Update on SL Beta Marketplace Data Migration

1 September 2010 by roger, No Comments

Migration of Listings and ImagesThe Commerce Team is extending the data migration of products and images until Wednesday September 1, 6PM PST.  This Migration will apply to all listings – but only listings  that are active will be visible to the public. You can change your  migration preference by going to the “My Inventory page” [...]

Second Life Marketplace is coming soon!

1 September 2010 by roger, No Comments

If  you’ve been following the commerce blogs over the last few months, you  know that we’ve been working on a new online shopping experience for  Second Life Residents, the Second Life Marketplace Beta, which in a short time will replace XStreet SL. Here are a few of the features we’re excited about: An updated look [...]

Display Names Project Viewer Now Available

1 September 2010 by roger, No Comments

After the flood of comments that greeted our announcement of the upcoming Display Names feature, we’re happy to announce that we are now releasing a Project Viewer to help us further test performance and let Residents get a sense for how Display Names would work should they go into production. Once you download the Project [...]

Display Names Project Viewer Now Available

1 September 2010 by roger, No Comments

After the flood of comments that greeted our announcement of the upcoming Display Names feature, we’re happy to announce that we are now releasing a Project Viewer to help us further test performance and let Residents get a sense for how Display Names would work should they go into production. Once you download the Project [...]

Second Life Marketplace is coming soon – Transition Plans

31 August 2010 by roger, No Comments

We  are rapidly approaching the launch of the SL Marketplace! We will continue to make weekly announcements to keep everyone informed as this  happens. Today, we posted to the Community blog letting everyone know that changes are  coming. We know that this transition greatly affects you, and we’ll do our best to keep you informed [...]

[TIPS] Delightful shopping experiences that set an awesome example?

31 August 2010 by roger, No Comments

Setting up shop in Second Life has many nuances: some best practices are universal and adopted from the real world, such as delightful customer service, while others are specific to the inworld experience — brick-and-mortar stores are concerned with navigation, yes, but fly-friendly layout and teleporter placement go beyond. For example, this pic by way [...]