You may or maybe be aware of a national social group of ladies known as the Red Hat Society. This year there is a record setting 70,000 registered members who are close to or past the age of 50. There is 24,000 chapters in the United States and 25 foreign countries. The group's primary function is social interaction among women.

As part of our Lucky Number 13 Anniversary, we are offering a special promotion for Facebook users! Open a shop on Ruby Lane using your Facebook account and we will waive the $75 set-up fee and give you a $50 Ruby Lane shop credit after three months.

For many, the number 13 conjures-up images of bad luck. Few buildings acknowledge they have a 13th floor, and many superstitious people stay locked in their houses on Friday the 13th. But all of us at Ruby Lane are excited to celebrate our 13th year in business. And August is the official month we opened, so we decided to schedule an early Free Listing Day for all Ruby Lane shops.

For a long time now Google has acted as the gate keeper to huge swathes of the online shopping population. To appear on the first page of results for high volume search terms has been akin to having a shop on 5th Avenue in New York. And whereas the real world rents would probably prohibit most small business owners from obtaining the keys to such a property the Google version has enabled all manner of entrepreneur’s to level the playing field against their multi-national competitors.