Changes were made to fix updating search results in Merchant stores ??

[TrunkzTomorrow20111488313311]

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Changes were made to fix updating search results in Merchant stores, which will occur over a period of time. We will provide more details on the Merchants Forum

 

Does anyone know when this is supposed to start? Cause all my listing are in the same exact position they have been in all along which SUCKS!!!

[Pamela Galli]

It doesn't suck for me -- the first row of items has sold like mad, and that includes my most expensive house.  What I would like even better, tho, is to order my store as I would like.  But since that was another thing that was rolled out without feedback from merchants, it failed -- and I doubt we will be seeing it again this decade.

[TrunkzTomorrow20111488313311]

The search results havent changed in weeks - that sucks for merchants AND for customers - Not to mention anyone who has new products to launch, all those products will be stuck at the bottom of every search

IMO Milk what you have going on for eveything you can becuase it wont last much longer

[Sera Lok]

I won't expect to see a change until next week.  If things don't change by then, I'll probably start getting pissy. 

[Spica Inventor]

I heard a rumor that when it comes back on line in about six months from now there will only be one sorting choice.

 

Price: High to Low.

 

hehe ;-)

[Sera Lok]

Whatever the change is... I'll be happy to see it actually happen   As it stands all my listings are in the same order of relevance that they have been over the last 3 weeks or so, and all my borked items are still there.

[Kampu Oyen]

>Price: High to Low.

I was thinking "random".

[Spica Inventor]

Well 'random' would keep the low priced stuff that they don't make as much money on, (and which is the main reason for the migration from in world to the Marketplace by the way),  from (always) migrating up to the top of the popularity list which is essentially what sort by relevance was, so yeah, Linden Labs might think they can sneak that one in without too many peeps catching on to that real motivating factor. ;-)

[Kampu Oyen]

It would also keep you from sneaking to the opposite end of the listings for the cheap stuff.

But more importantly, it would be a huge nuisance, thus possibly making in-world shopping less unattractive by comparison.

 

[TrunkzTomorrow20111488313311]

6 MONTHS?!!? Haha Might as well all get our signs and start protesting now

 

Random - High to Low Please NO  - That will not make them more money. People will see tons of garbage that anyone just throws on MP

 

How does LL not make the most money having the best items at the top? Thats what people are buying the most.

[Kampu Oyen]

>6 MONTHS?!!? Haha Might as well all get our signs and start protesting now

Yes. Don't bother to wait 5 months.

It's much more likely that the whole Marketplace will be shut down by then anyway.

[Spica Inventor]

'How does LL not make the most money having the best items at the top? Thats what people are buying the most'.

 

Becuase it's in the nature of peeps who purchase things in second life to buy what they need, more than just spend whatever cash they have in there pocket on whatever, which equates to deflated prices well above and beyond increased volume to make up for it in a Marketplace where you can quickly sort by price and/or popularity (that you cant do in world) . In the short and perhaps medium term and companies are very short term thinking these days.  But more importantly it means less profit for Linden Labs in the short and medium term. Newbies are an important revenue stream, and as we all know they are much more likely to spend alot more money on inflated priced stuff not knowing how to find the best deals and best value. The Marketplace makes it much harder for newbies to 'accidently' spend too much for their first few spendy months because it cuts back heavily on time consumption and promotes comparison shopping (where prices on comparable products can vary enormously often times). So Linden Labs would much rather have high priced stuff selling rather than high quality stuff selling but would prefer both and therefore like to promote both. ;-)

[Misha Kerang]

I'm a relatively new participant on the forums (though I've been a merchant in SL since Dec. 2010).  Since the issues created by the Derelict... erm, *Direct* Delivery system cropped up, I've been checking these forums for information.  I too am disappointed in the lack of search-result updating.  It's nearly pointless to release new items.

In all, I'm stunned at the lack of responsiveness from Linden Labs toward merchant issues in these forums.  I do understand Second Life is a free service, and it's hardly worth complaining about something you get for free.  Yet I'd think merchant commissions would be a majority source of income for Linden Labs... thus making merchants some rather important members of Second Life.  Why aren't there moderators in the forums, tending to merchant needs, answering their questions, apologizing for mistakes, providing updates on progress?  Surely, not everyone at Linden Labs is employed behind the scenes, writing code.  

To have to seek out information that's parsed out by the morsel every few days, and without so much as an apology, is really unacceptable.  I cannot imagine what some merchants have suffered... those who rely on SL as their primary source of income.  If LL won't say it, I will - "I'm sorry for you".

I sure hope you'll fix this soon.

Sincerely - Misha Kerang

"Misha Fine Jewelry"

 

P.S. - Do not let your motto be... "If it ain't broke - fix it."

 

 

[Kampu Oyen]

> I too am disappointed in the lack of search-result updating.  It's nearly pointless to release new items.

Anyone who doubts the statistical pointlessness of depending on the search function only needs to list about 30 items with the keyword "madstyle" and check in a few days to see how many of them actually pop up on a keyword search for that word.

Go ahead and try it.

What do you have to lose?