Searching for good Malls/Commercial Sims

Hey i plan to open a little shop in December, and im searching a little space in a mall or on a Commercial sim (must have shops on it allready just to rent) with good refference, means where its possible to get Sales im going to sell skins and fashion, any help is greatly accepted either leave me an IM here or drop me some LM's or Notecards in my Inventory

Sebea Morgenstern

Hi,

Visit our 50 000m² mall and have a look around.
There are only a few shops left at the moment.

SLURL in my signature

Firstly be aware that mall spaces are not highly productive, it is best to consider them an advertisement with the benefit of occasional sales. That being said, you want to find a mall that actively tries to bring people in, with events etc. I have a spot in a mall that has great events including occasional fashion shows, that is the kind of thing you should look for. Make sure the mall's traffic numbers are generated by traffic and not by a big box o' bots...traffic numbers don't mean much if no-one shops there.

Try to put yourself in a place where the atmosphere matches your product, for example if you make biker clothing, you want a biker type sim, etc.

The mall I am talking about above is Floating Comet mall, they don't usually have many available rentals but it might be worth it to check it out. It is a content creator mall only though, if you are a reseller, they wouldn't be able to accomodate you.

Wren ~ Japanese Mall, of course.

yes i want to able to have my own landing point and that i can have that part in places i have seen such places some time ago but i cand find them anymore

i would do that for someone if they ask.

Same here, several renters have it, especially the bigger shops

look for bots, if there are +10 bots in a skybox, don`t bother...

do any of you know a good commercial sim then? where i could rent a little parcelso i have my little own thingy? wit lots of others stores arround? i would be thankful for any LMs you could send me inworld

Two were pointed out above - Wren and Comet - I m self have a spot in Wren-Wren Mall Furniture Clothing Art, Katla (150, 153, 21), Primal Arts- Rakhiot (67, 115, 111) and Shiraz-Coco's Cafe, Cicero (175, 44, 253) aside from my own land. Good luck.

yes i know but i pointed out that i would rather have my own little parcel on a comercial sim city theme or so, then in a mall. to have a main Store

Ah! Gotcha- so what u want is to purchase land in or near an established Mall- must have missed where u said that- sorry. That I do not have a recommendation for other than to say I bought land from Sara Nerd and she treated me well- while there are lots of real estate folks out there, I have personally had good experience with her. I don't know if she does commercial but it can't hurt to check. In any case, an experienced Agent woudl be your best bet- they did the footwork or you. Good luck.

Edited to add that no, I didn't miss it- you specifically said rent- so you got rent suggestions. Sorry- am out of suggestions, but good luck anyway.

yes exactly either that or a nice themed sim with only commercials and self made clothes not resellers or and freebie stores.

an Agent? who do i reach such an agent

I suggested Sara Nerd although I do not have an idea if she does rentals- it certainly cannot hurt to ask- she may be able to point you to someone who does.

But- I will tell you, it seems it wd be a good idea to walk around and go places - see how many people there are there- again keeping in mind that bots are just a waste and misleading. Check where folks are shopping at different hours. Rentals can be pricey- any where from a percentage of your sales to say hmm- 50/week to 2k per month- it all depends. How many prims you need how much the owner knows folks are willing to pay. Probably a higher trafficked place will cost u more. There is a mall (or there was-it's been a while) at Frank's Place, at Phat's - at many major spots- Think about what you want to do when you go out. Last night I was in a place called Venice that had a few folks walking about and really lovely stores. Take a look at the Undying Thread- I left a slurl there. Do share where you go and I am sure some will pop over to see your wares.

Just chipping in here...

There's a sim that was mentioned in another thread that sounds exactly what you are looking for. It's layed out in streets, like a town center, with stores, and it's very nice build with a good traffic figure. But the person who mentioned it was seething, because the traffic was due to 7 bots that were not all in a group. They were mannequins in a large store's windows, and they generated almost 100% of the traffic figure.

So, if you intend to rely on the place's existing traffic (passers-by), as well promoting it yourself, don't be impressed by what you see. Be sure to do as has been suggested - check the sim/parcel for bots, and check the traffic number against the number that the bots generate. One bot generates 1440 of the traffic number in 24 hours; 10 bots generate 14400 of it.

which thread was that please?

It was here:- /327/57/285662/10.html

PennyWhistle brought it up in post 247. The sim was never posted, but she told me where it is and I went to look. You can PM her to get it. I forgot to mention that it's one huge parcel; i.e. stores are not on their own parcels but that doesn't mean that the owners won't cut a parcel out if asked.

Wicked was me, btw.

Those dang alts again...

I like alts.