Sparta Area Chamber of Commerce Newsletter September | Page 11

NEWS RELEASE August 28, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information: John Hendricks, Executive Director Office: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] Chamber Member Joins Shop Main Street Online! Sparta, WI –Shop Main Street Online was founded on one simple premise—to use their knowledge and values to help American small businesses grown and be more profitable! SMSO has two parts. #1 The marketplace: The marketplace is where a retailer can sell their products online. SMSO, at no charge to the retailer, will give them an e- commerce site…we call it our shop owners stores. All the merchant needs to do is list their items with photos, descriptions and prices. (SMSO also offers free training) There are no listing fees, promoted listing fees, SEO fees…no additional fees. SMSO deos not make money unless the merchant makes money. Fees are easy and transparent…when a sale is made we charge a straight 10% and that covers bank charges, PayPal charges, bank fees, SEO… everything! By listing their products on SMSO it does several things. First, it exposes them to a nation wide audience. No longer will they have to rely solely on walk in traffic. Second, if they already have a website they can eliminate the monthly fees associated with a free standing website, there-by saving them hundreds perhaps thousands of dollars per year. Third, by having a free standing website you are out in the World Wide Web competing for the attention with probably a bazillion other websites. By being on a platform such as SMSO the pool is smaller. Additionally, as small business owners we are always stronger together than we are alone. The second part of the site is the directory listings. Everyone gets a free directory listing. If a business has nothing to sell they can take a free directory listing or upgrade to one of the other enhanced packages. The most enhanced business listing is less than $500 per year, which some SEO professionals charge per month! By being on one of the enhanced listings our SEO expert gets them on multitudes of directories helping them to have the opportunity to be on page 1 of a search! Want to see a local example? Check out Arenz Shoes’ site at https://shopmainstreetonline.com/merchant/arenz- shoes/chamber/16/ For more information or to be contacted by a representative, please call 414-949-7747 between the hours of 9am- 5pm (CDT). Shop Main Street Online, LLC N70 W5336 Bridge Road Cedarburg, WI 53012 414-949-7747 Sales & Partner Information: [email protected] ###