#ShopLocalYPA Marketplace Campaign
This Christmas season we want to bring our local shops, products, services and shoppers together in one virtual shopping mall. Let's keep our dollars local this festive season and support the businesses that support us! Let your fingers do the walking, not your feet!
How does #ShopLocalYPA work?
If you are selling:
The Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce, City of Prince Albert and Prince Albert and Downtown Business Improvement District are sponsoring 21 Prizes in a give away! All you need to do is:
How does #ShopLocalYPA work?
If you are selling:
- Create social media posts on Facebook and Instagram that showcase your shop/product/service;
- Make sure you add the hashtag #ShopLocalYPA to your posts on Facebook and Instagram;
- Let customers know if you offer delivery or in-store/curb-side pick up and any other details you want to communicate!
- On Social Media (Facebook and Instagram), search #ShopLocalYPA;
- This will create a feed with all the shops/products/services that has been tagged with this particular hashtag.
- Find local gifts and contact the seller to make arrangements!
The Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce, City of Prince Albert and Prince Albert and Downtown Business Improvement District are sponsoring 21 Prizes in a give away! All you need to do is:
- Tell us some good news about a local business. It can be a great customer service experience, a product you love, a shop that has an incredible atmosphere or anything positive you'd like to share. Feel free to share a picture of the business or the product so we can share it on social media (optional); OR
- Take a picture of receipt from an eligible purchase at a local business between December 1 and 22 and submit it online.
The prizes:
- One winner will be receiving a gift card for $250 from the Chamber of Commerce in a random-draw.
- Additionally, there will be 20 other lucky random-draw winners that will each receive a gift package (Valued at $70) that contains the following:
- One PASK t-shirt hoody (pictured above), made right here in Prince Albert at North Star Screen Trophies and designed by Encore Graphics. The t-shirt has long sleeves, is soft and light weight, dark gray and have a hood;
- One day pass to a City of Prince Albert Facility (AJF, Frank Dunn Pool, Public Skating and the Kinsmen Water Park);
- A gift card for $25 from a Downtown Business;
Contest Dates:
The Contest opens December 1st and runs till 11:59 p.m. on December 22, 2020.
The winners:
The winners will be announced on Social Media at noon, December 23rd, 2020. Please have a look at the following Facebook pages where you will find the announcements:
City of Prince Albert Facebook Page
Prince Albert and District Chambers of Commerce Facebook Page
Prince Albert Downtown Facebook Page
Eligible Purchases:Not eligible: Everyday consumable items including Groceries, Gas, Alcohol, Confectionary Items, Prescriptions, Lottery Tickets, Maintenance Contracts, Rental Agreements, Vehicle Repairs & Cigarettes;
Eligible: Purchases from businesses in Prince Albert and immediate surrounding area. Gift type items from Convenience Stores, Gas Stations and Grocery Stores are eligible. Also personal (non-business) greetings in local media are eligible. Determination of eligible and non-eligible items not described here, shall be at the discretion of the Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of Prince Albert & PADBID.
Non-Purchase Entries: You may also enter the contest by telling us about a great local customer service experience you have had. (See form)
Thank you for #ShopLocalYPA
The Contest opens December 1st and runs till 11:59 p.m. on December 22, 2020.
The winners:
The winners will be announced on Social Media at noon, December 23rd, 2020. Please have a look at the following Facebook pages where you will find the announcements:
City of Prince Albert Facebook Page
Prince Albert and District Chambers of Commerce Facebook Page
Prince Albert Downtown Facebook Page
Eligible Purchases:Not eligible: Everyday consumable items including Groceries, Gas, Alcohol, Confectionary Items, Prescriptions, Lottery Tickets, Maintenance Contracts, Rental Agreements, Vehicle Repairs & Cigarettes;
Eligible: Purchases from businesses in Prince Albert and immediate surrounding area. Gift type items from Convenience Stores, Gas Stations and Grocery Stores are eligible. Also personal (non-business) greetings in local media are eligible. Determination of eligible and non-eligible items not described here, shall be at the discretion of the Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of Prince Albert & PADBID.
Non-Purchase Entries: You may also enter the contest by telling us about a great local customer service experience you have had. (See form)
Thank you for #ShopLocalYPA
The Winners!!!!
The City Of Prince Albert, Prince Albert and District Chamber of Commerce, Prince Albert Downtown Business Development, and Prince Albert Regional Economic Development Alliance launched a #shoplocalYPA Social Media campaign in December 2020 to encourage residents to shop local. As an added incentive to shop local, a contest was launched with 21 prize packages.
In this video, we announce the winners! Please watch the video to see if your name was drawn! If you are one of the 20 Prize Pack winners, please email [email protected] to arrange a time to pick up your prize at City Hall! The Winner of the $250 Chambers gift Card will be contacted directly. (Due to Covid and holiday hours, please send an email to arrange a time to grab your prize!)
*CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS and thank you for shopping local!*
In this video, we announce the winners! Please watch the video to see if your name was drawn! If you are one of the 20 Prize Pack winners, please email [email protected] to arrange a time to pick up your prize at City Hall! The Winner of the $250 Chambers gift Card will be contacted directly. (Due to Covid and holiday hours, please send an email to arrange a time to grab your prize!)
*CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNERS and thank you for shopping local!*