| How It Works |
 Imagine finding prices for any product or service offered within your community all on a single website.
No
need to call around or hop in the car to see what’s available. And no
need to head to a big box store, because the local entrepreneur down
the street that you found online offers better service and selection.
Every
local business - retail stores with product inventory, health
professionals and contractors - have their rates posted in an online
marketplace, enabling you to easily shop online from work or home with
local businesses in your community.
Pricing, availability,
hours of operation and methods of payment are all there in the
ShopCity.com marketplace. And planning your local purchases couldn’t be
easier.
You still usually choose to visit a business in-person, but now you know exactly what to expect when you get there.
But
you don’t have to imagine any more because ShopCity will be up and
running in your community soon, if not already. You‘ll see our
call-to-action ‘shop local’ brand marketed with hundreds of signs and
stickers all over town.
It’s all part of a campaign that
encourages residents to shop locally and directs them to a web
destination that makes it easy to learn what businesses have to offer
and even order online. Shoppers who visit the site will subscribe to a
newsletter, making it a hub of community commerce. In many communities,
the Chamber and local governments are already involved.
As more
consumers begin using the site, more businesses will follow. They will
post their products and services in the marketplace creating a one-stop
shop for the entire community. All stimulating the local economy by
increasing the percentage of sales going to local small businesses and
decreasing the sales at competing big box stores and internet retailers.
Because
local businesses keep 43% of their revenue circulating locally, instead
of the 14% that big box stores do, local merchants and workers in the
community can look forward to becoming more prosperous and confident in
their future. Entrepreneurs will begin hiring more staff and increase
salaries, encouraging their employees to shop locally and focus on
quality instead of price.
Increased demand for products and
services will reverse the deflation brought by the recession. As sales
and profits increase so too will the local sales tax revenue, providing
your community with the funding it needs for infrastructure and other
shared initiatives.
It’s our vision of a strong local economy born again and a future just waiting for you to bring it to life.
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