Ethereal Thistle

I honestly didn't even think about this aspect of product images haha. I totally agree and have needed this many times!

Hello, and thank you for your reply, however: I didn't frame it as anything regarding the marketplace at all, or even use the word marketplace, except to actually disclude creators who are marketplace only, as there is no reason why would have uploaded an image to the grid. I posted my personal reason for why I like having product images included with purchases, and asked as a followup why creators don't do this. Also, I didn't say anything about something should be expected of anyone. I don't think it's a fair statement to 'frame' my entire post on something I didn't even say or imply. I covered all of this in my original post. Thank you for your reply though!

Thank you so much for your reply. I can understand from the way you have laid out your process how this could be an issue. I assume it is probably similar for other creators, and as a non-creator I wouldn't have thought about it from this perspective. Thank you for the insight! To address your question, I think it would be a decent compromise, but trying to figure out what creators do this and those that do not, might be a compromise that never gets used unless you know about it. If it was something of standard practice for all/the majority of creators, I could totally see this being a very simple solution though, and one that might be less annoying for creators to deal with. Off topic, and yes it is terribly annoying having to unpack demos! LOL

I find it extremely handy to have product images included with purchases. I know a lot of creators do include them (or some include them sometimes, but not all the time), but it seems like a lot do not chose to do this. Is there any reason in particular why creators would not include product images with their products? I pretty much NEED them or I'll forget what something even is, even with my organized inventory. I find it much easier to open a texture that has the product already instead of having to attach the item, wait for it to rez, possibly remove items I already have attached because the new item conflicts, etc. Thankfully I have premium plus and enough time on my hands to check out creator's flickr accounts and download/upload the product images, so it's 'free' for me. However, 99.9% of the time (unless the creator is MP only), those images are already uploaded to the grid for ads and product displays. Not to mention when a creator doesn't use Flickr, or doesn't have an easily searchable description, or they use other places that are harder to search (facebook, instagram, or other things that require you to log in or create an account). I'll have to create my own image, which just isn't the same for me (subjectively). I find the product images sometimes give me ideas for outfits, or how to use a product differently than I might have without them, or really any number of reasons besides those. I understand some people will just delete all the random stuff (unpacker scripts, product images, mesh for bodies they don't use, LMs, etc), but that's a lot easier than someone else having to recreate those things themselves. Anyone else like having product images and wish it was more of a 'standard' thing? As I said, the image is usually already uploaded so including it with a purchase costs nothing as far as I understand.

They mentioned that you will be able to upgrade with a proration right away.

This segment here (which I've linked the timecode for, but it starts at 1:04:05) would suggest otherwise? Probably why people are saying these things.

I repeat:

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