Converting from Magic Box to DD With a Minimum of Hassle

[Nefertiti Nefarious]

Because it's hidden in my thread, here's Darrius Gothley's step-by step procedure for converting from Magic Box to DD with a minimum of hassle.

If I had done the conversion this way, it would have taken half the time, maybe less. It's too late fpor me, but if it helps anyone, thank Darrius.

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When you upload a product folder with the exact same name as an Item being delivered from a Magic Box, the Marketplace will automatically switch the product listing to use the newly uploaded product folder and change the listing from "Magic Box" to "Direct". That allows you to rez each boxed item then Open it and Copy To Inventory. Because the Copy To Inventory process creates a new folder with the same name as the box, you can just drag the newly created folder to the Merchant Outbox and upload it.

The old Magic Box items that were replaced by newly uploaded DD product folders will accumulate in the "Unassociated Inventory" list, but because the 100 item limit doesn't apply to Magic Box items, you can let it grow ad infinitum. Then after everything is uploaded, just remove the Magic Boxes from In-World (I used "Take" on mine .. just in case) then remove them from the "Magic Box status" page and "Sync Marketplace with Magic Boxes" to fully remove them from Marketplace's memory.

 

Just to recap the process in step-by-step format:

1. Drag all the Product Items from your Magic Box(es) and drop them into a temporary folder in your Inventory.

2. Rez one Product Item then right-click it and select "Open".

3. In the item inventory list window that appears, click the "Copy to Inventory" button. (This creates a new folder in your Inventory with the same name as the Product Item. It will appear under the "Recent Items" tab of your Inventory, so you should be able to find it rapidly.)

4. Open the Merchant Outbox and wait for it to initialize.

5. Drag the new folder (created in step 3) and drop it into the Merchant Outbox window. (I usually wait for a few moments to allow it to fully populate; I check that it's done by opening the folder in the Outbox and quickly comparing the items listed with the items in the source folder.)

6. Repeat steps 2-5 for more product items. (I usually do five at a time.)

7. Click the "Upload to Marketplace" button and wait for it to give you the "Success" message. (If you've turned that message off, you can instead wait until the Outbox's inventory list of folders is emptied.)

8. Repeat the above steps for each block of 5 (in my case, or however many you choose to do at once).

9. After all products are uploaded, use the "Magic Box status" page from the Merchant Home Page (Dashboard) and remove the Magic Box(es) that you've just converted.

10. Click the "Sync Marketplace with Magic Boxes" button on the Manage Listings page ... wait a few minutes for the process to complete ... then refresh the Manage Listings page. All items in the "Unassociated Inventory" list at the top of the page should vanish.

After you're done, you can trash the Product Items you copied into your Inventory in Step 1 .. if you want.

 

Or keep them as backup.

[Pamela Galli]

My stuff stays in boxes (inside the DD folder) so I skip the rezzing and copying to inventory step.

[Czari Zenovka]

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Pamela Galli wrote:

My stuff stays in boxes (inside the DD folder) so I skip the rezzing and copying to inventory step.

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Oh good to know that, Pamela.  I would prefer to keep my items boxed, but wasn't sure how that worked. Thank you.

 

[Nefertiti Nefarious]

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Pamela Galli wrote:

My stuff stays in boxes (inside the DD folder) so I skip the rezzing and copying to inventory step.

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If you have a complex product, that's probably best.

 

[Porky Gorky]

Hmm another thread specifically designed to guilt me into starting the DD migration I suspect.   :matte-motes-big-grin:

I have a question . Where is the "Merchant Outbox"? I've never specifically looked for it but can't say I have ever seen it in my day to day use of the viewer, I use the latest version of firestorm.

[Pamela Galli]

I don't actually know where it is. I just select items and pull the drop down menu down and choose Copy to Merchant Outbox.  I have never actually dragged anything anywhere.

[Porky Gorky]

OK, I see how it works now,,,,thanks!

Still not doing it until I absolutely posititvely have too though :matte-motes-asleep:

[Nefertiti Nefarious]

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Porky Gorky wrote:

Hmm another thread specifically designed to guilt me into starting the DD migration I suspect.   :matte-motes-big-grin:

I have a question . Where is the "Merchant Outbox"? I've never specifically looked for it but can't say I have ever seen it in my day to day use of the viewer, I use the latest version of firestorm.

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In firestorm?  Lemme look.

It's in the Avatar drop-down menu, top- left corner.

 

[Pamela Galli]

YOu can pretty much count on me to do anything the easiest way possible.  

 

I only converted the things I have converted because I have had to update a bunch of stuff anyway and it was easier to select them and choose Copy to Merchant Outbox than it was to go to the Magic Boxes, delete the old ones from the Magic Boxes, and put the new ones in.