Websites for independent shops

A website for your shop, and a shop on your website

Independent shops need people to find the store and, often, to buy online too. SaySites builds a fast site with your hours and location, plus a Shop page where customers pay you through your own Stripe account.

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Shop · Burlington, VTA live example site

The problem

Why most independent shops are stuck with a website that doesn’t work for them.

Marketplaces take a cut

Selling through big platforms means fees on every sale and customers who remember the platform, not your shop.

Locals do not know what you stock

People search for a specific kind of thing nearby. If your site does not say what you carry, they never find out you have it.

Two websites to run

Many shops end up with one site for the store and another for selling online, and neither is kept up.

Opening hours and events get missed

Late openings, markets and holiday hours change often, and an outdated site costs visits. In the busy season, a wrong closing time can mean a customer who does not come back.

What you get

The pages your site should have.

Your site starts with a home, services and contact page written for your business and your town. Ask Sofie for any of the others. Every page is checked against Google’s basics and held to a 95+ speed score before it goes live.

  1. 01

    Home

    What you sell, where you are and your hours, with a few featured products.

  2. 02

    Shop

    Your products with prices and photos. Customers pay through your own Stripe account, and SaySites takes 0%.

  3. 03

    Collections or categories

    Pages for what you stock, like homewares or local makers, so people searching for them can find you.

  4. 04

    About

    Your story, the makers you work with and what makes your shop worth the trip.

  5. 05

    Visit

    Address, hours, parking and directions for people coming in person.

  6. 06

    Contact

    A form for questions and special requests that lands in your inbox.

Getting found

Built for the searches your clients actually make.

  • gift shop near me
  • independent bookstore [your city]
  • locally made gifts [your city]
  • yarn store near me
  • home decor shop [your city]
  • where to buy [product] near me

Marked up as a Store

Structured data describes your business as a Store with your address, phone and opening hours, for people searching for shops nearby.

Prices Google can read

Products on your Shop page include their prices in a form search engines understand.

Pages for what you stock

Collection pages with their own titles and headings help you match searches for the kinds of things you carry.

Fast, even with lots of photos

Product photos are resized automatically, and every page passes a 95+ speed check before it goes live.

Sofie, your assistant

Change anything by asking.

No page builder to learn. Tell Sofie what you want in a sentence; she shows you the change as a draft, and it goes live when you say so.

  • Add these five new candles to the shop
  • Add a page for our local makers collection
  • We are open late on Thursdays in December, add that to the site
  • Put our holiday gift guide on the home page
  • Write a blog post about the makers we stock this season
$15a month, everything included
0setup fees or long contracts
95+speed score required on every page
100%yours: your words, photos and domain

7-day free trial. Cancel anytime.

Questions

What independent shops ask us.

How much does it cost to sell online?

The Store plan is $25 a month, after a 7-day free trial. Customers pay you through your own Stripe account. Stripe charges its normal card fee, and SaySites takes nothing on top.

Do I need to be technical to add products?

No. Ask Sofie to add products with their names, prices and photos. You see the change as a draft first and can undo it.

What if I only want a site for the shop, not online sales?

Then the Site plan at $15 a month is enough. It covers your pages, hours, location, blog and contact form. You can add a Store later.

Will my products show up on Google?

Your product pages include prices in a form Google can read, and the site is fast and cleanly built. No one can promise rankings, but the foundations are set up properly.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes. Every site gets a free yourname.saysites.com address, and you can connect a domain you already own.

How do I know if the site is working?

Your dashboard shows visitors per day and your most-read pages, counted without cookies. Your Visibility Score shows how findable the site is, with steps to improve it.

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