Get your store and products in front of thousands of online shoppers! We take the hassle out of selling online so that you can spend more time running your business. Open your shop in minutes!
Bushfire Support Plan
Our Spend With Us Bushfire Support Plan is FREE for rural and regional small businesses currently recovering from the impact of the recent bushfires. The Bushfire Support Plan membership is for 12 months from the date of approval only. Become part of Australia’s top rural and regional small business marketplace and setup your free e-commerce store and accept online payments or donations with ZERO subscription, transaction* or listing fees.
The standard payment processing charges of 2.6% + $0.30 per order by PayPal / Credit Card or 5% + $0.30 per order by our Buy Now Pay Later provider still apply and will be deducted depending on payment method chosen by customer at checkout.
* PLEASE NOTE: Spend With Us – Buy From a Bush Business Marketplace charges NO transaction fees on our Bushfire Support plan (excluding Alcoholic Beverage products which incur a 10% transaction fee regardless of membership plan).
Access all the features of our website for FREE!
Spend With Us - Buy From A Bush Business marketplace is a platform for small businesses that:
- have 20 employees or less AND
- are located in a rural or regional area of Australia AND/OR
- have been significantly affected by bushfire, drought or coronavirus (Covid-19).
( To be eligible to register on Spend With Us, we define rural and regional to be: your business address is NOT located within 50 kilometres of a major metropolitan city (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart or Darwin), or within 20 km of a town with a population greater than 100'000 )
Exceptions to this are any sellers from drought affected regions as classified by the Queensland government in the latest drought situation map and shire listing available to view here: https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/drought/drought-declarations/
These currently include but are not limited to the following drought affected towns and regions:
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Rockhampton
- Ipswich
- Gladstone
- Sunshine Coast
- Noosa
If your business does not meet the above criteria, but has been significantly affected by bushfires, please apply to join our Bushfire Support Plan and we will review your application.
We bring your business and products sales and traffic! Our loyal fanbase of customers on and off of social media are looking for unique, personal and different products for sale from rural and regional businesses. Your products are seen by around 1 million people on Facebook through our page and group every month, with our following growing at a rapid rate.
We also offer a range of marketing opportunities for our sellers: PR (both product placements and case studies), email newsletters, social media campaigns, online advertising campaigns, blog articles, competitions, promotions and more!
Our Seller Support team and Seller Facebook Group community is available to provide you with expert business, e-commerce, design, sales and marketing advice and more. We'll give you resources, guidance and direction to help you set up your Spend With Us store to achieve the best possible result.
We focus our advertising on getting customers to your products so you don't have to! We run Facebook, Instagram and Google Adverts. All products on Spend With Us that meet Facebook and Google’s specifications are included in this service for free.
Spend with Us isn’t just a platform, it’s a community. With a dedicated Facebook Group just for our Sellers. Community is at the heart of what we do. Inside the Facebook Group you will find other like minded rural & regional business owners, us (the founders) in there to answer any of your questions, weekly marketing tips to help you become more profitable and market your store and so much more.
Bushfire Support Plan
Free for businesses currently affected or recovering from the Bushfires. This membership is for 12 months from the date of approval only. 0% transaction or listing fees.-
Easy e-commerce store wizard setup
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Unlimited concurrent product listings
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List in multiple categories
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New!! Sell Alcoholic Beverages *
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Coupon Codes
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Fast, secure and easy payments
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Customers can pay at checkout using PayPal, Credit Card or Buy Now Pay Later
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Full store management
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Import products via csv from Shopify, Wix, Woocommerce and more
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Set your own shipping costs
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Redirect your own domain name
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Access to private Facebook Sellers Community
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Exclusive partner discounts and offers
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Feature on our store directory & map
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FREE Marketing and PR
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Detailed shop analytics and reports
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Friendly & responsive Australian support team
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Sell as many products as you want with no transaction fees or commission
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Featured products
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Featured business on website front page
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Feature in our gift guide catalogues
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Premium marketing of your business and products by Spend With Us on social media
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Featured business on front page hero banner *
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Business featured in newsletter, blog article and/or podcast interview *
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Premium advertising privileges on the Spend with Us – Buy From a Bush Business Facebook group with over 325,000+ users and growing by 200+ per day
* It’s our promise that you will receive these features AT LEAST ONCE during your 12 month membership – terms and conditions apply.
Front page featured businesses and products are shown randomly to each individual website user to maximise rotation and viewing of your products and stores.
PLEASE NOTE: Spend With Us – Buy From a Bush Business Marketplace charges NO transaction fees on our VIP Extras plan or Bushfire Support plan only (excluding Alcoholic Beverage products which incur a 10% transaction fee regardless of membership plan).
VIP Extras members and Bushfire Support Plan members have No Transaction Fees on orders (except for products listed in the Alcoholic Beverages category and subcategories which have a 10% transaction fee applied regardless of membership plan). VIP and Essential Plan members will have a 5% transaction fee on orders once a seller has made over $100 in sales.
Membership subscriptions are non-refundable.
Payment Processing Fees
On ALL Membership plans, we do pass on to sellers the payment processing fees charged per order by PayPal and our Credit Card and BNPL provider which will depend on the payment method chosen by the customer at checkout. For more information on our Payment Processing Fees please click here: View Fees
Why sell with us? Why you should join Australia's top rural & regional marketplace!
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Spend With Us - Buy From A Bush Business marketplace is a platform for small businesses that:
- have 20 employees or less AND
- are located in a rural or regional area of Australia AND/OR
- have been significantly affected by bushfire, drought or coronavirus (Covid-19).
( To be eligible to register on Spend With Us, we define rural and regional to be: your business address is NOT located within 50 kilometres of a major metropolitan city (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart or Darwin), or within 20 km of a town with a population greater than 100'000 )
Exceptions to this are any sellers from drought affected regions as classified by the Queensland government in the latest drought situation map and shire listing available to view here: https://www.longpaddock.qld.gov.au/drought/drought-declarations/
These currently include but are not limited to the following drought affected towns and regions:
- Toowoomba
- Townsville
- Rockhampton
- Ipswich
- Gladstone
- Sunshine Coast
- Noosa
If your business does not meet the above criteria, but has been significantly affected by bushfires, please apply to join our Bushfire Support Plan and we will review your application.
Spend With Us allows any eligible small business in rural or regional Australia to list on their marketplace and directory.
We allow home businesses, retail shops, service based businesses, accommodation or activities/event businesses and more.
Spend With Us - Buy From a Bush Business now have a liquor licence and can allow liquor based businesses to sell Alcoholic Beverages as long as they meet our terms and conditions.
Items that are restricted or prohibited for sale on Spend With Us, Buy From a Bush Business can be found here: https://www.spendwithus.com.au/restricted-or-prohibited-sale-items/
We bring your business and products sales and traffic! Our loyal fanbase of customers on and off of social media are looking for unique, personal and different products for sale from rural and regional businesses. Your products are seen by around 1 million people on Facebook through our page and group every month, with our following growing at a rapid rate.
We also offer a range of marketing opportunities for our sellers: PR (both product placements and case studies), email newsletters, social media campaigns, online advertising campaigns, blog articles, competitions, promotions and more!
Our Seller Support team and Seller Facebook Group community is available to provide you with expert business, e-commerce, design, sales and marketing advice and more. We'll give you resources, guidance and direction to help you set up your Spend With Us store to achieve the best possible result.
We focus our advertising on getting customers to your products so you don't have to! We run Facebook, Instagram and Google Adverts. All products on Spend With Us that meet Facebook and Google’s specifications are included in this service for free.
Spend with Us isn’t just a platform, it’s a community. With a dedicated Facebook Group just for our Sellers. Community is at the heart of what we do. Inside the Facebook Group you will find other like minded rural & regional business owners, us (the founders) in there to answer any of your questions, weekly marketing tips to help you become more profitable and market your store and so much more.
