Getting found on Google Business Profile as a local shop
A practical 2026 playbook for ranking your shop in the Google Business Profile map pack: precise categories, review velocity, clean citations, and a living listing.
Local Marketplaces
Hyperlocal marketplaces, neighborhood platforms, and community commerce apps.
Etsy versus a local marketplace for handmade retailers
Etsy gives a handmade seller instant reach but eats roughly 25 percent of each order; local marketplaces protect margin. Here is how to choose, with real numbers.
Lessons from three local marketplaces that quietly succeeded
Local Retail deep dive: Lessons from three local marketplaces that quietly succeeded.
Local marketplace payments and trust: what fails first
Local Retail deep dive: Local marketplace payments and trust: what fails first.
Buy local campaigns that actually shift consumer behavior
Local Retail deep dive: Buy local campaigns that actually shift consumer behavior.
How to launch a local marketplace as a city or a chamber
Local Retail deep dive: How to launch a local marketplace as a city or a chamber.
Nextdoor commerce versus Facebook Marketplace for local sellers
Local Retail deep dive: Nextdoor commerce versus Facebook Marketplace for local sellers.
Local marketplaces explained: how they compete with national platforms
Local Retail deep dive: Local marketplaces explained: how they compete with national platforms.