Advice on Sales!!

sorrry...i meant on target to pull that much usd OUT of SL. lol

O.o hoely moley.... 600 US is about what I live on a month (poor struggling student and all that) I would be stoked to be pulling that kind of money out of SL hell i would be happy pulling 20 US a month out of SL *giggles*. Right now I put what i make back into SL but I would love to get to a point where I can pull money out of sL

Hey guys- as u get in world- could u go by my store please?
I am concerned that my announcer script may have malfunctioned- Got a list last night but i was just there and so was a friend and it didn't go off.

Oh and feed back on changes welcome of course .

lol, I would love to, if I could....just stopped by Rhianna's store (love her new black dress) and was lagging so bad, I was afraid to try to purchase-now I can't get back in

I'll put your shop next on my list, Amara, when I can relog.

Ashe

I visited. Hope that helps.

Ohhh and the use of the design board has a huge impact. I didnt feel like i was walking into a place with several designers. I think a bit of a background for the deisgn board works really well and the matching ones work.

You could play with having a neutral toned one for hen you shoot pinks and purples so it isnt on pink. I think that would workwell.

Overall looks great ama



Now I just have to slooooowwwllly work my way through boxing up two permissioned versions of every one of my items, then add vendor scripts and notecards to all the boxes on my wall and add the boxes i made OMG!!!!!

Heheheh it will be worth it though to offer my shoppers the option of transfer or modify

Thanks Ashe1, it's one of my fave outfits too lol. I love wearing it. I'm sorry bout the lag aswell hun SL has been a little funny over the past couple of days, could not log in at all this morn and last night i could not move for lag lol. If you would like me too as well Amar hun i can come over too

Thanks guys- I got notifications so it must be working- let's write it off to me needing more sleep than I get

Thank you E for the review- I had thought of using another different color in a neutral but unless I shoot something using that exact texture I think I may stick with that one for now. Want to avoid messing with the template- not that it is a major do but i guess it's a case of if it aint TOO broke don't fix it .

Anyway - you class taking addicts- anyone know when a shoe one may be coming up? I spent about three hours last night on sandals and they suck big time- maybe its the flipper-foot- i don't know- but I couldn't think real highly of them

No doubt that would be the shiznet!!

Just to meet tier alone, I'd need to sell $225L per day. This does not include the $3,000L I just spent on animations, or the script that I'm about to purchase to add to my furniture. Right now I'm at the spending $L to make $L point. It's not my plan to open my shop with the expectation of making a lot of $L, but more so a game of success for me. Success for me would be to just make my tier, and maybe enough for a new outfit, hair or shoes occasionally. If I were to ever be able to pull money out of SL, that would be the shiznet, the ultimate success, but for now I'll just hope that I'm successful enough that people will be interested to buy what I make.

To cover tier and rentals (2 malls) is about 158L per day. I'm covering that easily at this point. I also reinvest sometimes (altho I'm at a point finally where I've gotten pretty much what I need). This week I have purchased the permissions vendor script, and today was a real good day so I spent some on a 32sqm chunk bordering my land because my new addition was in danger of encroaching on it a tiny bit so of course you know I spent more on that 32sq than it was worth... But I don't consider spending Linden on scripts/programs/etc. to be cutting into profits, rather as an exchange of one asset (Linden) for another (the program/script/whatever). And right now, I would say yes, I am earning comfortably...but since this is recent I do not know if it is a trend or if I have just had a lucky patch, that is something only time will tell

Right now I'm hugely annoyed because some lame-o just stuck up an ad tower on the corner of land just outside my shop. Not only is it ugly an eyesore and an obvious attempt to extort money (you can buy this 32sq for only 25000L!!!) I contains depictions of RL people in various types of self gratification which I find offensive, don't want to have to look at and don't want my customers to have to look at either. Sorry, had to get that vent in hehe

Oh Ralectra! You must AR that! If you don't manage satisfaction that way, maybe you can erect a wall that is transparent from the garbage side on the edge of your property so the customer's don't have to look at that either.

Nasty, just naaaasssssteeeee!

oh I did AR it also I sent an IM to my neighbor (it borders his lot too) to AR it when he comes on if he would. And I made sure in the AR snapshot that you could see the pictures on it AND the price

And I already put up a megaprim wall too. The mountainous landscape looks a bit out of place but oh well lol

Me again - Class Addict

I took NCI's "Introduction to Making Shoes in SL" taught by Afton Shepherd (I include instructor's name in case someone is interested in a particular class...can't find it....and can IM the instructor to see when it will be taught again. Sometimes classes aren't taught for a time if there seems to be little interest.)

NCI generally repeats its classes on a regular basis.

I have also seen a class on making shoes offered at SLIP by Ashlynn Enoch.

And last night I noticed a class on making flip-flops that I meant to take but missed it.

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The first thing I do when I sign on each day is check under SEARCH for EVENTS -> EDUCATION and scan what is offered for the day. If I see something I think may be even partially helpful (ie. the build itself is not necessarily something I would be interested in, BUT it includes how to use a menu system to change colors or something like that...I take it to add to my skill set for future builds).

Good advice Czari- I will do that- Oh btw- if you and or E- could let me now next time there is free space at Big Dog that would be great thanks.

Hey guys- look at this- input please?

Oops- Forgot Link- http://www.slexchange.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&file=item&ItemID=526235

But on second thought- not sure worth it...

Amaranthim, just join the Big Dog Free Market group (I think that's the right name). Then next time they clear the market you'll get a group notice to say that you can grab a spot.
Race you for a good spot next time


This sounds like it could be interesting... will have to wait till tomorrow to investigate though now.

that was the kinda thing I was thinking of us all doing, awhile back it was mentioned in this thread but no one seemed interested

I think it was mentioned by someone else too

being that it is free I might try it out, no harm trying

Great tips Czari and when i have some time after this week i'm going too attend some prim shoe classes myself

Seems like a good idea Amar i might have to check it out 2moro when i have some time.

What Prawnyloks said The market is cleared on the 1st and the 15th of the month. You will get a group notice from the owner exactly when she is clearing it out. Interestingly it was something like midnight SLT time and I was still up at 3 am EST, so I ran over and grabbed the second hut next to E!

There are 7 huts I think and it is basically who gets there first after the bi-monthly clear-outs.

Thanks I will do that

Sitting in a marketing class in SL - interesting so far- but not sure if is advertising for themselves yet...

and now I have a question:

in an earlier post I talked briefly about how I try to make a prim skirt with as few prims as I can get away with and still achieve the look. That got me thinking about textures (ok ok I free associate, sue me ) and texture sizes. So I have to ask, what size textures do you all use when making clothing and furniture, signs, ads, etc?

Personally I never upload a texture bigger than 512x512 unless it's by accident, then I will delete it, resize it and reupload it again. I will go 256x256 for small signs, etc., my ads are always 512 though. I guess I am trying to determine what the standard is for image sizes...what do you guys use?

hiya Ralektra, go check out this thread it tells you all about the best uploads for textures.

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for small signs I go for the lowest. For my vendor signs i know have resized all to 512. It makes a huge difference in rezzing time. a 1024x1024 is 3mb, so imagine a shop with 10 vendors at that size!! 300mb in texture downloads.

Hi Ralektra, i make all my uploads 512*152 unless they need to be smaller.

All my clothes get uploaded as 512- I thought my sign boards were too- but yesterday noticed one at 1024... not sure what if anything to do about that.