classifieds shifting to dynamic pricing

And I'd tend to agree. I -would- like autorenew to happen, but paying for ordering is neither here nor there, I think. There's no evidence that "being first in the list" has any real impact on sales.

People are going to buy your stuff or not buy it. Classifieds are a tool to connect customers with creators, but if they're looking for something, they *will* scroll.

Good idea, heh, I actually suggested this: every time the listing is opened, it sorts it differently, randomly.

There may be a technical reason why this isn't possible though.

Speaking as a small merchant, I dislike this proposal immensely. The Classifieds are already too expensive for the small merchants to consider, and this makes it worse. If I have to pay even MORE money for a faint chance that my ad will be seen... well, all I have to say is , forget it. I can't out bid the casinos and the huge merchant chains, any more than I could set up a one-woman shop and expect to out-bid Wal-Mart in an ad campaign. As proposed, these Classifieds won't get anything at all from me, because I can't benefit from them without bankrupting my business.

The classified need far more categories, so the specialty merchants, like people who make Japanese Furniture, aren't lumped in with every other merchant, from adult theatres to casinos to department stores. If you are looking for an antique store in the Classifieds for your local paper, you don't have to search through reams of help wanted ads and car ads to find them. Even the smallest town's newspaper manages to do better at organizing their classifieds. So why are the Classifieds in SL so badly categorized?

I still say the example of the Yellow Pages should be followed. ANY merchant can get a simple categorized listing, dirt cheap. You want something with more details, or you want pictures, you pay extra for that. You want an additional listing in the Restaurants Guide? Pay extra. But in the MAIN Restaurants listing, you're no better than anyone else.

If some well-established merchant wants to pay extra for additional visibility in a special section, that is fine. All I want is for people to be able to know that I have a little t-shirt shop in The Forest that maybe that haven't looked at yet, and gee...there's a teleport link to get there. The equivilent of a plain, no-frills, name and phone number listing in the Yellow Pages. No pictures, no reams of text, no catalog of latest items for sale. Just "this type of stuff sold here.". Is that all that hard a concept?

I dont like this idea at all I think 1 pricing is a fairer way to go while it is expensive as it is doing this I dont think helps the newer people as they will not be able to purchase the higher cost adds.