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  1. I'm so chuffed! My first time as a premium member and I managed to bag myself a house boat! Although it did take days of refreshing to eventually get it. 

    I went with the Windlass and decided to make my own add ons so it would feel unique and custom made. 

    Here are the fruits of my labour so far! I'm using 330 of 351 prims so far so I'm not quite finished and have room to add a few things. 

    First the exterior: 

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    Next my fully functioning Motorboat from GEMC. 

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    Now onto the interior! 

    Downstairs features a kitchen, dining area, cinema entertainment system, pool table, child's bedroom and the family bathroom. 

    Upstairs features the master bedroom and walk in wardrobe. Light switches work too! 

    Child's bedroom. 

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    Bathroom next door

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    Kitchen and dining area 

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    Cinema and Pool areas 

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    Master bedroom and walk in wardrobe. 

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  2. Linden Realms is a good way to get lindens if you're not inclined to buy them with real world currency. 

    Also, I will be upgrading to Premium once my current rental runs out in 3 weeks time. Linden Homes have changed a lot in your absence and are a lot better. You can now get a 1024 parcel with 351 prims and that's too good to pass up considering my current rental on a RP sim sets me back L$8800 every 4 weeks. 

    Premium is very reasonable these days and you get at least L$1200 every 4 weeks which you could put towards upgrading to mesh over time. 

     

     

      

     

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  3. I recently opened a store for Tweenster. I spent hours buying the meshes, texturing them, making demos, packaging, taking product photos, editing them, uploading them, making listings, previewing listings, testing deliveries and quality control etc. So far I've just under L$7000 invested in full perm meshes, group set up fees, texture uploads and scripts etc. The store has only been open for a few days and I've turned over L$1000 so far (L$900 - LL fees). 

    I was wondering whether this was decent? Since the initial purchases sales seem to have dried up a bit. I've set my prices at what I think I'll make a return on. Say 8-10 units to break even etc but I'm finding it hard to compete with rock bottom prices. How on earth do people make a return?

     

  4. 14 hours ago, Alwin Alcott said:

    many people forget that Linden Homes are starter homes.. if you need more, there's a huge amount of mainland available, same for the people wanting freedom to build and decorate what and where you want... -----> mainland
    not to destroy your wish... but this answer is given quite often by Lindens and Moles.

    I know there are other options available. My point still stands though, I believe more people would upgrade to premium if you could get homes with more prims. I'm in no way complaining by the way. I think 351 prims plus landscaping and a home that doesn't count to your usage is pretty cool. 

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  5. 3 minutes ago, steeljane42 said:

    Yeah, we also want you to pay us for using your items. /s

    I personally couldn't care less about floating signs, as long as they are reasonable and don't try to cover the rest of my avatar fully. I don't mind "demodemodemo" text all over it either, as long as I can check texture at least somewhere. But unless it's a complete and linked outfit that can't be used with anything else, then I can't stand timed demos as well.

    A good example is trying to find pants that would fit at least some of my favorite tops and also fit some of my favorite shoes without heavy clipping. How many pair of shoes and tops do you think I'll be able to check from every direction in 2 minutes? Probalby not even 1/10 of what I wanted to. Will I bother to get, and often unpack too, the same demo 10 more times (as most of those are also no copy)? Unlikely.

    I also sometimes drop things I demoed, liked, but didn't found purpose for into my "Good Demos" folder, to check few more times later after I got more clothing, to see if now it fits something and thus worth getting. If it's timed out... well, I'll just delete and forget about it.

    Would a longer demo time, say 10 minutes, be more acceptable, or is it the principle itself? 

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  6. 3 minutes ago, Maryanne Solo said:

    1 lost sale. 1 furious avatar. 

    Timed demos are a pox upon the pixel race.
    Worse than any disease.
    I need to dance around, check "it" in different lighting scenarios, wear it about, take some pics, put it on and off.

    Under NO circumstances would I even go back to get another or tolerate whatever inexcusable mess timed demos create.

    So I understand this correctly, you want to be able to get a demo and then be able to go out and about in it, and possibly even take pictures which you could use for your Flickr or potentially a blog. As well as this you want a demo which has no obvious signs it is a demo and you want to do all this for free? 

     

     

  7. 3 minutes ago, Lillith Hapmouche said:

    Sorry, do you mean two different demo approaches or a single demo object which "features" both, a visual obstruction and a really short time limit?

    I sell clothing. The demos I send out are fully textured and look like the real thing. So yes, they include a demo ring which acts as a visual obstruction and so people know it is a demo and not the real deal. It also de-attaches and cannot be re attached after 2 minutes. This, I feel, is long enough to see if a item is well meshed and textured enough. 

    Merchants need to balance show casing their products and protecting them. 

     

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  8. It's not just skins but anything. If there is no demo then I don't buy. I only consider making an exception if the item is a rare niche item and there aren't any other alternatives. Price plays a part too. Sometimes you can just take a punt on something cheap but for something like a skin or body I'd want a demo. 

    With my store I offer fully textured demos so people can see what the final product looks like but I also include a demo 'ring' that floats around your avi and a 2 min demo destroy script. 

    Of course, they can choose to run their store however they want. 

     

     

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  9. I'm not premium and I pay quite a lot into the system. My Monthly rent alone costs L$6400 and on average I spend around L$20,000 a month on market place buying things like clothes, furniture and other accessories. The labs get a decent percentage of that. Additionally, I pay fees for buying lindens and also currency conversation fees to change my pounds into dollars before they can be used to purchase Linden Dollars. That's certainly more than people paying $15 a month and I'm not asking for a special Elite tag. 

     

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  10. Still ROFLing from the irritable bowl syndrome comment 🤣

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    I absolutely love decorating! I'll decorate our family home and be happy with it for awhile and then I'll get bored and tear it all down to do it over again. It used to drive my family nuts but I've got them housed trained now and they just accept it 😋 

    Of course since I love decorating I also love shopping for new furniture and decor. New outfits as well. I have outfits for all occasions because y'know just in case..... 

    My main hobby is SL photography so I'm always looking for interesting places to snap new pics. 

    I do love RP too but sadly opportunities for kids to RP are seemingly less and less these days .... unless I'm doing something wrong.... 

     

     

     

     

     

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  11. 27 minutes ago, Claireschen Hesten said:

    Whoa, whoa, whoa that thought never even crossed my mind.

    Actually reminded me of this character at first 

     

    Hahah I love Harry Enfield, the best bit of that sketch is when he tries it on with the guy who owns the hotel who also happens to have loads of posh homes elsewhere lol. 

  12. I'm 29 in RL and although I know a few people in their 20s most people I meet are of the older crowd. Like many other kid avatars, I'm in SL to shop, decorate, explore and to escape from adult life for awhile, and despite being heterosexual and male in RL I'm not in SL for romance or sex. In fact, James is very much in the "Ewww girls have cooties phase!" lol but then he is only 9. 

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  13. So we started the road trip! Me and Tyler in back in our car seats with our big bro Edward driving. We stopped at a truck stop and passed a few other stops but haven't met anyone just yet! 

    I'm sure we will at some point!  Thanks for all the help guys! The tip about landmarking rez zones is an awesome one! 

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    Road trip

     

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