Wallingford Small Business Spotlight: CT Online Marketplace

Every local business has a story worth sharing with the community. And that’s the belief behind this exciting series — to shine the spotlight on all our favorite local businesses, and to learn a little about the ones we may not know that well.

• Business: CT Online Marketplace / I Buy Local First
• Owner: Nicholas Sarro
• Website: http://ct.ibuylocalfirst.com/ Business: CT Online Marketplace / I Buy Local First
• Address: Wallingford home-based business.

How did you come up with the name?

I remind people to buy local first.

Why start a business in this town?

It’s the town I now live in, plus it’s all online for right now as this business is still so new.

What business are you in?

Online sales.

How does your business give back to the community?

I Buy Local First is an online marketplace dedicated to helping small businesses sell online. Every state will have individual sites in the future, but at this time Connecticut is the first one up and running www.ct.ibuylocalfirst.com. I hope this site to be the first place anyone goes to shop anything from a small business.

Would you like to see your small business showcased in this series? Email wendy.mitchell@ patch.com.