United StatesShop My Porch is a social commerce platform that allows you to easily discover talented artisans in your neighborhood from bakers to woodworkers. The app allows artisans to create a beautiful listing in under a minute. There are no listing fees. Shoppers can tag their friends and local neighbors on the listing and in doing so they increase the social awareness of the product being sold. Shop My Porch is the ONLY app that allows you to request an item to be made by an artisan! Post what you're looking for (custom birthday cakes to handmade furniture), your budget, date needed by, quantity desired, location, and the number of replies you would like to receive. It only takes 30 seconds! Then sit back and wait for makers to respond to you! We don't have negative feedback on Shop My Porch - we want you to have all the warm fuzzies you can get! So - makers and shoppers are both encouraged to express gratitude through a "From the Heart" post. Favorite all your items by clicking the heart and find them all in one place under your profile. Makers - you are encouraged to post multiple times a day to stay in front of our shoppers! Keep your notifications on so you'll know when someone tags you, likes, or comments on your post. Social interaction is key to your success on Shop My Porch.
So disappointed!
I was so excited to come across the selling platform and immediately joined and listed a few items. I needed to know how to get a link to my page so I could post this on my social media. I couldn’t figure it out. Facebook has the original shop my porch group and one for my porch makers. Last week I requested to join filled out all the information along with my handle on the application. I have not heard back. I give up I’ve deleted all my items. What a waste of time.
United StatesNah, not for me
Sounded like a good idea, might even be a decent app but I found it hard to navigate, plus there were pages upon pages of rules and no way to email for later viewing or reference. Cannot enlarge photos for better viewing and these old eyes can’t make out details. Seller network doesn’t seem very active, my searches consistently ended with few items, often by the same vendor.
United StatesNeeds updates
I used to LOVE Shop My Porch on Facebook. Then the app came out. It’s not user friendly. Hard to navigate and a bit confusing. I’ve been using it since it came out and it hasn’t been updated much, maybe once? Takes way too long to load. Sellers aren’t really updating their page. When you do log in it’s all the same sellers with the same type of products, mostly tumblers, crochet things, earrings, kiddy bracelets. Items I’ll never buy. Even using the search engine isn’t very useful. I still make search posts for what I need but I rarely get good responses or leads. I miss the supporting local aspect of Shop My Porch. You can switch to search only in your area but there’s not many sellers once you minimize that search. I hope it starts to blossom again because I love buying from sellers in my city. And I’m looking forward to updates
United StatesNot a great place for sellers
I, like many, joined the Shop My Porch community on Facebook during the pandemic. I loved having a local community of creatives to interact with, shop from only businesses in my area, and sell directly to people in my community. The page admin said she had created the page to help foster community and give us an alternative to Etsy because Etsy was unfavorable to sellers. It all seemed great at first. And then the page creator started becoming very passive aggressive and created a very hostile vibe. After the audience on Facebook grew, the page creator made this app. In order to continue to post and use the group, we were all forced to download this app. If your cross post on Facebook has people asking for more information or to message you, the mods turn off your comments in order to force you to communicate through this app. Now that doesn’t seem like fostering community or supporting small businesses does it? No its forcing people to funnel into your app to pay you a transaction fee. The app itself is confusing, not intuitive or user friendly. In fact, it makes very little sense. There is no easy, straightforward way to message people which is incredibly important. Overall, the shop my porch experience has left a bad taste in my mouth and I will no longer be using any of the affiliated pages or apps.
United StatesLove This App - Great Community Involvement
I love using this to Connect with neighbors and local artisans
United StatesIt can use some growth
I’ve made a few purchases through the app. Pros - buy locally and support small. Cons - you basically scroll through daily posts to see what’s new. It would be nice to have a curated page of similar items you’ve viewed/liked. There is a search engine but it’s all macrame, literally all macrame. Not everyone likes macrame everything. A lot of photos are hard to see clearly and there’s no way to pinch zoom to see what the product is. There hasn’t been any new updates so I haven’t been on as much because it’s kind of a boring app.
United StatesMy go-to source for gifts and goodies
SMP has truly created a community of makers and customers in a way that hasn’t been done before. The app and the interactions help you to find amazing things in your local area, but also lets you look beyond your city borders. I have purchased a stunning, chunky knit blanket, found cool makers and products, and been blown away by the support from the SMP team. They truly care about the special community they are fostering. The app offers great buyer protections and an easy experience, along with beautiful products. SMP is absolutely the first place I will look for things I know I want to buy, as well as things I didn’t know I needed. 5 stars for sure!
United States
A number of known bugs were addressed.
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