Is FabShopHop in trouble?
#1
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Is FabShopHop in trouble?
I enjoy looking for the bunny on FabShopHop from time to time. I don't do it every month, but it's fun every couple of months. But I have noticed the number of shops is going down all the time. A few years ago, there were something like 125 shops involved each month, some time ago I noticed there were fewer than 100 and there are only 82 this month.
Has anyone else noticed? Any ideas why?
Has anyone else noticed? Any ideas why?
#2
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Good question. Like you, I have fun bunny (s)hopping and often mark shops to re-visit; have gone back and purchased at times as well. But, it's been a while for me and I haven't counted. Now you have me wondering, too.
#3
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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Internet shopping is eating into every small business owner's profit, whether they have an internet shop or not. It isn't free for them to be on Fabshopnet.
#8
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For me that might not be a bad thing -- I got tired of doing it in the past because there were so darn many bunnies to find! It became too big of a time waste for me, although initially I liked visiting different types of quilt shops and seeing what's new in the fabric lines.
#10
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I just won a $10.00 gift certificate from a shop. I chose a pattern for $8.50. The shipping was $7.95. I did not order and emailed the shop. Until some of these shops start being realistic about shipping people will not be doing the shop hop. The goodwill that could be built by being realistic on shipping will help them and not hurt sales.
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