Help for makers

Everything about running your listing, your shop and your show table, in short guides and two-minute videos.

Shopping instead? Help for shoppers

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Welcome to LocaliBuyWhat LocaliBuy is and how it helps neighbors find local crafters and makers.Watch →

Free Directory

How To #1: Sign up for your free directory listingFree listing, about two minutes, every click shown.Watch →How To #2: Set up your directory listingSix short steps, name to photos to publish, every click shown.Watch →

Open your shop

The Shop Plan: turn your listing into a storeFree until November 1. Products, checkout, and payments straight to you, on the same link.Watch →Taking card payments with SquareConnect your own Square account so shoppers can pay by card on your shop, your pay page and at your booth, with the money landing straight in your Square.Read →Opening for orders: the last stepBeing listed in the directory and being open for orders are two different switches; here is what the second one needs and what it changes.Read →Sales tax: answering the questionHow the sales tax question works in LocaliBuy: where to answer it, what happens to an order when tax is on, and why answering no is a complete answer.Read →Getting paid: choosing your payment methodsThe six ways shoppers can pay you, what each one needs from you, and the checkout rules that decide which ones work with pickup, delivery and shipping.Read →Delivery options: pickup, local delivery and shippingHow pickup, local delivery and shipping work, where to switch them on, and how a single product can offer fewer options than your store.Read →

Shop tools

Quick Add: list a product in secondsSnap it, name it, price it, save. At home or right at your booth.Watch →Event Sales: know what you actually made at the showLog every sale in two taps, add your costs, and drive home knowing your real number.Watch →

Getting started

Publish your free directory listingThe checklist on My Listing, and the switch that puts you in your town's directory.Read →Getting your listing in front of peopleYour link, your QR code, and the share tools built into your page.Read →