Propel your small businesses into the future of commerce.
The demand for online shopping is here to stay, and many small businesses are falling behind the competition.
Our e-commerce marketplace platform boosts your shop local initiatives to capture more online dollars and keep more money in your local economy.
Online Communities for Shopping Small
Our e-commerce marketplace platform brings together small businesses, making it easy for your community to shop local...online. The Member Marketplace program is an ideal resource for cities, downtowns and other small business support organizations to help entrepreneurs in the digital era.
Convenient Shopping
Online marketplace shopping with one-cart checkout is incredibly convenient for consumers. They can order from multiple local businesses at once with ease.
More Online Exposure
In the vast sea of options online, your small businesses can easily get lost. Through a shop small marketplace, you can give small businesses additional exposure they need to reach more consumers.
Easy Setup for Businesses
The accessibility of an e-commerce marketplace eliminates many of the traditional barriers to entry, enabling small businesses to establish an online presence without the need for significant upfront investments.
Support for Underrepresented Entrepreneurs
Our system makes it easy to highlight and shop by demographic, location, and affiliation to make it easier to find and support underrepresented businesses.
Support for Home-Based Businesses
As of 2020, it's estimated that 69% of all startups are home-based. Give entrepreneurs within your community additional stream of revenue.
Incubator Friendly
Our e-commerce marketplace platform can be part of small business incubator programs, perfect for helping start new businesses launch new products.
How it Works
Strategic Partnership
As your strategic partner, we work closely with you and your team to establish the goals and structure for how you want to launch your marketplace.
On-Boarding & Promotion
Once your e-commerce marketplace is built, it's time to bring businesses on. We provide you with the resources and tools you need to help with awareness recruitment, as well as getting the word out to your community about the amazing new shop local marketplace.
Maintenance and Support
No additional staff needed! Our team handles it all: Site maintenance, payments, tax compliance, and direct support to businesses and customers.
Ready to propel your small businesses into the future of commerce?
The Member Marketplace platform is an equal opportunity for all small businesses to reach a greater audience and turn eCommerce into another source of income. Thank you for your vision, your commitment to excellence, and fantastic customer service!!!
Coleen Fabrizi
Executive Director
Corning, NY Gaffer District
Member Marketplace has been a great partner for us and we look forward to continuing our partnership for years to come. Our small local businesses are so appreciative of this platform.
Ryan Dodge
Program and Events Manager
Tourism Santa Fe
We were able to get Shop Made in Nevada up and running quickly and cost effectively. Now, our Nevada small businesses have access to a credible business venue to sell products and services online and we’ve been able to increase our members by over 300%.
Winnie Dowling
Deputy Director
Nevada Small Business Development Center
Proven Success
Our digital marketplaces provide an equal footing for small businesses to showcase their products alongside other businesses to benefit from the network of visitors to help them get found online.
The accessibility of online marketplaces eliminates many of the traditional barriers to entry for small businesses, enabling them to establish an online presence without the need for significant upfront investments.
City of Santa Fe Tourism
City of Santa Fe Tourism has been able to help keep tourism dollars for their small businesses coming in from through its marketplace from tourists after they go home. Over 80% of the orders are from out of state customers.
Matching Program in Corning, NY Infuses $170,000 into Local Economy in Two Months
The Corning, New York marketplace went live with the Corning Area Chamber of Commerce and Corning’s Gaffer District in 2021. Through a local sponsor, a match program for each transaction up to $5,000 per business was put in place to help boost holiday local shopping and support small businesses.
A local gym in New York
sold $73,082 worth of gym memberships through their local marketplace without needing to set up their own e-commerce site.
An ice cream and candy shop in Iowa
set up an online gift card through the marketplace quickly, selling hundreds in less than a month that brought in over $10,000.
A restaurant in Ohio
set up a product on the marketplace to give their customers a way to buy their in-store gift cards online, bringing in $29,075 for the business.
An asian market
received a limited type of imported "Super Ramen" that was in demand across the country. Without an e-commerce site, they got set up on their community marketplace in a day and sold thousands worth of inventory.
A men's clothing store
joined their community marketplace and after discovering how easy it was to use, abandoned their current effort to build a full e-commerce site and uses the marketplace to sell their products instead.
An in-home bakery in Iowa
has received orders from across the State of Iowa after joining the Shop Iowa marketplace, previously only servicing local customers.
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