Shellie Pearl

Darker fashion abounds in SL. Just join some of the Goth groups that are around. The Thrifty Goth, The Eldergoth Macabre, Dead Dolls of SL. (Sorry not in SL atm to give links) My avatar is a Demon and I adore darker fashions, but I stay away from the stereo type vampire stuff. There are LOADS of shops ranging from cybergoth to dollygoth, to classicgoth, punkgoth, and the list goes on. Each of the groups I listed have lists of their sponser stores that would be a great place to try.

At first i was gonna say boxes because i like to keep backups also, but then the idea of getting a folder with a boxed copy made me change my mind.. As a merchant though I'm tempted to just put everything that's already in my magic boxes in DD as they are, and use the folder with a boxed backup idea for all future items I put on the MP.

But new things are so exciting. Especially the unpredictability of what will happen when we're forced to use tools that heven't even been completely designed yet. Well since LL or most companys for the most part don't seem to test and troubleshoot these things all that great before release, I'd rather not try for excitement, not when moneys involved. Better places to have my excitement. :matte-motes-evil:lol

This is why I will wait to change my shop over to DD till closer to the deadline. Its a good reason why I tend to not rush into *New* things that quickly. to give a chance for the worst of the bugs to be discovered. but when they are DD will make me more likely to add more to the MP overall.

There are many things that are harming in world buisness but luckies or freebies are not any of them. After all you WANT people to get familiar with your products, and new players usually dont have the lindens, The trick is offering something that impresses the customer enough that they come back later and actually BUY your products. So offering freebies/lucky chairs/boards/Midnight madness/manias etc. Attract those who dont have the lindens, chances are 75% of those people will end up putting RL$ in the game or get jobs in game to support their shopping habits. This is quite usefull but shouldnt be relied on as the ONLY method of generating traffic. I get the most sales by doing themed hunts that fit my merchandise. And by advertising in groups that also fit my theme. But I believe the problems harming shops most are: Lag and the overall bustedness that we call SL: Noone wants to spent an hour browsing a small shop when they cant walk across it or the photos wont load. Or TP's fail. The total UNRELIABILITY of SL forces more and more people to either shop the marketplace or not at all. Busted and or USLESS search both in world and in the marketplace. Getting 10,000 NON related results sure ain't helping . Huge laggy shop builds poorly designed with loads of sculptys and scripts, particles etc. : Again people don't want to spent half an hour repeadedly walking across your huge shop that is so poorly designed that it overwhelms the average persons video cards. If LL would fix the basics so the game ran more smoothly I'd like to think many of these problems would be moot as people wouldnt be leaving in drives and new ones would actually WANT to stay.