Is FabShopHop in trouble?

Old 02-22-2017, 06:52 PM
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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?
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Old 02-22-2017, 07:24 PM
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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.
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Old 02-22-2017, 07:28 PM
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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.
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Old 02-23-2017, 04:44 AM
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This is my first time ever hearing about FabShopHop and first time participating. I did it this month found all the bunnies.
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Old 02-23-2017, 04:58 AM
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I've noticed that too. There used to be 5 or 6 for each letter of the alphabet, now there's only three.
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Old 02-23-2017, 06:11 AM
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yes, i noticed that to. i have fun looking for the bunnies and checking out the shops. I hope they stick around.
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Old 02-23-2017, 06:27 AM
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It may be cause so many quilt shops are closing. Those that stay open perhaps can't afford to give things away. Let's hope that's not the case since I enjoy hopping myself.
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Old 02-23-2017, 06:48 AM
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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.
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Old 02-23-2017, 08:10 AM
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I never understood it. Seemed like a LOT of time investment for the possibility of winning something I may not have wanted in the first place.
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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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