Why Buy Scrapbook Supplies Online?

It's Saturday morning and you decide that you want to go to the craft store to buy some scrapbook supplies for an idea you had earlier in the week. You get the kids ready and everyone gets in the car and off you go. You arrive after battling the traffic, and hearing the kids fight and scream in the backseat the whole way down, and now you have to find a parking space. Finally you park the car what seems like 2 miles away from the store, because everyone else decided to go buy something today too. You have been in this store a million times yet, this new idea, involves new supplies that you don't know where to find them. You have a kid in each hand and you are trying to find someone to help you. "Ah excuse me, do you.." only to be cut off by, "Hold on I will be right with you" as the sales person runs away to help someone else. You finally grab someone that might be able to help you, and when you ask them for the product you want, they return with, "I don't think we carry anything like that." Now it is an hour later and you still do not have what you wanted. Has this ever happened to you? Well don't feel bad you aren't the only one this has happened to. Why do you think online shopping has had such a huge increase in such a short time? Shopping online is simply more efficient. You pick the time you want to do it, you don't have to hassle with traffic, and you do not need to rely on a sales associate to help you find something, you simply use the site's search feature. It is just that easy!!! This ease of use has also affected the way people are buying scrapbook supplies. Most scrapbook supplies can be bought online without the need to physically touch them. It is a visual medium, so a picture can tell a thousand words. ECommerce has come a long way since the time when Amazon started, the search utilities found on most ECommerce websites are very intuitive, which makes finding the products you need very easy. "Buying my scrapbook supplies online means I have to pay for shipping" Yes it does, and if you are buying from a site that is not in your state, you don't have to pay sales tax. Remember scrapbook supplies are usually lightweight items. How much does paper weigh? Charms are also very light objects, so you may spend less for the shipping than you would for the sales tax. Since we are talking about cost, think of this, online scrapbook stores do not have to pay rent. What does this mean to you? No rent, lower overhead. Most online scrapbook supply sites offer huge discounts over what a normal retail scrapbook store can offer because there is so much less overhead. They are able to pass the savings along to you the consumer. Their profit margins can be so much smaller because they do not have rent to pay each month. I guess you could classify their web hosting fees as rent, but $20 per month is a whole lot less than $5,000 per month. Now let's look at variety. Retail stores only have so much space. Online scrapbook stores are almost limitless. If you have an obscure thought or idea for your scrapbook, chances are it will be easier to track that item down online than trying to visit every scrapbook retail store in your area. Some sites even offer a product request form. If you can't find what you need ask them, and they can most likely find it for you. Try that at your local scrapbook store. Do you want to expand your scrapbooking skills? Most online scrapbooking store offer tutorials, to strengthen your skills and turn you into a savvy scrapper. You can also find useful downloads for all your digital scrapbooking needs. Find a cool print you want to download and print out for a background on one of your scrapbooking pages. Most sites offer a monthly newsletter that will feature a new skill you might not have thought of. Shopping online for your scrapbook supplies is much easier than visiting a retail store. There is no traffic to deal with, no unknowledgeable sales personal to deal with, a larger variety of items to choose from, and best of all huge savings over retail prices. If these things have bugged you in the past, then head over to your favorite online scrapbook supplier, and tell them thanks for making it so easy to find the scrapbook supplies I need.