Are Higher Gas Prices Affecting Your Quilting?

by Mary Emma Allen on April 14th, 2008

With the price of gas for vehicles and fuel for heating and manufacturing increasing, how will quilters be affected?

*Higher prices for supplies

*More costly to get to workshops and shows

*Need to think creatively about car pooling and combining errands

*Increased costs for operating a business so quilt shop business owners have to become more creative in their thinking and planning.

*This increases the trend for shopping online.

*The popularity of community sites like eBay and Etsy continues to grow.

*More business owners go online with their products and services…instead of, or in addition to, their home based stores.

*They become creative on how they can use blogs and/or web sites to provide for customers and generate income.

*Shoppers combine trips, doing a number of errands in one area at the same time or car pool.

* Is there a way you can offer a discount if someone shops at your at home business while shopping at a nearby grocery, etc.?

*Develop a list of savings tips that you offer to your shoppers, either online or when they stop in person. Share them with us.

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