Good idea.  It would make sense, maybe if someone hadn't logged in for a year then their store would be archived?  however, if it's not set up it means more coding and it probably wouldn't be a priority.
 
Gillean

Just a thought...even though a store hasn't been updated or worked on for long doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't active. I, for example, haven't updated my store for a long time, but I still keep on selling cards. And I think it would be terribly unfair that my store would be closed because I don't have time to update it! During the last couple of months I have even sold cards that I made over a year ago that no-one has bought before. So, even though there have been times that I haven't updated my store with new cards as often as I used to, it doesn't mean that I havent' been "active". Because selling cards is part of the activity, don't you think?  
 
But maybe there could be some kind of "rule" that we should update our stores every few months or so. What do you think?
 
Irma
 

Yep, you're absolutely right!
 
Irma

HI Doreen,
 
Yes, I understand that mostly shoppers don't actually "enter" our stores... but that still means that there is potentially several hundred cards out there that are in an inactive store... so, we could be losing a sale or sales to a store or person that may have even forgot they started a store in the first place!?...
 

I don't see the point in closing any of the stores...so what if they only have a few cards in them...that's really up to the store owner. They are not doing anything wrong to justify being shut down. We can't know their personal lives to justify saying "hey your store is idol...you're out of here!" I think it would be wrong to do so.
 
Cheryl  

I get what you're saying Bill.   Not sure how much of a difference it would make though...probably just a drop in the ocean.
 
 
Cheryl

Hi Bill, understand what you're saying.  I think there is great merit in the fact brought up that some artists may not be active on a regular and frequent basis but are still selling cards and intend to sell cards.  Certainly a store with more than a handful of cards reflects an artist that has put some effort into their storefront not to mention those "inactive" stores that may have hundreds to thousands of cards so inactivity does not necessarily reflect their lack of interest nor desire to participate.
 
A better indicator would be a storefront with only 1 card.  This would indicate to us that the store was opened and the first card that was created was at the time the store was opened and remains the only card.  That in addition to an access or last updated date as well as even having no artist profile image would indicate an "inactive" store.  
 
In that case these store are so small that it really does not impact much on our servers.  However we  will look into this to see if the overall number of these "inactive" stores is a large enough population to notify and/or close.