Why should I pay for a demo?

[Nicholas Melchior]

I can't speak to inworld purchases, but I can say, as a Marketplace merchant, I began listing Demos at $1L because of how MP handles $0L purchases. If someone is checking out in MP with a $0L total, they aren't taken directly to the checkout screen. They are first directed to a page of other paid listings with a "proceed to checkout" button "hidden" at the bottom. LL doesn't make anything off of $0L purchases so I assume the idea is to entice adding more items to the cart first.  This can be confusing to shoppers who aren't familiar with this quirk, so instead I began listing them at $1L to avoid any confusion with the checkout process. If that "feature" were eliminated I would have no problem listing demos for free.

Edited October 25, 2018 by Nicholas Melchior

[Fionalein]

Your loss, I won't buy your demos then... no matter how hard you try resurrecting dead threads.

[Love Zhaoying]

35 minutes ago, Nicholas Melchior said:

I can't speak to inworld purchases, but I can say, as a Marketplace merchant, I began listing Demos at $1L because of how MP handles $0L purchases. If someone is checking out in MP with a $0L total, they aren't taken directly to the checkout screen. They are first directed to a page of other paid listings with a "proceed to checkout" button "hidden" at the bottom. LL doesn't make anything off of $0L purchases so I assume the idea is to entice adding more items to the cart first.  This can be confusing to shoppers who aren't familiar with this quirk, so instead I began listing them at $1L to avoid any confusion with the checkout process. If that "feature" were eliminated I would have no problem listing demos for free.

I know at least one person besides you who was confused by it!

[Ethan Paslong]

37 minutes ago, Nicholas Melchior said:

  This can be confusing to shoppers who aren't familiar with this quirk, so instead I began listing them at $1L to avoid any confusion with the checkout process. If that "feature" were eliminated I would have no problem listing demos for free.

if people run into that once ... they know it.... no need at all to sell your demo's.

[Nicholas Melchior]

10 minutes ago, Fionalein said:

Your loss, I won't buy your demos then... no matter how hard you try resurrecting dead threads.

That's fine. I don't want your business if $1L offends you so much. I was merely explaining the rationale. It's done as a courtesy.

Edited October 25, 2018 by Nicholas Melchior