & wedding registry settings.
- Add slide images for your home page.
- Add your staff.
- Customize your site design.
- Offers you bonuses to invite your brands and add your gift registries.
- Create a test purchase.
- Create a sample test wedding registry.
- Promotes your store as a new member.
- Adds your store to our Find a Store directory.
- Add a news post.
- Promote your new Online Store and Registry service on your social media channels.
- View your Store using your mobile phone.
- Boost your Google ranking with the SEO tools.
- Start the process to accept credit cards online.
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Wedding Registry at
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Lafayette, LA
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Wedding Registry at
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Dallas, TX
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Alissa & William's
Baby Registry at
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Dayton, OH
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Baby Registry at
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Scranton, PA
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