Who's behind Op Shop Hop
Op Shop Hop is built and run by David, a web developer in Adelaide, through his studio MurrinMedia. It started with a simple annoyance: finding out when an op shop is open, and whether it's half-price day, meant checking five Facebook pages and a chain store finder.
Where the listings come from
Shops run by the big charities (Vinnies, Salvos Stores, Red Cross, Lifeline, RSPCA and others) come from their own published store lists, checked again every week so hours stay current. A shop that disappears from a list is flagged for checking rather than quietly deleted.
Church, school, hospital auxiliary and community op shops often have no website at all, so those come from people who know them. Every submission is checked by hand before it goes live.
South Australian listings are checked by hand first, then the other states follow. Each listing shows when it was last verified, so you can tell how fresh the details are.
Charity op shops list for free. Always.
That's what keeps the directory complete. If something on a listing is wrong, or a shop is missing, send it in and it'll be fixed.