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title: "Websites for local shops and specialty retailers"
description: "Local retail websites with product showcases, hours, location, services and links to your established online store."
url: https://aidrivensites.com/industries/local-retail
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Local retail and specialty shops

# Bring people through the door, and link to your shop online

Local shops compete on curation, expertise and service. A website should show what makes your shop worth the visit, keep hours accurate and connect to your online store if you have one. We build retail sites on Replit with showcases and events you can update by describing them to Replit Agent; checkout stays in the store platform you already use.

[Get a Website Quote](https://aidrivensites.com/contact?industry=local-retail&from=industries%2Flocal-retail#quote)

What matters

## What your website should do for you

### Curation over catalogue

Highlight new arrivals, categories and expertise rather than duplicating a full catalogue.

### Accurate hours and location

Visitors need to know you are open and how to get there.

### Services and events

Repairs, fittings, classes or events give people a reason to visit.

## Pages your site could have

A starting point. We plan the final pages around your content.

**Home**

New arrivals, hours and location

**Shop**

Categories and links to the online store

**Services**

Repairs, fittings, classes

**Events**

Workshops and launches

**Visit**

Hours, parking and accessibility

## Features you can add

- Product showcases

Featured items linking to your online store.

- Hours with holiday overrides

Regular and holiday hours.

- Events listing

Workshops and launches.

- Store integration Larger addition, quoted separately

Embedded product collections from Shopify or Square.

In your own words

## Changes you could ask for

Type requests like these to Replit Agent, or email them to us if we look after your site. You see every change in a preview before it goes live.

A fictional example

## Moving from an old site

- ### Before

A specialty shop's website is a Shopify theme that shows only products, not the classes and repair services that bring people in.

- ### The move

We rebuild the marketing site on Replit with services, events and featured products, linking to the existing Shopify store for checkout.

- ### After

Staff feature products and events through Replit Agent.

## What we will ask you for

- Photos of products and the shop
- Services and events
- Hours and location
- Store platform links

## Works with tools you already use

- Store platforms such as Shopify, Square or Lightspeed
- Event ticketing
- Instagram

Questions

## Common questions

Related

- [Bakeries](https://aidrivensites.com/industries/bakeries)
- [Creatives and portfolios](https://aidrivensites.com/industries/creatives-and-portfolios)
- [Hospitality and tourism](https://aidrivensites.com/industries/hospitality-and-tourism)

**Can we sell products on the website?**

Yes. We link to or embed your existing store, or build a store into the site with a payment provider such as Stripe.

**Do I need to update products in two places?**

Featured items link to your store, so stock and prices stay in one place.

**How is this different from bakeries?**

Retail sites focus on curation, services and events rather than daily menus.

## Bring people through the door, and link to your shop online

Tell us about your current site or what you need. A person reviews it and replies.

[Get a Website Quote](https://aidrivensites.com/contact?industry=local-retail&from=industries%2Flocal-retail#quote)

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