These days, you can purchase and download music instantly from Apple's
iTunes Store. You can print postage right from your computer from
Stamps.com. Even banks are encouraging their customers to sign up for
"e-statements." Would it makes sense for a company to offer quilt
patterns ready to be printed from your home computer?
Emily
Purcell thought so. She contacted Danemco, a professional web design
company that specializes their services for the quilting industry, and
started telling pattern designers about the idea. Only three months
after the website's launch, the www.TheQuiltPatternShoppe.com features
over 100 quilt patterns from over a dozen talented designers.
Shoppers
benefit from being able to purchase and print quilt patterns
instantly. Customers say how convenient it is to be able to start on
projects immediately without needing to leave their home or office.
One customer recently wrote, "Living 'out in the sticks,' I love
shopping from my desk, and don't even have to wait for UPS." The
Shoppe has also served customers overseas who don't have access to
quilt stores like the US and Canada enjoy.
Being
able to begin work on the pattern instantly is not the only benefit
shoppers enjoy. The Quilt Pattern Shoppe lets shoppers accumulate
points on their purchases to use toward partnering online quilt stores
for thread, fabric, and other items. There is also no shipping cost
involved with the purchases, making the patterns more affordable. The
Shoppe newsletter keeps customers informed of sales, and the site's
blog helps visitors know what's new.
Pattern designers also
benefit from the concept. Because they only need to supply a copy of
their pattern once, they don't need to worry about inventory,
warehousing, printing, and shipping. All designers simply receive a
check every month for their better-than-wholesale commission on sales
of their patterns. Website visitors can get to know the pattern
designers by visiting their personal page.
Emily looks forward
to expanding the site's variety of patterns and meeting more quilters
like herself from all over the world. You can visit The Quilt Pattern
Shoppe on the web by going to http://www.TheQuiltPatternShoppe.com.
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The Quilt Pattern Shoppe now accepts PayPal as a new payment option, in addition to Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, and TQPS gift certificates. Thank you for your suggestions and I hope this offering makes it even easier for you to purchase and print your patterns immediately.