2011 was a transformative year for ShopDragon— we moved from development to sales, launched some powerful new features such as direct UPS shipping, local pickup, inventory-aware product bundles and direct scss and css development for total control over site design. In its first year of being open for business, ShopDragon helped dozens of small businesses grow online. In fact, all of ShopDragon's active merchants saw their sales grow year-over-year in 2011, some as much as 300%!

ShopDragon processed over $150,000 online for small businesses selling everything from retail goods, to event registrations, non-profit donations, art, food and wine. ShopDragon's new local pickup option allowed consumers to shop online and pick-up in their local stores, fostering growth in their own communities and keeping dollars local.

ShopDragon is just getting warmed up, there are exciting new capabilities coming in 2012 as well as UI changes that will make our simple and powerful eCommerce tool even easier for businesses to get from zero to launch in no time flat. Additionally, we have some ideas on helping entrepreneurs get started with their ideas from concept to execution, so stay tuned!

Be ready for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday all in one fail swoop!