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Celebrate Small Business Week ALL-Week long with Wish Local

Happy Small Business Week! Are you looking to grow your business and celebrate in a big way? Wish Local & Wish Wholesale will be hosting a series of Small Business events every day this week for all business owners. You will learn how to maximize your store visibility by boosting sales, increase more foot traffic, and make a bigger impact in your community. 

We’re kicking off the week with a special Instagram Live Monday, Sept. 13th at 11 am PST with @wholesalewish for a special sneak preview of this week’s activities including educational and networking events, our virtual trade showroom, and chances to get exclusive savings. 

That’s not all, all sessions and events are absolutely FREE to register! We’ve got a packed schedule of events for you to join.

Small Business Week ALL EVENTS | Explore Sessions This Week

DAY 1 – 9/13 | SMB Week Kick-Off, Instagram Live, 11 AM (PST)

  • Instagram Small Business Week Kick-off! 
  • Enjoy a preview of Small Business Week events and activities! Our Wish Wholesale team will be introducing key components of this week’s special offerings.

DAY 2 – 9/14 | Holiday Sales Hacks, Webinar, 2 PM (PST)

  • Join us for a live 30-minute conversation with ZonGuru and learn expert tips to grow your business this holiday season and beyond. 

DAY 3 – 9/15 | Holiday Sales Tips for Brick + Mortar, FB Live, 2 PM (PST)

  • Black Friday and the holiday season are around the corner! Make sure your store is ready to make the most of it and learn how to maximize your holiday sales with Wish Local and Wish Wholesale. 

DAY 4 – 9/16 | Increase Your Sales by 150%, Webinar, 7:30 AM (PST)

  • Grab your spot for this FREE 30-minute webinar where online merchants will learn how to increase sales by 150% or more. Co-hosted by Wish Wholesale and Syncee – Global Dropshipping app.

DAY 5 – 9/17 | How to Source Products with 20% Margin, Livestorm, 11 AM (PST)

  • With over 2 million orders per day, Wish has vast global sourcing and logistics expertise. Our B2B global wholesale platform empowers businesses of all sizes by leveraging our relationships with safe, reliable, and responsible manufacturers to deliver unique products from around the world. With over 2 million orders per day, Wish has vast global sourcing and logistics expertise. Our B2B global wholesale platform empowers businesses of all sizes by leveraging our relationships with safe, reliable, and responsible manufacturers to deliver unique products from around the world. 

Happy Small Business Week! Learn more about Wish Local and how to sign up here.

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Happy Black Business Month from Wish Local Empowerment Program

August is National Black Business Month, and we would like to recognize all of our Black-owned businesses and our partners and say thank you for your hard work and for making a difference in your local communities. 

In celebration, Wish Local is offering financial support for Black-owned small businesses. Interested business owners can apply for our Empowerment program. 

Empowerment Program

Wish believes in building strong ties within our communities. That’s why we started our Wish Local program. We want to help small businesses thrive and make it easier for our customers to shop by picking up their orders on the same day.

Black-owned small businesses have long faced hardship due to systemic racism. In an effort to help do our part to respond to the inequity, we’ve launched the Wish Local Empowerment Program, a dedicated investment fund of $2 million dollars to support underrepresented entrepreneurs.

What benefits does the Empowerment program offer?

  • Eligible business owners will be provided with a grant ranging from $500 – $2000.
  • Funds can be allocated for a range of business needs (workforce, operating costs, inventory, marketing, utilities, etc).

What happens next?

  • Small business will become a Wish Local pickup point 
    • As a Wish Local pickup point, stores become locations where Wish customers go to pick up their online orders.
    • Participating stores can grow foot traffic, sell on the Wish marketplace, build their customer network, and earn additional revenue through Local Delivery and Customer Referrals.

How do I join? 

Wish Local Partnerships

We also teamed up with Black-owned businesses like Official Black Wall Street and Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce to help locate Black-owned businesses to support. Together we’re connecting with more small businesses to help promote equality and diversity within American entrepreneurship.

To sign up for the Wish Local Empowerment Program, click here >

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Sign Up with Wish Local and the Empowerment Program Today!

February may be the shortest month of the year, but there is so much love to give. It’s also one of the most influential months of the year as we celebrate and recognize Black History Month.

Wish believes in building strong ties within our communities. That’s why we started our Wish Local program. We want to help small businesses thrive and make it easier for our customers to shop by picking up their orders the same day.

Wish Local Empowerment Program

Black-owned small businesses have long faced hardship due to systemic racism. In an effort to help do our part to respond to the inequity, Wish Local has launched the Wish Local Empowerment Program, its own investment fund to support underrepresented entrepreneurs.

Wish has dedicated $2 million dollars to create the Wish Local Empowerment program. This is a designated fund to give Black-owned small business partners financial support.

Wish Local Empowerment Partners

We also teamed up with Black-owned businesses like Official Black Wall Street and Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce to help locate Black-owned businesses to support. Together we’re connecting with more small businesses to help promote equality and diversity within American entrepreneurship.

What benefits does the Empowerment program offer?

  • Eligible business owners will be provided with a grant ranging from $500 – $2000.
  • Funds can be allocated for a range of business needs (workforce, operating costs, inventory, marketing, utilities, etc).

What happens next?

  • Small business will become a Wish Local pickup point 
    • As a Wish Local pickup point, stores become locations where Wish customers go to pick up their online orders.
    • Participating stores can grow foot traffic, sell on the Wish marketplace, build their customer network, and earn additional revenue through Local Delivery and Customer Referrals.

How do I join? 

Wish Wholesale offerings 

Buy in bulk and save more with our Wish Wholesale program. We offer the Best-Selling Products from Wish at wholesale prices! 

  • Volume discounts
  • Best-seller boxes & category boxes
  • No minimum order quantities 

Wish Local Black-Owned Businesses 

Here are a few of our Black-owned businesses that have joined the Wish Local program.

The Infinity Glam Group

Store Address: 720 N Glynn St Suite G, Fayetteville, Georgia United States (US), 30214

Store Owner: Tanya Swearingen

Category: Boutique: Accessories, Fashion, Home Decor

Email: infinityglam@yahoo.com

Contact Number: 470-735-5366

Absolutely Anything Essential

Store Address: 3521 S. King Drive Chicago, Illinois, 60653

Store Owner: Kenya Robertson

Category: Gift Shop 

Contact Number: 312.238.9447

Email: manager@absolutelyanythingessential.com

Website: https://www.absolutelyanythingessential.com/

Antoinette’s Urban Chic

Store Address: 10800 W. 9 Mile Road Oak Park, Michigan, United States (US), 48237

Store Owner: Yolanda Walker

Category: Boutique: Jewelry, Accessories, Clothes

Email: antionettesurb@yahoo.com

Contact Number: 248-579-7515

School Matters

Store Owner: Evelyn Robinson

Store Address: 2596 Woodville Rd. Northwood, Ohio United States (US), 43619

Category: School Supplies

Email: schoolmatterz@gmail.com

Contact Number: 419-690-0570

Upcoming Live Streams on FB & IG

To learn more about the program, join us on Facebook Live on Wednesday, 2/17 at 3 pm Pacific time with LeTanya at Infinity Glam. 

Hear about:

  • How Infinity Glam marketed themselves as a Wish Local store
  • Converting from Wish customer into their own business 
  • And Wish Local & Empowerment program offerings 

View our Instagram Live stream with Wish Local and Wish Wholesale team on Thursday, 2/18 at 11:30 am Pacific time. 

Learn about:

  • Black History Month (What it means, how it was founded, brief history)
  • The struggle that covid has caused to Black-owned businesses and insight to this ongoing issue.
  • How the Wish Local and Empowerment program is relevant to the topic mentioned above and what benefits can be gained from being part of these programs.
  • Details/requirements to apply for the empowerment

We hope you’ll join us in this movement to celebrate and empower Black-owned businesses. 

“We Wish for…

A world where racism is overcome by love.

A world where we have equal opportunities.

A world that is safe for everyone.

The world we Wish for has no tolerance for hate.

Wish stands in solidarity with our Black employees, customers, partners and friends in the fight for racial justice and equality.” – Wish Instagram, June 1, 2020

To sign up for the Wish Local Empowerment Program, click here >

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Wish Local Video Contest – The Winners!

In August, we asked you to send us videos about how your business uses Wish Local to boost sales and gain new customers. We were blown away by the outpouring of creative videos that you sent our way! Each week we announced one video winner, and that store was awarded a cool $1000 in Wish Cash. 

Take a look at each week’s winning video:

Week 1

The first winner from Colombia wowed us with this hilarious depiction of how Wish Local keeps their store thriving amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Week 2

These Wish Local participants in Germany impressed us with their animation skills, and made us hungry for noodles.

Week 3

Our week 3 winner from the USA shows off all of  her Wish must-haves. 

Week 4

Our final winner is also from Colombia and shows us that shopping on Wish is fun for the whole family. 

Congratulations to all of our deserving winners! Keep those creative juices flowing because another contest could be just around the corner.

To learn more about Wish Local click here.

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Wish is Now Offering a $2M Fund to Uplift Black-owned Businesses

Wish Local is enormously proud of the diverse community of small business owners that make up our program. As such, we are wholeheartedly committed to dismantling the systemic racism that has stood in the way of Black business owners and their entrepreneurial dreams. Wish has dedicated a $2M fund to offer 4,000 Black-owned Wish Local stores financial support to grow and nurture their businesses. Read on to learn if you’re eligible, and how you can apply.

What is the Wish Local Empowerment Program?

The Wish Local Empowerment Program is a fund that offers monetary supportgrants to Black-owned small businesses. Selected recipients will receive amounts from $500 – $2000. 

Am I eligible?

In order to receive funds, you must meet all of the following criteria:

  • You are a Black small business owner
  • You are 18 years or older
  • You have a brick-and-mortar store that is located in the United States
  • Your store has 20 or fewer employees
  • Your store earns an average annual revenue under $1M
  • If selected for the program, you must join Wish Local

How can the money be used?

There are no rules or requirements on how to allocate the funds. We suggest you use the monetary support to:

  • Keep or rehire your workforce 
  • Pay rent and operational costs
  • Market your business and connect with customers
  • Pay it forward with community outreach 

How can I apply?

Visit the link below to fill out an application.

Wish Local Empowerment Program Application

When can I apply?

Applications are due August, 31 2020. Our committee will then review applications and select which stores will receive funds and how much those stores will receive. 

To learn more about the Wish Local Empowerment Program, visit the homepage here. 

To learn more about growing your business with Wish Local, click here.

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Store Closed? Earn money with Wish Local Delivery

It’s tough to know when the right time to reopen your store might be. Depending on where you are in the world, the COVID-19 pandemic may be subsiding or it might be back on the rise. Luckily, Wish Local is providing our participants with an option that allows you to earn cash, sell your own products, and protect your store and employees from contagion. 

With Wish Local Delivery, you earn money by delivering Wish packages to shoppers in your area. If you opt in to both Wish Local Delivery and our Sell on Wish program, you can upload your store’s own merchandise to the Wish app for free. You then get paid to deliver your goods to customers. You read that right! You keep 100% of the sales you make and get paid to deliver too! 

Here’s how it works:

  • Offer your items for delivery. You can deliver your own items by listing them on Sell On Wish. You keep 100% of your inventory sales and get paid to deliver it! 
  • Deliver with ease. To complete the delivery process, simply upload a photo of the spot where you’ve delivered the package. Then you’re done!
  • Flexible delivery schedule. Choose anytime within the two-day delivery window to complete your deliveries. 
  • Set your own hours. You can opt-out anytime in the app. When you’re ready to restart your foot traffic you can fully reopen for pickups in the Wish Local App.

Opt-in by opening up your Wish Local app and following the instructions on the screen. 

Ready to join Wish Local? Learn more here.

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Scan a Barcode and Sell on Wish Faster!

Listing your store’s products on Sell on Wish is now easier than ever. We’ve added a barcode scanner so you can upload merchandise to the Wish app in less than 30 seconds. It’s as easy as 1-2-3:

  1. Go to the “Sell” tab on the bottom menu of the Wish Local app. Click “Scan a Barcode.” 
  2. Use your phone’s camera to scan the product’s original barcode.
  3. Verify the product information.

You’re all done! With our new barcode scanner, you can upload products quickly and move on to the rest of your to-do list. Happy Selling!

To learn more about selling your products on the Wish app, visit our tutorial here.

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Curbside Pickup is Here!

Wish Local is proud to offer Curbside Pickup to all participating store locations. As the pandemic continues, shoppers are looking for the safest ways to pick up their purchases from retail stores. Curbside Pickup is a great way to offer low-contact purchase retrieval to your loyal customers. It also limits traffic inside your business, which protects both you and your store. Here’s how it works.

Enable Curbside Pickup

  1. Click “Account” on the bottom menu bar of the Wish Local app.
  2. Choose “Curbside Pickup.”
  3. Toggle button to the on position.
  4. Confirm your phone number, and you’re done!

Wait for customer contact

After a customer purchases one of your store’s products through Sell on Wish, they will be given a QR code and your contact information. When the customer arrives at your store, they will either call or text that they’ve arrived.

Deliver the order

Once the customer has arrived, you can scan their QR code, retrieve their package, and deliver it curbside. 

That’s all there is to it! Curbside Pickup keeps your sales high and your exposure to germs low. What’s not to love?

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Introducing Wish Local Delivery!

We are excited to announce that Wish Local Delivery is now live! This new program is the ultimate business companion to Sell on Wish. Get your products in the hands of more shoppers than ever before, and earn $4 for every delivery you make. Here’s how it works.

Sell a product!

As a Wish Local participating location, you can upload your store’s inventory with Sell on Wish. Previously, when you made a sale, the customer would retrieve their purchase from your store. Now you have the opportunity to deliver the item for a cash bonus. For a limited time, you keep 100% of the Sell on Wish sale in addition to the delivery bonus from Wish!

Wish merchandise will also be a part of the Wish Local Delivery program. Ship to Store orders that were canceled and then resold, as well as Pickup Now inventory are eligible for delivery.

Label the package

When you opt in to Wish Local Delivery, you’ll receive a delivery label template. Print out the label and attach it to the package prior to delivery. Once labeled, you can then contact the recipient and let them know when to expect delivery. Contacting the recipient is not a requirement, but it’s a nice and helpful thing to do!

Deliver the package

When you sign up, you can choose the delivery radius you’re willing to serve. A package is considered delivered when it is left at a secure location. Snap a picture of the package with the label visible at the delivery location and upload it into the Wish Local app for proof of delivery. Deliver the package within the 48-hour window, and you’re done!

Collect your bonus!

Every successful delivery earns you a $4 cash bonus. You’ll be paid out every two weeks with your Wish Local payments. It’s that easy!

To learn more about Wish Local and Wish Local Delivery, click here.

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Introducing Your Own Wish Local Store Page!

You asked, and we delivered! All Wish Local participating stores now have their own unique landing page within the Wish app. 

Your store page will have all the information customers need right in one place. You can showcase your store hours, store location, and contact information listed clearly at the top of your page. Shoppers can find which Pickup Now items your store currently has in stock. Best of all, your store’s own products that you upload with Sell on Wish will be neatly cataloged here. Locals in your area will be able to see everything your store has to offer, all in one place!

A link to your store’s page was emailed to you, so make sure to check your inbox. Share your link with friends, family, and customers. 

Keep uploading products to Wish and gain access to our network of 90 million monthly active users. Sell on Wish drives sales and increases your business’s visibility in your area. For a limited time, there are no fees to upload your products. You keep 100% of the profit. 

To get started with Sell on Wish, watch the tutorial below or review our step-by-step guide.

Happy selling!