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Seeking Manufacturers, Designers, and Top Brands!

Rathe Underthorn
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Join date: 14 May 2003
Posts: 383
07-29-2003 23:27
We have finished developing a new retail store located in central Minna and are eagerly seeking manufacturers and designers of the top brands.

Our store employes a new sales model to support resell rather than direct sale. We want to help you sell your products!

We use a new intelligent system to support resell involving barcodes and price tags. We provide you with barcodes to put into your product boxes and then work with you to place your products in our store. Once placed, we stick price tags on your products and zap them with our barcode scanner. Costumers are then able to click the price tag for purchasing and pricing information. They simply right click and pay the price tag the products price to purchase and then the transaction is entered into our system, processed, and you are immediatly paid your majority share of the transaction in real-time.

It sounds complex, and the system behind it is, but the customer interaction is very simple and friendly. Reach a new customer base today! It's a no brainer!


Why sell your products in our store?

* Large selection of the top brands in one location
* No land taxes
* No building taxes
* Sell in multiple locations without the burden of managing multiple stores
* Sell non-exclussively through us (We don't mind!)
* Organized aisles and counters with a professional feel
* Easy barcode / pricetag system for quick setup
* Keep ownership / permissions of your boxes (Trust is important to us!)
* Setup and forget (We do the managing, promoting, etc.)
* No customer support hassle (We do that too!)
* Full sales reports accessible via the web (Coming soon)
* Clothes, Hats, Shoes, Accessories, Weapons, Scripts, Furniture, Food, Househoulds (We sell everything!)


Contact Rathe Underthorn, Si Money, or Arthur Money via IM in SL for details.
Chip Midnight
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Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
07-29-2003 23:44
I've been selling clothing through these guys store for a week or so now, and it's great... set up your boxes with the barcode script (simple as just editing the price in the script and dropping it into the contents), they put the price tags on. Then you can just forget about them while they sit there and make you money. It's a very simple system and you get the money for the sale immediately. The store also looks great. I highly recommend selling things there! :) Great job guys.
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David Cartier
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Join date: 8 Jun 2003
Posts: 1,018
Re: Seeking Manufacturers, Designers, and Top Brands!
07-30-2003 04:53
I have to say it is a fine looking store; attractive from the air and more importantly - well organized into departments, which we don't always find. The selection is getting pretty good, too.
From: someone
Originally posted by Rathe Underthorn
We have finished developing a new retail store located in central Minna and are eagerly seeking manufacturers and designers of the top brands.

Our store employes a new sales model to support resell rather than direct sale. We want to help you sell your products!

We use a new intelligent system to support resell involving barcodes and price tags. We provide you with barcodes to put into your product boxes and then work with you to place your products in our store. Once placed, we stick price tags on your products and zap them with our barcode scanner. Costumers are then able to click the price tag for purchasing and pricing information. They simply right click and pay the price tag the products price to purchase and then the transaction is entered into our system, processed, and you are immediatly paid your majority share of the transaction in real-time.

It sounds complex, and the system behind it is, but the customer interaction is very simple and friendly. Reach a new customer base today! It's a no brainer!


Why sell your products in our store?

* Large selection of the top brands in one location
* No land taxes
* No building taxes
* Sell in multiple locations without the burden of managing multiple stores
* Sell non-exclussively through us (We don't mind!)
* Organized aisles and counters with a professional feel
* Easy barcode / pricetag system for quick setup
* Keep ownership / permissions of your boxes (Trust is important to us!)
* Setup and forget (We do the managing, promoting, etc.)
* No customer support hassle (We do that too!)
* Full sales reports accessible via the web (Coming soon)
* Clothes, Hats, Shoes, Accessories, Weapons, Scripts, Furniture, Food, Househoulds (We sell everything!)


Contact Rathe Underthorn, Si Money, or Arthur Money via IM in SL for details.
Misnomer Jones
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Join date: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 1,800
07-30-2003 08:07
While I like your store and your idea AND people like one stop shopping, I prefer control over my own goods.
I'd get involved if it didnt mean giving up control.

Meanwhile, all of my items from clothing to weapons can be found in Aqua along with a great cluster of shops.
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Rathe Underthorn
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Join date: 14 May 2003
Posts: 383
07-30-2003 10:56
From: someone
Originally posted by Misnomer Jones
While I like your store and your idea AND people like one stop shopping, I prefer control over my own goods.
I'd get involved if it didnt mean giving up control.

Meanwhile, all of my items from clothing to weapons can be found in Aqua along with a great cluster of shops.


When we set forth to design our system, I interviewed many designers to ask them what their needs and wants were. The number one issue was control. So we put a lot of thought into this and came up with a system that allows you to keep ownership of your boxes, this enables you to keep permissions on your boxes as you desire, set the prices as you desire, and delete your products at your own will. Trust is as important to us as we know it is to you and we don't feel you should have to give up those rights.

All we ask you to do is insert our barcode script into your boxes and place them on our shelves. You're free to examine the barcode script before putting it into your box. You simply set the price inside the barcode script, put it in your box, and then our price tags and scanners communicate through a locked secure method to the barcodes, enabling us to process transactions.

It will always require some very basic trust to do business together, but we hope that our method leaves you in enough control that if you should ever feel cheated somehow you would be able to at your own will immeditaly remove the barcode and or/products from our store shelves and terminate our business arrangements.

If there is something we are missing, let us know! We will happily listen and take your concerns into thought on how we can improve our system.
Shadow Weaver
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Join date: 13 Jan 2003
Posts: 2,808
07-30-2003 11:36
Rathe...just a question...Currently I have product in three locations...and I dont have a barcode script...I am able to maintain all my transactions via my account history.

So hence the question what exactly does the barcode do that my boxes that have my stuff in them does not already do.

If this is something you feel needs to be discussed not on the boards please please feel free to email me at

[email]ShadowWeaver2003sl@yahoo.com[/email]

The thought of a 4th store selling Shadow Weaver Designs is a tempting thought but the barcode thing is the only thing that has me baffeled at the moment.

SIncerely, SHadowWeaver
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Chip Midnight
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Join date: 1 May 2003
Posts: 10,231
07-30-2003 11:52
From: someone
Originally posted by Shadow Weaver
exactly does the barcode do that my boxes that have my stuff in them does not already do.


The barcodes and prictage system acts as a middleman in the transaction, allowing the proceeds from the sale to be divided between the vendor and the store, and be distributed instantly at time of sale.

I set my prices to be the same as they are in my own stores so that the buyer gets the same value no matter where they buy. I make a bit less when they buy from EMP, but it's a whole lot easier than paying rent on the space. If you're renting shelf space from a store you pay even if you don't sell anything. With this system you only pay if you yourself are making money. It's an ideal setup.
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Shadow Weaver
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Join date: 13 Jan 2003
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07-30-2003 13:34
Chip thats what I kind of figured....Rathe...Si guys yall might ought to add a notation in your advertisment about commision prices that you will recieve on product this would make it more intelegible for those of us that are stand alone designers.

I wont debate symantics but it sounds like a fair and decent system. SO I would recommend it to an up and comming designer or Manufacturer.

Great Job Guys...

Shadow Weaver
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Formerly known as Jade Wolf my business name has now changed to Dragon Shadow.

Im me in world for Locations of my apparrel

Online Authorized Trademark Licensed Apparel
http://www.cafepress.com/slvisions
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www.slvisions.com
Rathe Underthorn
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Join date: 14 May 2003
Posts: 383
07-30-2003 14:15
Chip pretty much summed up the purpose of the barcodes and pricetags. I can go into more details in world if you'd like, I always give new manufacturers the guide and tour through placing their products in our store step-by-step.

As for the commission taken, it's definatly in your favor. I'll gladly tell you that information in private if you ask. But in general we'd like to keep that between us and our partners for everyones benefit. The majority of each transaction definatly goes to the manufacturer though, and we haven't had any complaints about the amount yet, so hopefully it's reasonably fair for all parties.