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Bridge Store Can Help Your Business
- Setting up 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.
21 Reasons Businesses Choose Bridge Store
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How Are Businesses Using Bridge Store?
Examples
- Businesses wanting a new website
- Businesses with no existing website
- B.C. Clark (3 locations)
- Babcock Gifts
- The Boutique
- Friend and Co.
- Schiffman's (3 locations)
Businesses with an existing website (such as from Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
- B.C. Clark (3 locations)
- Babcock Gifts
- The Boutique
- Friend and Co.
- Schiffman's (3 locations)
- Businesses wanting a new website
- Businesses with no existing website
Businesses with an existing website (such as from Squarespace, Weebly, Shopify, etc.)
More Bridge Store Features
2,906 Brands and Growing
Bridge Store offers you a directory of more than 2,906 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 121 of the brands in the Brand Directory, Bridge has created partnerships with these brands. These brands are our Smart Brand partners.
More Easily Stock Your Website
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-to-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 for 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?
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Bridge | Shopify | Squarespace | BigCommerce |
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Offers your business a continual free plan |
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Offers your business built-in gift & bridal registry software |
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Comes pre-populated with products from your top-selling brands |
» View a comparison between Bridge and other e-commerce software
See how Bridge compares to:
- Shopify
- Squarespace
- BigCommerce
» View 11 features comparing Bridge to other software platforms
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How Much Does Running an Online Store Cost?
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 to 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 bundles 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.
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 its motivation
Reviews from Shoppers
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Shopped at Bridge retailer Babcock Gifts
99.3% of Stores Can’t be Wrong
Each month, an average of 99.3% of retailers renew their Bridge Store service. A high renewal rate demonstrates that retailers are happy with Bridge’s software and customer service. This high customer loyalty suggests that Bridge is providing great value for members.
Questions About Bridge Store?
- You may choose to accept credit card payments online. If you choose to offer real-time credit card processing, your Bridge Store will ask the customer for their credit card information during checkout. When the customer pays online via credit card, the money will normally be available in your bank account the next business day.
- Your business may wish to not accept credit cards online. When you do not accept credit cards online, the customer 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'll use the telephone number from the order email to call the customer and collect credit card details via telephone. You will key the credit card number into your in-store terminal.
Please note: a few brands do not drop ship to the customer. If not, the item ordered may be shipped to your store, then you may ship it to the customer.
- Gift registry purchase. 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.
- 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.
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