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Bridge E-commerce Store
Sell More & Save Time with Bridge
Sell More & Save
Time with Bridge

Bridge Store Can Help Your Business

  • Setting up on an online store is often expensive and time consuming.
  • Leading e-commerce service providers do not provide an easy way for indie retailers to manage an e-commerce store.
  • Bridge Store is more efficient and affordable to use than other leading software choices.
  • Bridge Store is free. Setup is free.

12 Reasons Businesses Choose Bridge Store

Save Time
A business can open a store, add all its brands, and offer 1,000s of products in a few minutes.
Easy to Design
A business can customize its store, add a logo, select colors that match its brand, and more.
Easy for Customers
Customers continually rank Bridge as the easiest, most intuitive store to shop.
Gift Registries
Immediately offer registrants best-in-class, award-winning software.
Easy to Add Products
Easily add products from any brand.
Greater Selection
A business can sell more products using Bridge's Smart Products program. The service offers up to 64,038 products from 117 popular brands.
Be Mobile
Bridge Store automatically adjusts for easy shopping on mobile phones. View orders, add products, and share news from anywhere.
Easy to Maintain
Bridge includes free software updates. A business avoids expensive maintenance costs and update charges.
Security
Bridge offers best-in-class security on all pages and during checkout. Bridge is PCI Compliant.
The Network
Businesses connect with their business friends using Bridge's social network. Easily share files, see contact phone numbers, and more.
SEO Boost
Businesses that use Bridge rank highly in Google and search engines.
Save Money
Bridge offers an ongoing, free plan. There is no time limit on your free Bridge account.

Bridge Store Features

Add and edit many products at once (bulk product processing).
Add multiple pictures per product.
Quickly add images to products using Bridge's image finder feature.
Add coupons and discounts.
Includes gift card giving.
Understand your online sales via our professional reporting tools.
Includes order, inventory, and tax management tools.
Includes built-in monogramming and engraving features.
Free, unique URL.
Add custom domain (domain masking).
Includes review software.
Boost your search engine ranking using Bridge's search engine optimization (SEO) tools.
Supports Google Analytics.
Easily add news & events.
Add custom pages.
Send abandoned cart emails to customers.
Create and manage banners.
Offer referral programs.
Easily share products to social media.
Easily display the brand's logo alongside respective collections and products.
Easily add and display product dimensions.
Display prices in an easy-to-read format.
Encourage purchase conversions with call-to-action ‘buy’ buttons.
Allow customers to ‘like’ and save items.
Help support ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines.

How Are Businesses Using Bridge Store?

Examples

1st Example image
The Ivy House ~ Dallas, TX
Bridge Store Handles It All
A business uses our Bridge Store as its primary website. Business can customize the design and content. Business can choose to sync with Smart Products. In addition to Smart Products, business can add and sell any products that it wishes.
Services being used: Bridge Store
Free, optional add ons:
  • Gift Registry Service
  • Smart Products
  • Wholesale Ordering
Retail Examples:
  • Fragile Gifts
  • Ivy House
  • P.S. The Letter
  • Persnickety
  • Pieces Of Eight
  • William Stafford Jewelers
Time to setup: Instant
Cost: Free ~ View Bridge plans & pricing
Setup cost: Free
Ideal for:
  • Businesses wanting a new website
  • Businesses with no existing website
Bridge software updates: Free & instant
2nd Example image
Babcock Gifts ~ Memphis, TN
Hybrid
A business uses its existing site and Bridge Store. Business adds links on its primary website leading to the pages on its Bridge Store. For example, it adds a link "Gift Registry" on its site that leads to its Bridge gift registry page.
Services being used: 3rd-party, primary website + Bridge Store
Free, optional add ons:
  • Gift Registry Service
  • Smart Products
  • Wholesale Ordering
Retail Examples:
  • B.C. Clark (3 locations)
  • Babcock Gifts
  • The Boutique
  • Friend and Co.
  • Schiffman's (3 locations)
Time to setup: 1 hour or less. » View support page
Cost: Free ~ View Bridge plans & pricing
Setup cost: Free or low-cost depending on service used to administer your site
Ideal for:
Businesses with an existing website (such as from Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
Bridge software updates: Free & instant
1st Example image
The Ivy House ~ Dallas, TX
2nd Example image
Babcock Gifts ~ Memphis, TN
Bridge Store Handles It All for You
Hybrid
A business uses our Bridge Store as its primary website. Business can customize the design and content. Business can choose to sync with Smart Products. In addition to Smart Products, business can add and sell any products that it wishes.
A business uses its existing site and Bridge Store. Business adds links on its primary website leading to the pages on its Bridge Store. For example, it adds a link "Gift Registry" on its site that leads to its Bridge gift registry page.
Services being used: Bridge Store
Services being used: 3rd-party, primary website + Bridge Store
Free, optional add ons:
  • Gift Registry Service
  • Smart Products
  • Wholesale Ordering
Free, optional add ons:
  • Gift Registry Service
  • Smart Products
  • Wholesale Ordering
Retail Examples:
  • Fragile Gifts
  • Ivy House
  • P.S. The Letter
  • Persnickety
  • Pieces Of Eight
  • William Stafford Jewelers
Retail Examples:
  • B.C. Clark (3 locations)
  • Babcock Gifts
  • The Boutique
  • Friend and Co.
  • Schiffman's (3 locations)
Time to setup: Instant
Time to setup: 20 minutes or less. » View support page
Cost: Free ~ View Bridge plans & pricing
Cost: Free ~ View Bridge plans & pricing
Setup cost: Free

Setup cost: Free or low-cost depending on service used to administer your site
Ideal for:
  • Businesses wanting a new website
  • Businesses with no existing website
Ideal for:
Businesses with an existing website (such as from Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
Bridge software updates: Free & instant
Bridge software updates: Free & instant

Bridge Store Features

Add and edit many products at once (bulk product processing).
Add multiple pictures per product.
Quickly add images to products using Bridge's image finder feature.
Add coupons and discounts.
Includes gift card giving.
Understand your online sales via our professional reporting tools.
Includes order, inventory, and tax management tools.
Includes built-in monogramming and engraving features.
Free, unique URL.
Add custom domain (domain masking).
Includes review software.
Boost your search engine ranking using Bridge's search engine optimization (SEO) tools.
Supports Google Analytics.
Easily add news & events.
Add custom pages.
Send abandoned cart emails to customers.
Create and manage banners.
Offer referral programs.
Easily share products to social media.
Easily display the brand's logo alongside respective collections and products.
Easily add and display product dimensions.
Display prices in an easy-to-read format.
Encourage purchase conversions with call-to-action ‘buy’ buttons.
Allow customers to ‘like’ and save items.
Help support ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) guidelines.

2,795 Brands and Growing

Bridge Store offers you a directory of more than 2,795 brands to add to your website. By picking a brand from our Brand Directory, you can easily show its logo, add products for it, and more. Save yourself from having to hunt for this information.

Don't see a brand in our Brand Directory that you need? We'll add the brand. Your Bridge Store allows you to add any item from any brand.

For 117 of the brands in the Brand Directory, Bridge has created partnerships with these brands. These brands are our Smart Brand partners.

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More Easily Stock Your Website

Agraria brand logo
Anna Weatherley brand logo
Annieglass brand logo
Arte Italica brand logo
Arthur Court brand logo
Badash brand logo
Beatriz Ball brand logo
Bodrum brand logo
Calaisio brand logo
Casafina brand logo
Costa Nova brand logo
Couzon brand logo
Daum brand logo
Deshoulieres brand logo
Gien brand logo
Ginori 1735 brand logo
Gorham brand logo
Halcyon Days brand logo
Haviland brand logo
Herdmar brand logo
Herend brand logo
Jars brand logo
Joseph Joseph brand logo
Julia Knight brand logo
Juliska brand logo
Kosta Boda brand logo
Lenox brand logo
MacKenzie-Childs brand logo
Mario Luca Giusti brand logo
Mariposa brand logo
Mary Jurek brand logo
Meissen brand logo
Michael Aram brand logo
Mikasa brand logo
Mottahedeh brand logo
Nambé brand logo
Olivia Riegel brand logo
Orrefors brand logo
Pampa Bay brand logo
Pickard China brand logo
Raynaud brand logo
Reed & Barton brand logo
Revol brand logo
Robert Haviland & C. Parlon brand logo
Rosenthal brand logo
Royal Copenhagen brand logo
Royal Crown Derby brand logo
Royal Doulton brand logo
Royal Limoges brand logo
Salisbury brand logo
Sambonet brand logo
Skyros Designs brand logo
Spode brand logo
Teakhaus by Proteak brand logo
Thomas by Rosenthal brand logo
Towle brand logo
Vagabond House brand logo
Varga brand logo
Vera Wang brand logo
Versace by Rosenthal brand logo
VIETRI brand logo
Vista Alegre brand logo
Wallace brand logo
Waterford brand logo
Wedgwood brand logo
» View complete list of Smart Brands
+ View more Smart Brand partners

Do you sell any of the above brands? If so, Bridge Store can help you instantly add products from the above brands to your Store. The Smart Products service makes offering up-do-date products to your customers easier and more cost efficient. Products provided by the service include professional pictures, accurate prices, dimensions, descriptions, care & use, and up to 30 other important variables. The Smart Products service is the best solution to provide product content of your e-commerce website. Learn more about the Smart Products service.

Bridge Store is an official partner of Smart Products.

How Does Bridge Store Compare to Other E-commerce Software?

 
Feature
Bridge Shopify Squarespace BigCommerce
Offers your business a continual
free plan
Offers your business
a built-in gift &
bridal registry
Offers your business a
gift card feature with the starter plan

» View a comparison between Bridge and other e-commerce software

See how Bridge compares to:

  • Shopify
  • Squarespace
  • Big Cartel

» View 11 features comparing Bridge to other software platforms

Bridge Store vs Shopify

Shopify logo Bridge logo
Shopify Bridge Store
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Jeffrey Bannon Shopify Store
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Jeffrey Bannon Bridge Store
» Learn how Bridge compares to Shopify

How Much Does Running an Online Store Cost

Online Store Cost Comparison

When a business offers an online store, it's a costly venture. A business, such as an indie store, brand, or sales rep group, will build the site and then have to maintain it. On a day-to-day basis, it has to ensure the pages load quickly. This often requires the business 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. The business also has to pay for hosting, design, and security. Bridge bundle these services together as part of our general service offering. This makes it easier for clients.

Which e-commerce provider offers the better deal? Using the chart shown, we can see that Bridge is a fraction of the cost of other services. Magento and Shopify charge higher out of the box rates, and then charge service fees for add-on services that come by default with Bridge Store. These charges pile up quickly and these services become expensive. Bridge Store costs less and offers more out of the box.

In addition, Bridge's Smart Products service drastically reduces the labor needed to maintain an online business.

Meet the Team Building Bridge

We've been designing and building websites for businesses since 2001. Today, our platform services hundreds of businesses and processes millions of dollars in sales for clients. Our software leverages 20 years of retail experience to connect the retail and wholesale worlds.
» Learn more about the Bridge team and their motivation

Jason Solarek of Bridge

Reviews from Shoppers

Shoppers Give Bridge Store Software an Average of 4.9 Out of 5 Stars
"Great website and easy to navigate!”
~ Nancy Nelson in TX
Oct. 23, 2020
Shopped at Bridge retailer Ivy House
"Excellent website, very user friendly. Easy checkout and payment process."
~ Robert Stevenson in TN
Sept. 2, 2020
Shopped at Bridge retailer Babcock Gifts

Questions About Bridge Store?

View plans & pricing for retailers
View plans & pricing for brands
No.
No. You can start using the store and gift registry software immediately upon signing upon. You do not host the software. Some e-commerce software requires you to download files and host them with a hosting company.
No. You can start using the software immediately upon signing up. You do not need to install any software.
You control the design of your Bridge Store. You can customize the colors, images, and features of your Bridge Store.
Yes. You can add any item from any brand. The item does not have to be from a Smart Brand to be added to your store or a gift registry.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes. When you open a Bridge Store, your URL/domain name by default will be: [yourstorename].bridgecatalog.com. You can forward your domain's traffic to this URL or you can mask the 'bridgecatalog' part of the URL and have your domain simply be: [yourstorename].com. If this interests you, please request domain masking for your account.
Yes. Bridge Store comes with an online gift registry.
If you are a retailer, the gift registry is activated by default. If you are a brand, you activate the service in the ‘Your Account’ area.
Yes. You can also manually update the quantity desired and purchased to reflect in-store purchases.
You will receive an e-mail with order details. The email will contain the customer's billing information, shipping information, and the items he or she ordered. Your orders will also be stored online in an Orders area.
You may choose to accept credit card payments online.

  1. By default, your Bridge Store does not accept online payments. Your store may wish to not accept credit cards online or you may wish to take payment via another format. When you do not accept credit cards online, customers can still 'checkout' on your Bridge Store. They will enter their billing information, shipping information, telephone number, and email. If the purchase is for a gift registry, the email will include this information. You will call the customer and collect their credit card information over the telephone. You will then key that in to your in-store terminal.
  2. If you choose, you can add real-time credit card processing to your checkout. With this service, customers enter their credit card information in your checkout as if they were shopping at Macys.com or Bloomingdales.com. When the customer checks out, normally the money is in your account the next business day. You will receive an email with all the order details (shipping information, etc.)
You choose. If you have the item in stock, you may ship it. If you do not, you'll likely wish to have it drop shipped. (Please note: a few brands do not drop ship to the customer.) If you do not want to have the item drop shipped, the item ordered will be shipped to your store, then you may ship it to the customer.
You can set your Bridge Store to just allow customers to browse items. If you choose this option, the software replaces the 'Add to Shopping Bag' button with your telephone number. In this way, you are assured that customers can't order items that you don't stock; they will have to call to place the order.
Yes. You keep your existing POS. Retailers that use Bridge Store use POS systems such as RetailPro, Lightspeed, and others. When a registry order comes through Bridge, you will either take the item out of inventory or give a registry credit to the registrant. If you take the item out of inventory, you will enter the web order as a 'web order' in your POS system. If you give a registry credit, you do not have to enter the order in your POS. The order will exist as credit until the gift credit is converted to an item, at which point you'll process the order in your POS as a 'web order' or a gift card redemption.
How you manage inventory with Bridge depends on what type of order you make via Bridge.
  1. Gift registry purchase. Most purchases made via Bridge are gift registry purchases. Most stores give a registry credit when a purchase is made. Bridge's software is designed to help you manage and keep track of the accruing registry credit. When a registry purchase is made, the software automatically deducts the purchase amount from the desired amount. For example, if the registrant requested 12 dinner plates, and 1 is purchased, the software will automatically show that 1 is purchased and 11 are still desired.
  2. Non-gift registry purchase. When a general public order occurs, you'll ship what you have in stock. If you do not have the product in stock, you may ask the brand to drop ship it.
We use Authorize.net. If you wish to accept credit cards online, we set up an Authorize.net account under your business name. You can login to Authorize.net to void a transaction, give a partial refund, or make an additional charge for a customer. Since it's your Authorize.net account, your business name will appear on the customer's credit card statement.
We welcome all members of the community to navigate our network. We update our software based upon guidance suggested by the ADA.

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