Written by Joseph Mutidjo, Try These Local Online Marketing Tools to Get More Local Customers illustrated how several services like Groupon CitySearch and Foursquare can help businesses garner more local businesses. Joseph said the following about Wishpond: New Local Online Marketing Service Wishpond Wishpond (www.wishpond.com) has created a novel way for customers to buy, and stores to sell. Customers can search local stores in Wishpond’s database for a specific product and the prices it is offered at. Customers can then submit a “wish” price, a bid offer for what they’d like to pay for the product. Vendors will be notified of this offer, and can reply to accept. Apart from having their store and inventory of products in Wishpond, businesses can use its merchant tools to communicate in-store promotions to their customers on all their social media channels at one time. The service also provides you with your own online store on Wishpond, which doubles your online presence if you already have an e-commerce site. Go to www.wishpond.com/merchant to build your Facebook storefront that syncs with your website or POS.