Originally Posted by
Mary Lou
I have said this all along about on line shoppers. My Husband and I are in business and I know what shopping on the internet has done to our business. I love going to quilt shops and hope they don't all disappear because of this.
Why not extend your business to the internet? The great majority of online stores are extensions of small businesses that have local presence in their own towns. 90+% of online quilt shops are extensions of local quilt shops.
Sure the big online stores, like the big chain stores, have a lot of resources, and they try to drive small online stores out of business as much as they do brick and mortar stores. But, if you find your niche and find ways to compete, you can work around the big stores' huge advantages.
Done properly, adding an online presence to your local store allows you to extend your market reach and your potential income. Sure, it takes a lot of time and work, and you get to lay out an investment in an internet presence, but once open you're open 24 hours a day/7 days a week, around the world.