Q3 closed on a high note with an unusually strong September. Talk 11/12 w/Zee Linden

As a business, SL should want to make Premium Accounts the majority not the minority. I do not believe we should be limiting other users experiences. But Premium Accounts as they stand now are simply not attractive to the Majority. People who can afford them, don't want them. The point is not to make it so that people need to have Premium Accounts, but that they actually want them. My ideas for Premium Perks:

1) Increasing free land tier is a good idea and great way to use up already available resources, while encouraging economic growth. I really like this idea for obvious reasons.

2) Put stipend back at 500L per week. 300L only encouraged tightening of belts and contributed to the immaterial Premium Account theory.

3) Give traffic bonus presences to Premium Members. One Premium Member could be equivalent to ten Basic Account Avatars. Keep it a number that could easily be subtracted from official number data. Thus granting traffic bonuses to places Premium Account Members visit. If someone decides they want to purchase Premium Accounts for all their bots, good. They are paying for used resources. But I'm thinking those that sit around and just collect free L might not want to pay for it.

If we do away with traffic fueled search, number 3 is pointless, but I'm not opposed to doing away with traffic fueled search. Just hasn't happened in the three years I've been here.

4 logins from one IP will not work. You could potentially cut off tens of thousands of real clients.

the very nature of tcp/ipv4 makes it impossable for every single individual with internet access to have its own private internet address.

People who use city public wifi, many major isp's, many schools some cell internet all service clients in private address ranges. You could potentially limit a an entire city to 4 logins.

Five steps to making Premium accounts attractive:

1) 1024m as the no-tier threshold (instead of 512)

2) 50 groups (instead of 25)

3) L$400 stipends

4) After 12 months of Premium, you get another 512m tier (so can hold 1536m w/o payment)

5) After 12 months of Premium, your stipends go up to L$500

Points 1 through 3 will increase the demand for premium membership.

Points 4 and 5 will Help You Keep Them!

Don't be blind to the fact that your existing customers are at least as important as new ones - for every existing customer you piss off and turn away, they are going to badmouth you to 10 or more of their friends.

And as an aside Katt, I agree with Bob - You are supposed to be in charge of communications and a representative of the company. Show some respect when you talk to your customers for goodness sake.

-Atashi

Since all of these options cost LL money, it is doubtful they will even look at the post, but... I love the idea of more perks over time! Customer Loyalty is a good business model.

Agreed on the last part too. Katt, whether you felt so or not, it came across to me as condescending as well. =(

I'd appreciate it if y'all would keep this thread on topic and if you would please refrain from attacks.

Thank you.

Is there a place where one can find historical statistics for Supply Linden transactions and total L$ money supply figures? These are among the most useful, but they do not seem to be found.

I'll translate: "please leave me alone"

I'd appreciate it if y'all would keep this thread on topic and if you would please refrain from attacks.

Thank you.

People just get frustrated when you open a thread saying you will answer questions and respond to comments for a day and then halfway through you decide to NOT answer questions or respond to comments. I posted a comment on page 5 of this thread and you ignored it - some also commented their posts were ignored also. We all know someone in marketing made you start this dialog - but please do try to deal with the unwashed masses (your customers - that pay your salary) for the time that you said you would. Thanks.

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Not at all. I'm happy to talk with you all.

If you have questions for Zee on the economy however, this is a good opportunity to ask them.

People just get frustrated when you open a thread saying you will answer questions and respond to comments for a day and then halfway through you decide to NOT answer questions or respond to comments. I posted a comment on page 5 of this thread and you ignored it - some also commented their posts were ignored also. We all know someone in marketing made you start this dialog - but please do try to deal with the unwashed masses (your customers - that pay your salary) for the time that you said you would. Thanks.
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Why do you continue to ignore a customer that pays almost $US4000 a month in tier?? I have taken my opportunity to ask my question, now please answer it...

100 L$ says that either there is no response from the Lindens to your question or they tell you what I'd tell you which is to take it to the proper thread and let the rest of us deal with the topic of this thread in peace.

I reckon I'll end up owing you $L100..........................and you will get it.

Sure, I understand, it's difficult not to hear responses back to your questions. I'll try to circle back and answer outstanding ones.

Zee and I have been answering questions on and off all day, but boy that day can go by fast!

Thanks for your patience, and for being interested enough to participate here.