Adding Information Text to EVERY Listing

[TsioSan Ruby]

Is there a way to have a paragraph (or more) of text that appears on EVERY listing, without typing (or pasting) every time you create one?

Is it possible to add one to a a BATCH of existing listings without overwriting the information in the existing listings?

Thank you.

TsioSan Ruby

 

[Pixieplumb Flanagan]

Sadly no; there is one description box, and if there is already some varying text in that, which is likely, you cannot add a paragraph after the existing text except by doing it one listing at a time.

[TsioSan Ruby]

Thanks, PIxie  (and "Hi!" again).

I pretty much figured that out. I also learned that if you try to add text to the "Keywords" box in a batch mode, it overwrites and DELETES the text in the "Description" Box....so THAT isn't a good idea either.

TsioSan

[Coffee Pancake]

I would really like if listings could have a common footer or something.

[TsioSan Ruby]

Yes... That is what started me on this quest. I would like to be able to put a "blurb" on each listing...just a simple paragraph that describes my store. One not connected to the content of the listing.

[ChinRey]

13 hours ago, TsioSan Ruby said:

I pretty much figured that out. I also learned that if you try to add text to the "Keywords" box in a batch mode, it overwrites and DELETES the text in the "Description" Box....so THAT isn't a good idea either.

That's really interesting to know and important to keep in mind. Thank you!

[ChinRey]

11 hours ago, TsioSan Ruby said:

Yes... That is what started me on this quest. I would like to be able to put a "blurb" on each listing...just a simple paragraph that describes my store. One not connected to the content of the listing.

Oh yes, please!!!

And while we're at it, how about grouped listings with standard text blurbs to be added to everything in a specific group? And how about content (landmark and such) that is automatically added to all listings?

However, before we start arguing too strongly for such new features, as attractive as they may seem at first glace, we have to ask one crucial question: How are they going to be abused?

[Pamela Galli]

LL doesn’t consult with or pay much attention to merchants, do they?

[TsioSan Ruby]

It seems so...but I know the MP makes money for them, so I am a bit surprised.

[TsioSan Ruby]

The simplest approach would SEEM to be letting you create a "default" master -page, as in Publisher. Put in your store info, loge, etc....than your listing would be applied over that.

[Pamela Galli]

Just adding a field or two would be great.  Would that be hard?

Edited September 27, 2019 by Pamela Galli

[ChinRey]

23 minutes ago, Pamela Galli said:

LL doesn’t consult with or pay much attention to merchants, do they?

They do show willingness though. We have to give them that.

[animats]

On 9/21/2019 at 4:22 PM, CoffeeDujour said:

I would really like if listings could have a common footer or something.

Marketplace does have a "store page" for each merchant, but it's just a banner above the item listings. You can add profile text, policies, and a blog link. So there's a place to put such info, but it's not displayed in a place where the customer is likely to read it.

A nice touch for merchant pages would be a current picture of the inworld store, taken by some LL server once a week or so. Then you could see if the store was still there, and what it looked like. More people would look at the merchant page if it had more to look at. Merchants should be able to offer a video or two.

Edited September 27, 2019 by animats

[TsioSan Ruby]

I really LIKE that idea Animats. Would be cool. So many are not actually there anymore.

[Pixieplumb Flanagan]

On 9/27/2019 at 9:44 PM, animats said:

Marketplace does have a "store page" for each merchant, but it's just a banner above the item listings. You can add profile text, policies, and a blog link. So there's a place to put such info, but it's not displayed in a place where the customer is likely to read it.

A nice touch for merchant pages would be a current picture of the inworld store, taken by some LL server once a week or so. Then you could see if the store was still there, and what it looked like. More people would look at the merchant page if it had more to look at. Merchants should be able to offer a video or two.

Eek, but my store is not very attractive from the outside!  It IS still there though, so that's something!

[animats]

5 hours ago, Pixieplumb Flanagan said:

Eek, but my store is not very attractive from the outside!  It IS still there though, so that's something!

Optionally, merchants could add a viewpoint SLURL to the regular landmark SLURL. The picture then gets taken from the viewpoint SLURL looking towards the landmark SLURL. If you don't specify a viewpoint, the picture-taker bot gets to pick. Maybe use the closest point on a Linden road if there's one nearby, otherwise an oblique view from above that shows the whole parcel. That way, all existing stores with SLURLs would get a default picture. The merchant could change the viewpoint if they don't like the default.

It would up the value of having an in-world store, and tie Marketplace closer to the world.