Vermont's Online Marketplace, with ProxiMyti Delivery
Grow your shop, online and local.
Reach shoppers already browsing local independent stores. No chains, ever. Myti is Vermont's commons, the village square where every local shop gathers, so customers can find you all in one place.
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There are Vermonters who have already decided to stop handing their money to Amazon. What stops them buying from you isn't willingness. It's that buying local online means a different website, a different checkout and a different shipping charge for every shop, or a Saturday spent driving between towns.
Myti is the one place where that isn't true. One cart, every independent shop in Vermont, one delivery. Your products sit alongside all of them, and orders flow into whatever platform you already use.
What you get
- Inventory stays on your shelves until it sells
- FREE ProxiMyti delivery within Chittenden County
- Priority placement in the Myti Local Finder
- You control all pricing and inventory
- Card fees included in commission
- Cancel anytime, no contracts
13% commission paid only when you sell. No cost to join. No monthly fees. No setup fees.
What Else the 13% Covers
You pay it only when something sells. Nothing else, ever.
Also included
- Sales tax collected and remitted for you
- Your shop and products on Myti.com, kept in sync
- Orders routed to you however you already work
- Insurance on anything ProxiMyti is carrying
- Returns collected from the customer by a ProxiMyti driver
- Marketing on our channels and the Myti.com homepage
- Payment within 24 hours of delivery on Shopify, bi-weekly elsewhere
Never charged
- Cost to join
- Monthly fee
- Listing fee
- Setup fee
- Advertising tier
- Storage fees
- Commission on your delivery
- Contract
The 13% is charged on the items you sell. Not on delivery, not on shipping, not on sales tax. It's the whole of what Myti costs, it's knowable before you sign anything, and it doesn't move as you grow.
Most of that list is something a shop would otherwise have to buy, build or do itself. None of it is worth building alone, and that's rather the point.
Together, You're Unstoppable
More and more shoppers are wary of big retailers. They want to buy local, to support their communities, but they need a trustworthy, easy way to do it. Right now, most of them don't have one.
When every Vermont shop stands together in one place, where shoppers can discover and buy local without compromise, you're not competing anymore. You're offering something they're already looking for: a real community alternative they can trust.
You can't do this alone. But together? You're unstoppable. When you're part of Myti, you stop being picked off one at a time. You become part of something bigger.
How to Join
Under 30 minutes of your time, start to finish.
Sync with your existing platform… or start from scratch.
Myti integrates with Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Square and Squarespace. Or upload your inventory manually, by hand or by spreadsheet, and use Myti as your e-commerce homebase.
ProxiMyti Hand Delivery
What actually happens when an order comes in.
Delivery on Myti.com orders costs you nothing. The shopper pays for it at checkout.
What happens when an order comes in for a customer in Chittenden County:
- The order reaches you. By email, in your own e-commerce admin, or in your Myti Commons portal, whichever way you already work.
- You get it ready and mark it ready for pickup, and you're back to your customers. Ready means what it would mean for someone standing at your counter. No boxes to build, no labels to print, no packaging to buy.
- A ProxiMyti driver comes by and grabs it.
And if it comes back, a driver collects that too. The customer puts it in the bag it arrived in and hands it over. No box, no printed label, no trip to the post office, for them or for you.
Using ProxiMyti for your own sales (not Myti.com orders) →
You can also hand ProxiMyti deliveries from your own website, phone orders, or walk-in customers. Those are billed to you, invoiced bi-weekly.
| Item | 3-Day | Next Day |
|---|---|---|
| "One-hand" item* | $4.99 | $9.99 |
| "Two-hand" item* | $9.99 | $19.99 |
National carriers, next-day: $16–22
* ProxiMyti delivers by hand, literally, and prices based on how complex the item is to deliver. Bulkier, heavier and larger items cost more.
The Myti Local Finder
You don't pay for this. It's already running, and your shop is already on it.
Every independent store in America, findable.
When someone is shopping on a big-box site, the Local Finder shows them the independent stores near them that carry what they're looking for, and sends them there instead.
Every independent store in the United States is already findable through it, with no sign-up and nothing for a shop to do.
- NationwideAny shopper, any product, anywhere in the country.
- You're already in itNo listing to build, nothing to join, no fee.
- Myti shops go firstShops in the Commons get priority placement.
Hear It From Shopkeepers
Vermont shopkeepers already on Myti, talking to the one reading this page. We produce these with shops in the Commons.
"You're not just supporting the business, you're supporting your community. Local business owners don't operate in isolation — we're connected. My staff makes appointments with local dentists. My neighbor uses a local lawyer. This community survives and thrives when it supports itself. That's what platforms like Myti are for — making it easier to keep those dollars and that interconnectivity local."
Mark Bouchett · Homeport
"Myti does a great job communicating with us and with the customer, to make sure our products arrive in beautiful condition."
Virginia Toohey · Nu Chocolat
"We want to be a local, community-based company. And I think we've done a really good job of that. And so Myti is also local and community-based. And so our values mesh."
Tod Gross · Phoenix Books
"It's another way for people to discover us locally, and it's been a breeze dealing with fulfillment."
Matt Renna · Queen City Footwear
"There are so many businesses that are focused on selling Vermont as a brand. Myti honors that, but takes it a step further by really focusing on the community aspect, keeping the money in the community."
Elizabeth · Small Oven Pastries
The Commons Today
Myti isn't an idea we're pitching you. It's already running, and this is the size of it.
in the Commons
shops right now
No chains, ever.
And every dollar spent here behaves differently from a dollar spent with Amazon. Roughly 73% of it stays circulating in Vermont, paying local wages, local suppliers and local taxes.
ProxiMyti Delivery Area
Where hand delivery reaches today, and what happens if you're outside it.
ProxiMyti delivers across all of Chittenden County: Burlington, South Burlington, Winooski, Essex, Williston, Shelburne, Colchester and the rest.
Outside the county? You can still join the Marketplace and reach Vermont shoppers. You'll ship orders yourself and set your own rates. Plenty of Commons shops work exactly that way, and shopkeeper interest is what expands the zone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Getting Set Up
How do I get started?
Complete our shopkeeper application. It takes 1–2 minutes. We personally review every application within 24 hours, then send you a personal login. From there, setting up your shop, products and delivery preferences takes about 15–20 minutes.
How long does it take to join?
Joining Myti.com Marketplace and/or ProxiMyti takes less than 30 minutes of your time. The first step is filling out our shopkeeper application (1–2 minutes) to verify your eligibility. Once your application is approved, you set up your shopkeeper portal, which includes integrating your e-commerce and clarifying delivery logistics. After that we approve you to go live on Myti.com Marketplace and/or ProxiMyti.
Which e-commerce platforms do you support?
All of them, and none of them. We work with shops at every level of setup, including shops with no website at all.
- Shopify: full integration via Shopify Collective, with real-time inventory sync, automatic order routing, and payment within 24 hours of delivery
- Square: shop portal integration
- Squarespace: shop portal integration
- WooCommerce: shop portal integration (in development)
- BigCommerce: shop portal integration (in development)
- No website at all: add products yourself in your shopkeeper portal. Take a photo, write a description, set your price, and you're on.
- Just a register: if you have a point-of-sale system but no online shop, send us its product list and we'll build your shop from it.
If you're on a platform that isn't listed here, reach out and we'll work with you directly. We'd rather build the connection than turn a shop away.
I don't have an online store. I do everything by hand. Can I still join?
Yes. Plenty of shops in the Commons started exactly there.
Adding a product works about like posting to social: take a photo, write a few lines about it, set your price. That's it, you're on. No website, no platform, no setup fee. For a lot of our shops, Myti is their online store.
All I've got is a point-of-sale system. How do I get on Myti?
Your register already knows what you carry, which is most of the work done.
Send us the product list out of your point-of-sale system and we'll build your shop from it. You don't have to retype a thing. After that you keep it current in your shopkeeper portal. If you're not sure how to get that list out of your system, ask us and we'll walk you through it.
Do I have to write a description for every product?
Often not. If your products carry a UPC or an ISBN, we can usually pull in descriptions and images for you rather than you typing them out.
It doesn't reach everything. Items without a barcode need you, and how much we find varies by category. But for a shop with a few thousand items it's generally the difference between a weekend and an afternoon.
My shop is service-based, or my inventory is never the same twice.
We can set you up with gift card sales instead, so your shop is still on Myti and still findable by people looking to spend locally.
Every store on Myti is a vote for local economic power, and we'd rather have you in the Commons in whatever way works than not at all. Tell us what your shop looks like at wecare@myti.com and we'll figure it out together.
What if my shop is outside the delivery zone?
You can still join, and plenty of shops already have. The Commons takes shops from all over Vermont.
Being outside the zone doesn't change your place in the Marketplace at all. Vermont shoppers find you the same way they find everyone else. What changes is how orders reach them: outside the zone you ship directly to your customer and set your own rates in your shopkeeper portal, rather than handing orders to a ProxiMyti driver. There's more on that below.
We're working to expand the zone, and shopkeeper interest is exactly what moves that along, so tell us you're out there.
How Orders, Delivery and Money Work
Who is Myti and who is ProxiMyti?
Two separate companies that work closely together.
Myti, or Sustain Local, LLC, is the marketplace: the storefront at Myti.com, your shopkeeper portal, and the Local Finder. Myti does not perform delivery.
ProxiMyti LLC is the delivery company: the drivers, the vehicles, the hand delivery, and pack and ship. ProxiMyti also carries the insurance on the orders it's carrying.
The two are tightly integrated, so day to day it works as one system. You mark an order ready and a ProxiMyti driver comes and gets it.
What is the ProxiMyti delivery zone?
Right now it's Chittenden County, every town in it.
We're working to expand it, and shopkeeper interest is what moves that along. Whether your shop sits inside or outside the zone changes how orders reach your customers, which is what the next few questions cover.
How does shipping work on Myti.com?
First, two words that get used interchangeably and shouldn't be. Delivery is ProxiMyti carrying an order by hand, inside the zone. Shipping is a parcel going out by carrier to anywhere else.
Which one applies depends on where your shop is and where your customer is:
- Your shop and your customer are both in the zone. ProxiMyti delivers it. No rate setup on your end. Mark the order "ready" and a driver comes and gets it. The shopper pays for delivery at checkout, so it costs you nothing.
- Your shop is in the zone, your customer isn't. You can ship it yourself, or hand it to ProxiMyti's pack and ship. See the next question.
- Your shop is outside the zone. You ship directly to your customer and set your own rates in your Myti Commons shopkeeper portal.
What if my customer is outside the delivery zone?
This is the case where your shop is in Chittenden County but the shopper isn't. You've got two options.
Ship it yourself, the way you already ship anything else.
Or let ProxiMyti pack and ship it. They box it, label it, and get it out the door, so you're not the one standing in line at the post office. Reach out and we'll set that up for your shop.
Placeholder, do not publish as-is. The pack-and-ship fee and who pays it are being reworked. Number goes back in once that's settled.
What counts as a "one-hand" vs "two-hand" item?
Exactly what it sounds like. A one-hand item is something a ProxiMyti driver can pick up with one hand. A two-hand item takes two hands to carry safely.
What about large or awkward items?
If two hands can carry it and it fits inside a standard SUV, ProxiMyti can deliver it. Beyond that, like Christmas trees or bicycles, not yet. If you're not sure about a particular product, ask us and we'll tell you straight.
What happens if a customer wants to return something?
A ProxiMyti driver goes and collects it, in the delivery zone.
The customer doesn't need to box it or print anything. It goes back in the bag it came in and the driver takes it from there. You're not packing a return, and you're not standing in line to send one.
What happens if a product is damaged, stolen, or lost in transit?
ProxiMyti carries insurance on the products it picks up and delivers. If something happens to an order while it's in ProxiMyti's hands, it's covered.
A parcel you ship yourself isn't covered by that policy. That one sits with you and your carrier, the same as any other order you ship.
How does payment work?
ProxiMyti hand delivery. On a Myti.com order, the shopper pays the delivery fee at checkout, so it costs you nothing. When you use ProxiMyti for your own sales, though, whether that's your website, a phone order, or a customer who wants something dropped off, those deliveries are billed to you at the rates above and invoiced bi-weekly.
Myti.com Marketplace. Shopify shopkeepers receive payment within 24 hours after delivery. Other platforms receive payment bi-weekly, and we hope to increase payment frequency for other platforms as more shops join.
Do I get my customer's information?
Yes. A Myti.com order arrives with your customer's details, the same as an order placed in your own shop. They're your customer.
That's a deliberate difference. On the national platforms the shopper belongs to the platform, and you never find out who bought from you.
Do I need to use both services?
No. You can use either service independently. That said, most shopkeepers find that using both together maximizes their reach: ProxiMyti for fast local delivery, and Myti.com Marketplace for reaching new customers across Vermont.
Your Shop, Your Customers, Your Terms
How is Myti different from my existing online store?
Myti isn't here to replace your website. It's here to do the one thing your website can't do on its own.
On your own site, a shopper has to already know you exist. On Myti, they don't. Someone who has decided to keep their money in Vermont can open one cart and shop across every store on the platform, and find shops carrying things they never knew were made here. That discovery is most of the point.
The rest of it is arithmetic. The national giants win because they're one place with everything, and they win by pulling money straight out of our communities. No single Vermont shop can out-scale that. All of us together can. Every shop that joins makes the Commons a better answer for the next shopper, which makes it a better place for the next shop.
That's the whole idea: alone we're small. Together, we are Myti.
We also put shops in front of people through our social channels and on the Myti.com homepage.
Will Myti take sales away from my own website?
No, because they're not the same shoppers.
Someone who already knows your shop and wants to buy from you goes to you. The people finding you on Myti are shoppers who decided to buy local first and went looking for who had it, and most of them didn't know your shop existed. That's a customer you weren't going to get either way.
You also keep full control of pricing and inventory, so nothing about being on Myti undercuts what you do on your own site.
I'm concerned about selling on Myti conflicting with my supplier agreements.
Short answer: Myti isn't a reseller. Every product on Myti is offered by a retailer the supplier has already authorized to sell it, inventory never leaves your shop until a shopper buys it, and we never take title to anything.
We've written the full explanation for your suppliers to read directly. A page for it is coming soon — in the meantime, ask us at wecare@myti.com and we'll send it over.
What if I have a friend who has a shop?
Bring them in, and we'll pay you both for it.
Shops already on Myti.com can refer shops they'd like to see in the Commons. You each get $50: $25 when their shop is set up, and another $25 when they make their first sale.
The Commons is only as strong as the number of us in it. Every shop you bring is one more reason for a Vermonter to shop here instead of with Amazon.
I'm already selling on Myti.com. What's different now?
We're evolving our model to be clearer and more predictable. Previously, delivery was bundled into the marketplace commission. Moving forward, ProxiMyti hand delivery and Myti.com Marketplace are separate services with separate pricing, with ProxiMyti now free to shopkeepers. Your marketplace commission stays at 13%.
This spring we updated shopkeeper onboarding to be completely asynchronous, so shopkeepers from anywhere in Vermont can easily sign up. Myti aims to be as accessible as possible, working with your schedule and needs.
We also recently introduced a shop referral program. Shops already on Myti.com can refer shops they'd like to see on Myti. Both shops receive $50: $25 when the new shop gets set up, and another $25 when the new shop makes its first sale.
Are there any contracts or commitments?
No contracts, no commitments. You can cancel at any time for any reason. We believe in earning your business every day through great service, not by locking you in.