The Marketplace team is happy to announce a new function today that should help SL merchants with two important tasks:

• ensuring the proper data is migrated from XStreetSL to the new Marketplace
• releasing new versions of their products via a faster and easier process

Introducing the Edit Associated Object Function

The new Edit Associated Object function allows merchants to change the underlying Marketplace inventory item associated with a product listing. This was previously accomplished via a clunky workaround. The new function will help us with our final migration of product reviews and historical sales data from XStreetSL to the new Marketplace. Going forward, it provides an easier way for merchants to update existing products and release new versions of a product.

Some merchants will need to use this to be sure their data gets migrated correctly. Most Marketplace items have already had their data migrated. However, some merchants will have to manually verify that their Marketplace products are associated with the correct XStreetSL items. This applies to you if you have either:

• manually created any products on the new Marketplace that correspond to XStreetSL products, or
• renamed Marketplace inventory items in order to release new versions.

If so, please verify that your Marketplace products have the correct XStreetSL ID specified before Tuesday, January 4. That date will be the final migration of data from XStreetSL. After migration is complete, we will remove the XStreetSL Product ID field from each product’s Edit Item Listing page.

To use the new function, log into the Marketplace, and follow the steps below:

• 1. Navigate to My Marketplace > Merchant Home
• 2. Click Manage Inventory
• 3. Click Edit for an active product listing
• 4. Under SL Object Name, click, Edit Associated Object
• 5. In the Change Related Inventory pop-up, search for the Marketplace inventory item you’d like to associate with the product listing, and click on it to select
• 6. On the main Edit Item Listing page, scroll to the bottom and click Update

For more information, see our wiki:

• Updating a product during Marketplace migration
• Selling new versions of an existing item

We are thrilled to announce that the SL Marketplace is the new destination for online shopping for all things Second Life. We invite Second Life Residents to visit the redesigned site, check out all the new features and start loading your shopping carts with the amazing things only our creative community can deliver. The purchasing functionality on XStreetSL is being disabled as of today. So, if you’re shopping for avatar skins and fashion, home and furnishing needs, scripts and objects for getting your groove on, or almost anything else  you can think of….you’ll find it on the SL Marketplace.

We’re just getting started
When we set out to reinvent XStreetSL, we looked to emulate the experience of other online shopping sites that provide a smooth and enjoyable  experience for the customer. Looking at XStreetSL, we realized we needed to revamp it completely and create a brand new site as well as develop a new process for building cool, new features in a more rapid way moving  forward. We are committed to giving both merchants and shoppers the  tools and functionality necessary to have a great experience on the new  site and we’ll be adding new features weekly. Today’s launch is just the  starting point; the new SL Marketplace is poised to become a more integral part of the overall Second Life experience for everyone.

Notable features and what’s ahead
New features we love include the modern, clean look and feel, which makes the flow of the shopping experience better than it’s ever been before.  Also, customized online merchant stores allow shoppers to easily find  all the creations of their favorite designers. And the new shopping  cart! XStreetSL had limited capability when it came to loading up the shopping cart full of goodies, which is now totally streamlined. Over the next few weeks we will add the Favorites feature and we will migrate over the Favorites list from XStreetSL. We will also be adding an easy way for shoppers to find the purchases they have not reviewed.

SL Merchants… the key to our success
Our commerce team has worked very hard to make the SL Marketplace a professional and modern hub for Second Life sales, but the merchants who participated in the beta truly made this effort come together. While we were working hard evenings and weekends, the beta merchants were there to help test and provide feedback. We look forward to continuing this partnership as the SL Marketplace becomes more and more central to the Second Life experience.

What will happen to XStreetSL?
The XStreetSL Exchange will continue to operate independently of the new SL Marketplace through the end of November. This means merchants can continue to access history, sell L$ and cash out as they do now. The XStreetSL website will remain up for several months beyond the closure of the Exchange, and all non sales and exchange features (including history) will remain available during this time as well as the ability to redeliver items. When we close the XStreetSL Exchange, L$ and USD balances will be moved over to users’ Second Life accounts.

We hope you enjoy using the new SL Marketplace and look forward to hearing what you think!

Sincerely,
Grant and the Commerce Team

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We are thrilled to announce that the SL Marketplace is the new destination for online shopping for all things Second Life. We invite Second Life Residents to visit the redesigned site, check out all the new features and start loading your shopping carts with the amazing things only our creative community can deliver. The purchasing functionality on XStreetSL is being disabled as of today. So, if you’re shopping for avatar skins and fashion, home and furnishing needs, scripts and objects for getting your groove on, or almost anything else  you can think of….you’ll find it on the SL Marketplace.

• We’re just getting started…

When we set out to reinvent XStreetSL, we looked to emulate the experience of other online shopping sites that provide a smooth and enjoyable  experience for the customer. Looking at XStreetSL, we realized we needed to revamp it completely and create a brand new site as well as develop a new process for building cool, new features in a more rapid way moving  forward. We are committed to giving both merchants and shoppers the  tools and functionality necessary to have a great experience on the new  site and we’ll be adding new features weekly. Today’s launch is just the  starting point; the new SL Marketplace is poised to become a more integral part of the overall Second Life experience for everyone.

• Notable features and what’s ahead…

New features we love include the modern, clean look and feel, which makes the flow of the shopping experience better than it’s ever been before.  Also, customized online merchant stores allow shoppers to easily find  all the creations of their favorite designers. And the new shopping  cart! XStreetSL had limited capability when it came to loading up the shopping cart full of goodies, which is now totally streamlined. Over the next few weeks we will add the Favorites feature and we will migrate over the Favorites list from XStreetSL. We will also be adding an easy way for shoppers to find the purchases they have not reviewed.

• SL Merchants… the key to our success

Our commerce team has worked very hard to make the SL Marketplace a professional and modern hub for Second Life sales, but the merchants who participated in the beta truly made this effort come together. While we were working hard evenings and weekends, the beta merchants were there to help test and provide feedback. We look forward to continuing this partnership as the SL Marketplace becomes more and more central to the Second Life experience.

• What will happen to XStreetSL?

The XStreetSL Exchange will continue to operate independently of the new SL Marketplace through the end of November. This means merchants can continue to access history, sell L$ and cash out as they do now. The XStreetSL website will remain up for several months beyond the closure of the Exchange, and all non sales and exchange features (including history) will remain available during this time as well as the ability to redeliver items. When we close the XStreetSL Exchange, L$ and USD balances will be moved over to users’ Second Life accounts.

We hope you enjoy using the new SL Marketplace and look forward to hearing what you think!

Sincerely,
Grant and the Commerce Team

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Examples of Real Estate Listings on Marketplace have been posted in all of the available categories on Marketplace.

Mainland         
Rentals     
- – undeveloped land
- – developed land     
Parcel sales     
- – undeveloped land
- – developed land

         
Private Islands         
Island Transfers     
- – Full Regions
- – Homesteads
- – Open Sim
Parcel sales
- – Full Regions
- – - developed land        
- – - undeveloped land                 
- – Homesteads
- – - developed land
- – - undeveloped land

The intention of these categories is to provide a free temporary solution for residents who found the XStreet Real Estate listings useful. We will not be migrating the current Xstreet real estate listings to the Marketplace.

In the examples posted, the shopper can purchase a free “token” that provides a Landmark to the land in world. The shopper then needs to purchase the land in world or arrange the transaction with the Merchant. The purchase of the token does not result in the ownership of the land. We are working to present the shopper with a notice in the check out process that makes this clear.

Note: The item listed must be listed as Free.

See an Example Listing

Sincerely,
Grant and the Commerce Team

 

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The SL Marketplace is almost ready to come out of beta and replace XstreetSL as the primary shopping destination for Second Life. The launch of this new virtual goods platform is laying the foundation for  the future of online commerce for Second Life and we will continue to build upon and improve the experience and offerings as time goes on. We have exciting feature milestones and future projects planned and look forward to our continued collaboration with the community to create an amazing online shopping experience. Here’s a peek into what’s ahead:

A Boxless Future
We are planning a new delivery service to make Magic Boxes a thing of the  past. Instead of delivering purchased items inside of Magic Boxes, they  will be delivered directly to a customer’s inventory without any need to rez before hand. This will solve a myriad of issues for merchants and create a much easier and seamless experience for shoppers.

Improved Gifting
We all know the importance of gifting and transferring items and recognize  the current issues around gifting and delivery. Our goal is to provide a  dependable and elegant solution for gifting that will include timed  delivery and the ability for Residents to accept gifts so they will never miss a delivery.

Better Merchant Tools to save creators time
Merchants have been asking for tools that allow them to spend more time creating  and less time managing listings. In the future we will be adding the ability for merchants to load images and listing descriptions in bulk, to combine color variations in single listings to simplify both search results and purchasing and to allow merchants to give other Residents permission to assistants working on their listings.

Features to increase sales
We have already heard positive feedback from customers saying that the new look and feel of the SL Marketplace as well as the ability to load up  their shopping carts is creating a better shopping experience, which is gradually resulting in increased sales for merchants. However, there is much more we can do to add value. Merchants can look forward promoting their items with coupons and an integrated advertisement portal. Also,  merchants and shoppers will be able to promote items on Facebook or Twitter automatically using their profile settings, which will create a broader audience for inworld shops and SL Marketplace items.

Wishlists to rule them all
Wishlist features that we are very excited about are lists that can include both  SL Marketplace and inworld items and lists that can be kept private for personal use or publicized on profiles for friends to see.

What would you like to see?
We hope that this glimpse of some of our future plans gets you thinking  about what you would like to see. We use your feedback to both build our  features list and to help drive feature prioritization. Other features  in the works that need your input include better reporting tools, new  ways to display images and a robust personal messaging system. 

We  are looking forward to hearing your feedback. Please share your comments with us, I’ll be out of the office for the next few days and reviewing your input when I return.

Sincerely,
Grant and the Commerce Team

 

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The commerce team will be migrating listing data from XstreetSL to the SL Beta Marketplace beginning September 16th.

This will be the last migration for listing content.

Review your migration settings on XStreetSL
We would like Merchants to review their migration settings on their “My Inventory” page on
XStreetSL and follow the following guidelines:

• If you have this setting as “No longer migrate Items” your items will not be migrated.
• If you have this setting as “Migrate Items, but set inactive on the  beta Marketplace” you listings will be migrated but no one will be able  to purchase them until you set your item to listed.
• If you have this setting as “Migrate Items” your items will be migrated and your current listings will retain their current active/non-active settings

Product Versions
Where possible, the migration will update the listings on the new marketplace to deliver the latest version of the product that is being delivered by  the corresponding product on Xstreet.

Images for Listings
Listing Images will be migrated separately from the listing content and permissions.

Migrating Permissions
The next migration should bring over more than 97.6% of the permission  settings. However, that will still leave 38,000 permissions on listings that will not be migrated due to the way that the permissions are  described on the XstreetSL listing.

Please review your product listings and review the permissions. If you are not using the following terms your permissions may not be migrated:

Permission Terms to be migrated

• Copy
• Copy + Resizer
• copy and resize script
• Copy, and Modif with Rezize Script
• Copy, Modify
• Copy, Modify, Transfer
• Copy, Resize, Texture change
• Copy, Transfer
• Copy,Resizer System
• Copy/Mod
• FULL PERM
• mixed
• mod
• mod & trans
• mod, trans
• mod, transfer
• Mod/Transfer
• Modify
• Modify, Transfer
• Modify/Transfer
• None
• Other
• Permissions Vary
• Please Read Description
• READ DESCRIPTION
• Read Description for details
• Read Description for Permission Details
• Read Purchase Conditions
• resizeable script,trans
• See Above for Permissions
• see description
• see discription
• see note
• See Text
• trans
• trans and some mod
• Transfer
• Transfer, Resize
• Transferable
• Transferrable
• Varies
• various

Samples of permission terms that will not migrate

• copy, modify (partly)
• clothing layers copy, prims are copy/mod
• Copy, Modify by script
• copy with prim items modifiable
• fullperm sculpted prim,  no-mod sculptmap
• (Copy) prim parts w/resizer
• Card: trans – Envelope: mod/trans
• (Copy) w/resizer
• NMCNT
• Transferable and scripted for resizing
• copy and see description
• No Modify / No Copy / Transfert
• Copyable / Touch to resize

Negative permissions will not migrate
Do not use “Negative” descriptions to note permissions. For example, “No Mod” will not be migrated.

Report issues after the migration
If you find migration bugs, you can file bugs using the public JIRA, also known as the Issue Tracker. File them as Project: “3. Second Life Website – WEB” and Component: “Marketplace”. More info on how to do that. Here is an example. The team will not be reviewing bugs until after September 16th.

Sincerely,

The Commerce Team

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During  the transition from XstreetSL to the SL Beta Marketplace this is how  you can update Marketplace products and still keep the product reviews.

To  update your Marketplace product you can change the contents of the  Magic Box and add a notecard that describes the version details. You  cannot change the name of the item inside the Magic box or the name of  the Magic box itself or your product will be recognized as a new listing  and you will not keep your past ratings and reviews.

Why is Marketplace 2 delivering V7 and not V10?

When a listing is updated on XstreetSl to point to V10, the previously  migrated product on Marketplace still points to V7. This will not be  updated to point to V10.

1. Xstreet “Item Grants Wonderful Fireplace” is added to the XstreetSL Marketplace using Magic Box “A” on 8/1/2010.
2. Migration to Marketplace happens and Grants Wonderful Fireplace is being sold on the Marketplace.
3. Merchant upgrades the item from V7 to V10 with new features.
4. Merchant puts V10 into the Magic box B.
5. Xstreet  Item is updated to the next version by the merchant editing the item  and associating with the V10 item in the Magic Box “B”.
6. The Marketplace listing is locked to Magic Box “A” “Item Grants Wonderful Fireplace” V7. 
7. The  only way for the Marketplace to deliver the updated version, is to  change the contents of “Item Grants Wonderful Fireplace” in Magic Box  “A” without renaming the item in the Magic  box name. The Merchant should use the version number feature on  Marketplace to clearly communicate to the shopper what version is being  sold.

Expect  and announcement about a new delivery system next week, that will  provide robust support for product versions and mapping of new product  versions with ratings and reviews.

Sincerely,

The Commerce Team

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Migration of Listings and Images
The 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” on Xstreet. If  you find migration bugs, you can file bugs using the public JIRA, also  known as the Issue Tracker. File them as Project: “3. Second Life Website – WEB” and Component: “Marketplace”. More info on how to do that. Here is an example.

Sincerely,

The Commerce Team

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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 and feel:  The Commerce Team drew from the leading retail web sites to create a  professional shopping site with visual appeal and a smooth path to  purchasing. New touches include larger product photos on listing pages  and new ways to view search listings.
• Streamlined shopper experience:  A new search engine means shoppers can more quickly and easily find  what they’re looking for. Shoppers are able to fill their shopping carts  with multiple items, and give gifts to their loved ones and friends, as  well as create wishlists for the things they want. Coming soon: two  click purchasing! For more information, check out the  SL Marketplace Wiki.
• Better  tools for merchants: Free storefronts with easy access to all merchant  items as well as profile and policy information, the ability to offer  coupons to customers, the ability to list demo items at no charge, and  the ability to edit multiple listings. Coming soon: color variations on  items, bulk listing upload and editing, the ability to apply a listing’s  details to another listing, and links to additional images.

 

Stay tuned for more features
We  are very excited about the SL Marketpalce as a new platform for virtual  goods and will continue to refine it and add new features. The SL  Marketplace you see today is only the tip of the virtual goods iceberg.

We’ve  been working closely with Resident merchants to create the best online  shopping experience for everyone. We are now just weeks away from launch  and want to fill you in on some of the logistical details. Over the  next few weeks you will notice changes on the SecondLife.com site as we  begin to retire XStreetSL links and rename and redirect the shopping  links to the SL Marketplace.  Also, we will be making informational  announcements about the changes that will occur to the XStreetSL Linden  dollar exchange and the XStreetSL Real Estate listings.

As  with all the projects at the Lab, we couldn’t do it without the help  and guidance of our Residents, and we would like to thank the SL  merchant community for their ongoing support. 

Sincerely,
The Commerce Team

 

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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 on what the next few weeks will bring.

Transition Plans
Here is a quick overview of what to expect in the next few months while we  move toward retiring XStreetSL and launching SL Marketplace. Dates are supplied where available.

• XStreetSL Feature Enhancements suspended – Tomorrow, September 1st, will be the  last day to purchase either homepage or category feature enhancements on  XStreetSL  Please check out the offerings on the SL Marketplace site, As there are even more options for feature enhancement. Feature  enhancements on XstreetSL will not be migrated to the new marketplace.
  
  
• XStreetSL banner ad sales retired – Soon, you will no longer be able to purchase banner ad subscriptions on XStreetSL.
  
  
• In October: XStreetSL Linden dollar exchange trading suspended. – All market trades that are not filled will be closed and the funds returned.
  
  
• XStreetSL new listing creation closed – As of 9/5/2010, XstreetSL will no longer allow for new listings to be  created, and the Commerce Team will focus on migrating all remaining  content to the new marketplace.
  
  
• XStreetSL will have links added for customer to choose if they want to buy the item on the new marketplace.
  
  
• XStreetSL Items will no longer be available for purchases on October 6th 2010. -  If there are links to Xstreet SL detail pages on blogs or articles  those links will automatically refresh to the linked product on the new  marketplace.
  
  
• XStreetSL sales history, account history will no longer be available after December 1st 2010.
  
  
• XStreetSL RSS feeds will be replaced by Marketplace feeds
  
  
• XStreetSL links in SecondLife.com changed to Marketplace – The links in the Second Life web site will be updated so they point to the SL Marketplace.
  
• SL Marketplace is out of beta!
  
  

Temporary Real Estate Listing Solution
The  Commerce Team is working on a free temporary solution for the Merchants  who are currently using the XstreetSL real estate listings. The current  listings will not be migrated to the new Marketplace, but there will be  a home in the category tree for Resident to resident real estate  listings until a long term solution is created.

Designing a place for animated GIF Images
In  the next two weeks we will update the product detail pages and include a  place for Merchants to include an animated GIF image to help illustrate  how products like gestures appear inworld.

More to come.
The Commerce Team

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Migration of Listings and Images
The Commerce Team will be doing a data migration of products and images next Monday and Tuesday. This Migration will run for Monday, August 30, at 9AM PST to 6PM Tuesday, August 31, and 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” on Xstreet. If you find migration bugs, you can file bugs using the public JIRA, also known as the Issue Tracker. File them as Project: “3. Second Life Website – WEB” and Component: “Marketplace”. More info on how to do that. Here is an example.

New Reporting on Top selling products and Listing enhancements
There is now reporting on the Top Selling Products, and the amount of views that listing has received. You will also find reports on Listing enhancements that provide data on impressions for the last day, week, month as well as how many click throughs have been reported for the last day, week & month. (Since we just started collecting data for click throughs, the number will be lower than the number for impressions.) We will be adding start/end dates as well as export to CSV over the next 5 to 10 days.

You can now edit multiple lsitings at once!
On the Beta Marketplace “Manage inventory” page you can now select multiple items and edit them together. You can update, feature descriptions, listing enhancements, prices and more.

Sincerely,
The Commerce Team

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A note on reviews:
You  may have noticed that reviews are showing up on the SL Marketplace Beta  site that are not currently showing up on XstreetSL. The way that  XstreetSL is designed, no reviews are revealed for a product until four  reviews are written. We improved on this feature in the new marketplace,  and products on the new marketplace will show reviews after the 1st  review is posted. Due to the design above, migrated reviews for products  on XstreetSL will show up for products where they did not show up on  XstreetSL.

An issue with Browse categories:
In  our effort to roll out Browse for categories as soon as possible, the  ability to save the category chosen when using the Category–>search  tab is malfunctioning.  When setting a product’s category, please use  “Browse for Categories” until 6pm on August 24th.

 

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The Commerce Team

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As  we migrate the virtual goods business from the XstreetSL platform to the new SL Marketplace Beta, you will see features being retired from  XstreetSL and turned on for SL Marketplace Beta. We will do our best to communicate the progress of this product evolution as it happens. 

Today’s updates:

• Merchant email address
  • Please check to make sure that your email address on file is updated and valid.
• Browsing for Product Categories
  • A “Browse” tab has been added to the category selector on the item listing page. This will make it easier for merchants to find the most appropriate categories for their listings.
• Unlist/List in bulk
  • It is now possible for merchants to mark as “listed” an entire page of inventory, providing a smoother work flow for merchants that are   publishing multiple listings.
• Changes to Ratings and Reviews
  • Today, the Commerce team moved XstreetSL Ratings and Reviews to the Second Life Marketplace Beta.  The following is a quick rundown of the details:
    

• Ratings and Reviews feature for XstreetSL will be turned off, meaning that no new Ratings or Reviews can be added to the site.
• Today, we have migrated all Ratings and Reviews for all products that have already been migrated to the new Marketplace.
• A new feature allowing for comments on reviews has been added
• Ratings and Reviews for merchant listings that have not yet been moved over to the Marketplace (either due to opt-out or they are new products that have not yet been migrated due to our refresh frequency) will be migrated at a later date.  Ratings and Reviews for inactive listings will not be migrated.
• After  the Ratings and Reviews are migrated to the SL Marketplace Beta, the team will begin to tune the relevancy of Search results. (Expect to see  results vary over the next three weeks as we find the most effective balance.)

If you see an issue with Ratings and Reviews, please make a comment on the Issue Tracker thread here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-2591

Thank you for your patience and support as we work to create a new virtual goods experience.

Sincerely,

Melissa posting on behalf of the Commerce Team

Last week we posted an invitation for Merchants to contribute to the Categories on the Second Life Beta  Marketplace. We are working to gather all of the product category  suggestions together and decide what will be in the new SL Marketplace  when we launch. We’re closing this opportunity to contribute your  suggestions to the Issue Tracker comments (http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-2549) tomorrow (August 19, 2010), so if you have feedback, don’t hesitate to post it.

Thank you for helping us make the SL Marketplace the best it can be for Second Life merchants and shoppers.

Sincerely,

The Commerce Team

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Distribution Feature is Live!

• Many  merchants have asked to change the way the distribution feature works.   On XStreetSL, distributions are based on a fixed dollar amount.  The  new marketplace offers distributions based on percentages.
• Existing  distributions on XstreetSL will be migrated over and converted to  percentages. For more information, please see the Marketplace Wiki .

Commissions Turned On

• Commissions  are live on the new marketplace.  Over the first few weeks of the beta  period, we offered merchants commission-free sales in appreciation for  partnering with us.
• From here forward, a five percent commission will be charged for all products on the Second Life Marketplace Beta.

As always, we are grateful for your business and your participation during the early phases of our new SL Marketplace.

 

Sincerely,

The Commerce Team

The  Commerce Team is heads down this week working on more key features and  functionality for the new marketplace.  Below is a list of updates we  made over the last week. 

 

Feature Updates and Bug Fixes for SL Marketplace Beta

• We added a “continue shopping button” when a shopper comes to your detail page from search results
• SL  Marketplace Beta orders now show in your transaction history as “MKT2” -  Xstreet purchases continue to show in your your transaction history as  “MKT”
• You can now use bit.ly urls for links to more information on inworld items
• You can now use bit.ly urls for inworld stores
• We have added the “category tree” to the store landing pages
• Edit link has been moved back to the right in “manage inventory”
• The Carousel on the home page no longer rotates

 

Quick Update on an XstreetSL Issue:

Linden dollars showing on Xstreet or during a purchase as L$NA should be fixed.

 

Distributions Coming to the SL Marketplace Beta

This  week we will be introducing the distributions feature to the  Marketplace Beta, but this feature will function differently than it  does on Xstreet today. The new marketplace will have distributions based  on Percent’s and not based on a fixed amount. The existing  distributions on Xstreet will be migrated over and converted to  percents. For more information, please see the Marketplace Wiki.

Be sure to refer to the the Marketplace Wiki for more specific FAQs, updates on features and other Marketplace project information.

We’ll  be reviewing the forums this week, as usual, but will have limited time  to respond during this busy time. In the meantime, the development  team will be watching the Issue Tracker, so as you find bugs, please  file them using the public JIRA, also known as the Issue Tracker. File them as Project: “3. Second Life Website – WEB” and Component: “Marketplace”. More info on how to do that. A handy compilation of Marketplace bugs can be found here.

The Commerce Team brought over 95K products which had Keywords: xxxx or Keyword xxxx.  Images were migrated and any missing products will be showing up shortly.

We are suspending regular data syncs from XstreetSL to the SL Marketplace Beta for the time being. When we are closer to the completion of the SL Marketplace Beta we will announce the next data migration.

Refer to the the Marketplace Wiki for more specific FAQs, updates on features and other Marketplace project information.
As you find Bugs, please file bugs using the public JIRA, also known as the Issue Tracker. File them as Project: “3. Second Life Website – WEB” and Component: “Marketplace”.  More info on how to do that. A handy compilation of Marketplace bugs can be found here.

The Commerce Team brought over 95K products which had Keywords: xxxx or Keyword xxxx.  Images were migrated and any missing products will be showing up shortly.

We are suspending regular data syncs from XstreetSL to the SL Marketplace Beta for the time being. When we are closer to the completion of the SL Marketplace Beta we will announce the next data migration.

Refer to the the Marketplace Wiki for more specific FAQs, updates on features and other Marketplace project information.
As you find Bugs, please file bugs using the public JIRA, also known as the Issue Tracker. File them as Project: “3. Second Life Website – WEB” and Component: “Marketplace”.  More info on how to do that. A handy compilation of Marketplace bugs can be found here.

Be one of the first to check out the new look and feel of our completely  redesigned web-based shopping experience for Second Life, Second Life Marketplace Beta.  To learn more about what has gone into this launch, read the Second Life Marketplace Beta announcement.  While we are testing the new  marketplace in these early days, Xstreet SL will remain up and running  to ensure that shopping can continue if we run into any kinks.

No  Commission Fees for Two Weeks
As a thank you to all of the merchants who provided feedback to help in the design of the new  marketplace, as a show of appreciation for the work put into converting listings over to the new marketplace, and as an incentive for merchants to send some of their customer base over to try the new marketplace in  these early days, we have decided to remove commission fees on sales for the first two weeks that the SL Marketplace Beta is live (June 30th  through July 14th).  After the two weeks are up, we will reintroduce the  commission fee, so take advantage of it now and get your listings into  shape if you haven’t already.  Visit the SL Marketplace Help Pages for more information.

How can Merchants Prepare for the Beta?
Learn about what promotional assets you need for your store, setting your migration preferences to manage your times while we maintain two online stores, and other information on getting started in the new Marketplace on the SL Marketplace Help Pages.

Thank  you to our Residents
We could not have done it without our  Residents. XstreetSL was originally created by a Second Life Resident  for the community and we would like to thank all of the merchants who  helped us in early merchant roundtables, by alpha-testing the first  builds, and by providing feedback as users of the marketplace prior to  the public beta.
   
Looking Forward
The new  marketplace is a significant step forward, but it is only the beginning. The Commerce Team is excited to have this new ecommerce platform as a foundation for future improvements and features. We look forward to working together and creating the best experience we can for our  Residents. As always, let us know your thoughts by “Joining the Discussion” and tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #slmarketplace.

Sincerely,
The Commerce Team

Quick Links:
SL Marketplace Help Pages

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