When you get gifts click use gift, but don't accept them. Go to your neighbors' store and go to profile then news feed and click use gift and you will be in their catalog.
Earn a lot of gems
This is not nessasarilly a "cheat" but many people are oblivious to this wonderful way of earning 100s of gems! When you to to your catalogue you will choose a collection to purchase you items from. Ex: say all business: in every collection there are 4 pieces- top, bottom, shoes, accessory(s). And next to each piece the is an orange bar(also on the collection, which is an avg of the pieces) each clothing item(collection piece) say ex: a white button top has 4 tiers or levels on which you earn by buying the item in bulk- which is a truth in most sales, so this is no glitch but people don't always pay attention to subtle detail, unfortunately. Anyways each clothing items 4 levels are (level 1) $2000 coins (L2) 1gem (L3) $4000 coins (L4) 1 gem. So in each collection of clothing you can earn ($18,000 coins*** NOT including profit) and (8 gems) so if you buy bulk you will make a real profit I think there are like 25+ collections, some arent reviled to low levels, some are to a certain point. And the make up counter I know can provide gems as well - how many? I know a min. (8 gems) & (18,000coins) so it's an investment. I really like this game it has excellent strategy which it at 1st glance appears to lack. It's very femine to a slightly childish apearence, well the app is. It looks to barbie but really it's business and interior design altogether a great game.
Getting gems free
You should order the sunny handbags but you should order it as much as you can and after that when your order as much as you can don't ever stop ordering it till you get either one gem or 2000 coins.
Mirror Strategy
If you place your mirror and cash register close to the "exit" a number of your clients who'll insist on arriving round the cash register area might see themselves in the mirror and go straight to the cash register...
Time Changing
Well, this isn't really a cheat but it still works! Ok so lets say you order a dress that takes 3 hours to sew. If you want to speed the time up, go to Settings (on your Ipod or Iphone) and then go to General. From there go down to date and time. You simply change the time (and date if you like) to the time of your choice. From there go back to your game and have fun creating the store of your dreams! (NOTE: Always go forward in time. Never go back our you could loose your store)