what is a magic box?

[almond101]

What is a magic box?

 

[Chic Aeon]

A magic box is what the Marketplace used to use (discontinued next month if I remember the notice correctly) . Merchants would put their boxed items in the box and they would appear on the Marketplace (backend) where the vendor could then list them.

Now the Marketplace uses Direct Delivery.

[Codewarrior Congrejo]

to expand on Chic's great answer:

• April 2, 2013:
  • Merchants will no longer be able to list unlimited-quantity items for L$10 or less using Magic Boxes.
  • Any active, unlimited-quantity listings for L$10 or less using Magic Boxes will be unlisted.
• April 16, 2013:
  • Merchants will no longer be able to list unlimited-quantity items using Magic Boxes, regardless of price.
  • Any remaining active, unlimited-quantity listings using Magic Boxes will be unlisted, regardless of price.
    
    
    

For the time being, limited-quantity items can continue to use Magic Boxes and will not be affected. “Limited-quantity” refers to items that the Merchant does not have rights to copy (such as breedable animals which are “no copy” for the seller).

We do not have a Magic Box shutdown date for the migration of limited-quantity listings at this time. After we designate that date, we will give 30 days’ notice so that Merchants will have time to migrate those items. However, to avoid disruption of your listings by the Magic Box phase-out, we strongly encourage you to convert all of your listings to Direct Delivery as soon as possible.