ShopCity.com's Community Commerce platform is the world's first turn-key local marketplace and shop local program.
The system enables partners to connect shoppers and businesses online, creating strong local economies in the process.
Each city now has it's own ShopCity site, such as
ShopBuffalo.com,
ShopCorona.com or
ShopMidland.com that contains profiles for local businesses, an online marketplace, and gift certificates, coupons, reviews and daily deals.
Community Commerce 2.0
To connect
local buyers and sellers, we've developed an internet marketing
platform that's accessible via the ShopCity.com business control panel
and a local shopping platform that helps consumers find, research and
purchase what they're looking for without leaving the community or
turning to big box retailers.
The business control panel provides small businesses with the following tools:
- Local marketplace to sell their products and services through
- Online gift certificates with email delivery and online tracking
- Coupon manager
- Online catalog and virtual storefront
- Business profile manager - hours, contact info, payment methods, etc.
- Review manager
- Inquiry manager
- Real-time traffic statistics
- Photo gallery
- Newsletter & press release manager
- Event calendar
- Web page publisher
- File manager
- Web tools - to add it all to your own custom website as well
- And more!
This
comprehensive suite of tools enables businesses to take complete
control of their marketing activities and start connecting directly
with the local market, leading to better customer relationships and
ultimately increased sales and decreased marketing expenses.
Shoppers
are also provided with a range of features that make it faster, more
convenient and more engaging to shop locally and support local
businesses. These features include:
- Consumer reviews
- A community marketplace that allows them to purchase online from multiple merchants
- A powerful business search engine
- A comprehensive business directory
- A homepage news feed
- A map showing where businesses, products & services are located
- A shopping list manager
- A project tendering system to request quotes from local businesses
- Gift certificates that can be purchased from home, 24/7
- And more
We've
developed all of these tools, features and services based on the real
world marketplace so that they facilitate the commercial activities
buyers and sellers are already engaging in 'offline'.
