Since 2020 we have run a poster and website campaign to help generate traffic to our indie stores! It was really successful and during the pandemic each business had around 32,000 page views during November and December! After the pandemic the posters seemed to not be as effective so we are trying a different approach this year.
If you would like to be part of this directory it is £36 (inlcuding Vat) per business for the year. In previous years it was £60!
The cost covers:
- Renewal of website domain and Square Space membership
- 10,000 recycled card flyers that we will all help to distrubute around Bristol (Coffee shops, community centres, information centres, etc).
- Re-design and update of website including adding an interative map
- Paid advertising in Bristol 247 and hopefully free advertising with other regional press.
Please note:
This directory is for Bristol businesses that have a bricks-and-mortor shop and who predominantly sell physical giftable items. We’re so sorry but it is not open to service-based businesses. However this year we are introducing a sub-section for coffee shops and we are going to market them as 'pit-stops to visit' whilst Christmas shopping.
With costs rising and the uncertainty of footfall and spending, this is a campaign to encourage customers to 'shop local' during this Christmas period both online and in-store.
Please fill out your details below and we will be in touch to confirm your listing. It’s important to say that this directory is NOT intended to be a full Bristol directory of all businesses in every trade! That would be an enormous directory and very difficult to manage whilst trying to manage our own stores. This directory is only to assist businesses whose main trade is selling physical products that can be gifted. It is for Bristol businesses (with a BS postcode) that also input into Bristol’s economy and those who stengthen Bristol's independent community.
I really hope we manage to get more gift shops involved this year and that people understand why we have to set a criteria-of-sorts to join the campaign. It's going to be really hard to make sure everyone is happy and included, but we will do our best.
Once everyone is on the website, I will send you the graphics to share the hell out of on your socials & newsletters !
Thank you everyone
- Beck Prior (Prior Shop), Jodie, Warmlii and Fiona (Bristol Pop-Up Shop)