Added a Sales Capacity Score to each store's detail page. The Capacity Score is a proxy for the store's annual sales capacity, derived from publicly available information such as location, accessibility, sales channels, brands, and services. It is represented as a score between 1 and 100. The score does not indicate actual sales numbers, but, generally speaking, a higher Capacity Score will indicate a higher likely sales volume.
November 9, 2025
Added a Web Presence Score to each store's detail page. The Web Presence Score evaluates the store's use of online commerce, social media, and user engageent to arrive at a score between 1 and 100.
November 6, 2025
Expanded each store's Competitive Profile to include a summary and a list of key differentiators.
The Drum Shop Simulator now generates a Lean Canvas for the simulation. Lean Canvas is a one-page business model template designed for startups to quickly break down their idea into key assumptions
September 17, 2025
Added all the AI-generated drum shop images to the Gallery page. Previously, these could only be seen in the image carousel on the Drum Shop Simulator page, which was kind of slow if you wanted to see all of them. These images change pretty often as we discover new image generators and get better at using them to tell a story.
September 10, 2025
Added a FAQ to the About page for those wondering why the heck something so obscure as a web site dedicated to drum shops would exist.
September 7, 2025
Refreshed the drum shop data.
September 7, 2025
Updated the main crawler to look for the drum shops' web site technology vendors such as Shopify, Squarespace, etc. This was previously a manual process, and while moving it to the crawler means the site designers aren't included, automating it this way gives better stats on which sites are using the well-known vendors.
September 2, 2025
Removed Rupp's Drums from the list. Rupp's closed at the end of August after more than 40 years in business. :(
August 16, 2025
Updated the primary AI model for the Drum Shop Simulator to Gemini 1.5 Flash 8b.
August 9, 2025
Added 'Find your local drum shop' to the home page. Enter your zip code to find the closest drum shop.
Added a new menu system for the site that's more responsive on smaller screens. This will allow us to add more content and features without being constrained by the static menu we were using before.