Buy and check out in a flash with popup stores.
Need a quick store for an event, holiday promotion or just to sell something in limited quantities? A storeBlox XPress Popup store is just the ticket. Like our XPress Redemption stores, A Popup is designed to be fast – fast to build, fast to use and fast to shut down. Need to use it again later? No problem. With competitive pricing and simplified billing, you can operate a few or dozens with ease.
The biggest brands trust their e-commerce to eBlox
With 25 years of industry experience, eBlox is a partner that you can count on.
Get in, get out.
Popup stores are designed for one thing: Speed. And ours is the fastest, with only a few clicks to make your selections, pay and get out. Instead of adding bells and whistles, we removed them, so your customers can move through the store in a flash.
Raise more funds with your fundraisers. Sell more event merch for your events. You get the picture. It’s fast.
Ready to see it in action? Contact us for a demo!
storeBlox XPress Popup Store Features
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XPress Popup Stores
Exclusive Features
Accelerated Checkout
You’ve never moved through a store this quickly. Pick your items, enter your info and you’re done. No account creation or cart pages to slow you down.
Fast setup & take down
Boot up a store in a few minutes. Need to re-enable a store for another event or sale? Even faster.
Dashboards & Reports
Real-time store dashboards show you what’s selling and what’s sitting, so you can adjust program pricing and selection on the fly.
Selection & Checkout
Add Items All at Once
Forget cycles of “Add to Cart”. With XPress Popup, users can add multiple items and quantities one a single screen, in just a few clicks.
Cloud-based Sales Tax
Sales tax calculates in real time as your user enters their address. Use cloud-based tax for big programs, or roll your own rates.
ShipStation® Integration
Integrate your store directly with ShipStation® for fast generation of shipping labels, tracking information and more.
Design & Customization
Great on Any Screen
Employee redemptions are often done on devices like phones and tablets. storeBlox XPress Popup’s simplified layout makes selection and redemption of even complex kits easy and incredibly fast, even on smartphones.
Change Look & Feel Quickly
Swap out store banners and change color schemes with just a few clicks. Repurpose that holiday store to a spring giveaway in no time at all.
Custom Redemption Domains
Need custom domain for your store? No problem. We’ve even got special domains like popup.promo to hang your sign on if you can’t come up with your own.
Ready to find out more? From free custom demo stores to presentations that help you sell, we’re here to help!
Why Choose eBlox?
Experience & Independence
With 25 years in the industry, we’re not going anywhere. And while other providers get bought up and consolidated, eBlox remains fiercely independent. Your business is safe with us.
No Transaction Fees
Transaction fees can be a cheap alternative for low-volume online stores, but as you grow they can really eat into your profits. eBlox has never charged transaction fees and never will.
Volume Licensing
Once you start selling company stores, reward stores and redemption programs, you’ll find that you’re pretty good at it! Whether you’ve got 5, 50 or 500 stores, our licensing has you covered.
What is a Popup or Flash Store?
A pop-up, flash or quick store is a (usually) temporary e-commerce merch store for selling a small selection of items over a short period of time. Most popup stores last for just a few weeks or months, often until an event ends or the inventory runs out. Popup stores are usually inexpensive to set up and host, and don’t have many of the bells and whistles associated with a regular company store, like account management, extensive categories, multiple payment methods and complex product configuration. In fact, most popup stores will only have choices like color and size, as opposed to being able to pick logos and imprints in a traditional company store.
What are some examples of popup stores?
Popup stores come in many flavors, but the main way you can distinguish them from other types of programs is duration and selection – both of those are often on the smaller side. If you’ve got more than, say, 15 or 20 products and a bunch of categories, consider a company store instead. Similarly, if your store is evergreen – that is, it’s running year-round with constant updates, inventory adjustments and so on – it’s probably better built as a company store. However, small company store programs that don’t need a lot of account management (user account creation, user access permissions, etc.) and want a simple, fast checkout can benefit from switching to a popup store model.
All that said, here are some examples of “typical” popup or flash stores:
- Team uniform signups: For your kid’s softball team or your buddy’s adult kickball league, a popup store is the best way to handle uniform requests and gear.
- Events: Flash sales, triathlons, concerts or trade shows often sell merchandise associated with the event for a limited time (and usually with limited stock). If you’ve got an event with a merchandise table, the online orders would be handled with a popup store.
- Fundraisers: The world of fundraising is endless, from the tiniest crowdfunding project to massive charities. But the needs are consistent – small-ish selections of products, an audience of motivated buyers, and a need to get the job done quickly.
- What type of merch is sold in a popup store? Just about anything, from your typical range of promotional products and wearables to incentive products and limited-run collectibles. The products should be simple and easy to choose from; customers shouldn’t be comparing item features or configuring product options. Think Bluetooth speaker, not stereo system.
Popup stores often feature items with limited stock; they’re not a bad way “blow out” the last unsold inventory until it’s gone. But don’t mistake a popup store as only a place for clearing out your merch. Limiting quantities almost always makes products more enticing, especially when it comes to events.
I’m confused. What’s the Difference between a Popup and Redemption Store?
This is a reasonable thing to be wondering, since both flash stores and redemption stores are typically short duration and smaller selections of products. The main difference is how you pay for the merch in the store; redemption program products are usually free to the customer, but they do require a redemption code or access code, and a customer can generally only access the store once to get their gift or award. Redemption stores are often private and only available to the employees of a company.
Popup stores, on the other hand, charge money to buy things (most often credit cards) and are usually open to the public. Superficially, popup stores and redemption stores are very similar; in fact, the main shopping experience is almost identical. It’s once you get down to access and payment that you really see the difference.
Do Your Popup Stores Charge Transaction Fees?
Nope, never. Your store shouldn’t get more expensive the more successful you are. Our pricing is simple, transparent and completely free of hidden costs and transaction fees.