Tips on how to buy fabric online

Shopping online for fabric is extremely easy and consumes much less time, money and effort than in person shopping. It is how people shop in the new era but it comes with the limitations of not being able to touch, feel or see the fabric in person. This makes a lot of people hesitant to buy fabric online. Here are a few tips on how you can overcome this hesitation and jump into the vast and welcoming world of online fabric shopping. 

1. How to select a fabric 

• Go through the fabric description thoroughly. You can learn a lot from how a product is worded.
•  Know the dimensions of the product you are buying. You don't want to end up with something smaller or larger than what you asked for. 
• See the product from every angle. The reputed online fabric stores provide you with multiple angles of the product to help you make your decision better. 
• Pay attention to the product details and what they contain. Getting a fabric that is rougher or more softer than what you originally wanted can be avoided through this. 
• When you are searching for multiple fabrics, try your best to order them at once to prevent multiple delivery charges and to be eligible for bulk discounts. 
• Order in advance or make note of the delivery dates so that you know when to expect the products and are able to make arrangements accordingly. 
• Know what fabric works for what outfits, season and research well in advance on what each fabric is used for. We save our customers from sending their time doing this by offering extensively researched blogs on all things fabrics. 
• Try and experiment with your fabrics. Online fabric stores offer a large variety of fabrics and designs. Trying new patterns can be very fun and creatively rewarding. 

1. General tips for online fabric shoppers 

• When visiting any online fabric store it is important to know that the website is reputable and keeps your data and payment methods safe and secure. To know this, pay attention to the first few letters of the website’s URL. It should always be ‘https://’ and not ‘http://’. That little s makes all the difference as it indicates if a website is digitally secure or not. 
• A lot of scammy websites offer products as free and ask customers to just pay the shipping charges. Beware of this as the shipping charges can be valued more than the product itself and many times the products are also not good in these deals.
• Sign up to the mailing lists of these online fabric stores. A lot of information, offers and discounts are sent out through those. 
• If you are unsure if a fabric is the right one for you try ordering the minimum amount. You will have to pay for the shipping and the minimum fabric but it will save you a lot of money in the long run as ordering a large amount of fabric will cost more.