The ‘Amazon’ of Wisconsin Mom & Pop Shops: Website Allows Users to Shop at 650+ Small Businesses

The website MainStreetWI.com is a hub for more than 650 Wisconsin-based, independent businesses and counting. Started in 2020, the site is an example of a pandemic pivot that quickly became popular, and eventually, permanent.

On it, you’ll find locally-owned small businesses that sell everything from fine art and furniture to specialty foods, wine, clothes, books, and games. Users can filter results by:

• Community (where they’re located)
• Category (what they sell)
• Ordering Options (curbside pickup v. delivery/shipping)
• Ownership (BIPOC, woman-owned, etc.)

MainstreetWI.com has added more than 250 businesses to its database in just the past year and continues to expand. Anyone can submit an independently-owned, Wisconsin-based business.

The website was spearheaded by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation as a way to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic.

This article was recently featured in UP NORTH NEWS: https://upnorthnewswi.com/2022/11/03/the-amazon-of-wisconsin-mom-pop-shops-website-allows-users-to-shop-at650-small-businesses/

Click the following link to submit your business.   https://www.mainstreetwi.com/

Please note: BCEDC has no monetary interest in this website. We are only trying to show avenues of advertising that people may not know about.