I'm thinking that *mostly* what's posted in the classifieds is unique, one-of-a-kind items or supplies that aren't always available. As opposed to members who have a permanent selling presence, be it a website or an eBay or Etsy store or what-have-you.
And here is where I get a bit befuddled as to how to make a list of members-who-sell, and keep it here on the Quilting Board. You could have an ongoing thread, made "sticky" (is that the right term?), where it appears at the top of a section, and it's in boldface. I'm sure that would be pretty easily done.
But it wouldn't be so easy to use, in that you'd have to scroll through multiple replies to find, say, the member-store that you're looking for.
It would be easier to use, if it was all just one page or file, with all listings in it (maybe roughly categorized, or alphabetized). But that would require someone to maintain it, every time there was an addition or deletion to be made.
Maybe someone has an idea how this could be done?