Shustir is the online marketplace bringing small businesses closer to the millions of consumers who want to discover and buy from them - whether they're a block, or an ocean, apart.

How? Shustir provides small business owners the space and tools to build elegant, contemporary virtual storefronts. Shustir is free, and takes minimal time to start capturing the attention and dollars of consumers on their block, in their town, and far beyond.

Shustir gives local retailers, service businesses, consultants and start-ups instant, new power to market themselves on the web. That kind of power has been in short supply - until now. Forty-four percent of small business owners don't have a web site. And many who do have a virtual cabin in the woods - a nice place that's tough to find. That's a shame, since 92 percent of regularly online consumers surveyed said web research led them to buy something locally. (Source: WebVisible/Nielsen Online.)

Shustir member businesses can log on anytime to add or edit content and photos, respond to a consumer's comment or question, update their blog - even upload a virtual video tour of their store or products. E-commerce functionality is available at a modest $25 monthly fee.

A small business on Shustir is instantly more visible to consumers through Shustir's own searchable marketplace, and through Google and other major search engines. Shustir handles the optimization - often too costly for a standalone small business site, but the most critical element in getting found via search, or not.

* Danbury New Times - February 5th 2010: Expo Highlights Growth, Learning
http://www.newstimes.com/default/article/Expo-highlights-growth-learning-353413.php

* Gaebler.com - February 4th 2010: Starting an Online Marketplace

* Los Angeles Times - January 19th 2010: Short and easy-to-remember Web Domains Are Best

* 2009 W3 Award - January 1st 2010: Shustir Awarded the Silver for Social Networking

* The New York Pulse - December 1st 2009: Shustir invites Consumers "To Become A Fan" of Small Business

* Televisio De Catalunya - September 15th 2009: Un Any En Recessio

* New York Daily News - September 13th 2009: A Year After Collapse, ak Brothers Employees Are Making It Work

* Entrepreneur.com - August 24th 2009:
Bringing Wall Street to Main Street

* CitySaheli.com - August 12th 2009:
Shustir: It Matters Where You Spend

* Better Connecticut - July 14th 2009:
Shustir.com on Better Connecticut WFSB TV Channel 3 (CBS)

* USA Today - July 14th 2009:
Refrain Your Brain from 'Left' to 'Right' to Fit into the New Economy

* smallbizresource.com - June 25th 2009: Shustir.com Co-Founder Shu Kim Wednesday's Woman

* NY1 - June 17th 2009: Laid-Off Duo Creates Virtual Bazaar

* New York Times - June 4th 2009: Small Businesses Are Taking Tentative Steps Toward Online Networking

* Marketwire/Shustir.com Press Release - May 28th 2008: New Online Marketplace Spotlights Small Businesses, Fuels Consumer Movement to Buy From Independents and Locals

* 2009 Horizon Interactive Award - May 22, 2009: Bronze Award for E-commerce

* Forbes.com - May 8th 2009: Life After Wall Street

* Korea Times - May 8th 2009: Online Business Gets Another Chance

* Huffington Post - May 5th 2009: What To Do When You Get Laid-Off

We would like to respond to and communicate with our members in a timely manner--What better way than a Shustir Storefront?

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