How to use Quiltster as a Tool for your Shop

Are you looking for creative ways to grow your business? Here you’ll find ideas on how to leverage your Quiltster subscription to benefit your bottom line. Feel free to reach out to discuss ways to customize these ideas to better fit your business model. Continue reading to find out how to get the most out of your Quiltster experience.

What can I do with a Standard Subscription?

Standard subscriptions are $9.99 per month or $99.00 per year. As a standard subscriber, there is so much you can do in the Quilt Planner to support your business goals.

Creating Stand Out Kits

Create projects using incoming fabric collections and promote early sales using the high-resolution images generated in the Quilt Planner. Gain early interest and possibly reorder from the manufacturer while still in stock.
Create projects using pre-colored templates offered in the Quilt Planner, and change out the fabrics that you don’t have, with suitable replacements that you have in-stock. This is a great way to leverage popular colorways while moving fabric off your shelves!
Create colorway variations of a pattern and ask your customers to vote on which kit they want to see the most. This is a great way to encourage engagement on social media and get valuable feedback from customers.
Create kits based on Mixer patterns from Quiltworx. This is a great way to stand out from your competition and position yourself with a unique kit available only at your shop!
Breathe new life into older fabric by incorporating it into a project with newer fabric and list those kits at sale pricing. Post the kit on your site and use the Quilt Planner image to promote the kits with a direct link to your listing.

Pro Tip: It’s not always cost-effective to create a physical sample when you only have enough fabric for two or three kits. Consider creating a project in Quiltster with fabric collections where limited amounts are available so you can promote the image to get more interest and sell these low quantity kits more quickly.

Memorable Customer Experiences

Bring in new customers by offering a “Color Consultation”. Sit with your customer and build a quilt with them using the Quilt Planner on a tablet or computer where they can join in the experience and see the final product. Take them through your shop, picking out fabrics, add them to your favorites in your account or upload images to create a custom quilt in real-time! Any fees collected prior to the service could be used towards the cost of the fabric if you so choose.

Because Quiltster is an online program, Color Consultations can be done via video conference as well as in-person. Video conferences via a program such as Google Meet or Zoom are great options for customers who may not be able to make it into your shop due to a busy schedule or physical ability.

Pro Tip: When creating a project for a customer using your Quiltster account for the store, when you name the project, use the customers first and last name and maybe the date as well so you always know which project belongs to whom.

Creative Class Offerings

Expand class opportunities in-store or online. Quiltster is also a teaching tool to help people learn about design, color value, etc. Consider holding a class to teach about these things or anything you feel may be helpful to customers who struggle planning out quilts. Classes can be one-off or part of a series, it’s completely up to you.

Purchase discounted subscription coupons for your students if you want them to build their projects in Quiltster as part of your class. Contact Quiltster customer service for more info.

Marketing Materials

The Quilt Planner provides high-resolution images of the projects you create. Use these images to create breathtaking representations of your business.

Website graphics
Product listings
Social media posts
Printed materials
Brochures
Business cards
Class or event promotions
Newsletters

Upgrade to a Seller Subscription

Quiltster sellers have all the benefits of a standard subscription plus more! there are many advantages you would have including selling in the Quiltster Marketplace, inclusion in marketing opportunities and special seller-only offerings at different times throughout the year. Here are a few items of note for sellers:

Create “Quiltster Kits” by creating a project in the Quilt Planner, then easily convert it into a listing in the Marketplace. Quiltster Kit listings automatically include the high resolution quilt image and quilt pattern details into your listing.

Watch a video on how to create a Quiltster Kit listing here.

Create “Classic Kits” by adding any quilt kit into the Marketplace. Classic Kits are quilt kits that are not associated with any patterns in the Quilt Planner. All images and data are provided by you.
Manage orders and inventory easily with seller tools.
Run sales and promotions
Inclusion in Marketplace ads run by Quiltster.

Learn how to become a Quiltster Seller.