XStreetSL

I listed the new fruit dropping trees on XStreetSL during the month of October and the first two weeks in November to test the marketing aspect of the service.  Only two (2) sales were processed from the vendor during the six week period.  The FGM Apple Tree was featured during the second and fourth weeks of October as well as, to be fair, the first week in November.  The description contained links to the other fruit dropping trees that were also listed on the site.

Homepage views during the featured weeks totaled 26,050.  Actual item views during the entire six week period totaled 93.  If each of the item views had generated the sale of one single tree, they would’ve generated the equivalent of a little better than half my total sales.  In fact, fifty-eight percent of my total sales were made during weeks that no items were featured and only 18 views were registered.  This leads me to believe that having items listed on XStreetSL, and available in the associated vendor, is not going to be a successful marketing point for me.  I had planned, however, to list and cross link the rest of my products, perhaps even build a few discounted packs of trees.  The one time effort might attract a few customers yeah?

Then Linden Lab decided to complicate the relationship by imposing various types of fees on top of the raw commission already in place.  I don’t mind giving up a bit of commission on actual sales; but I’m simply not going to work to maintain a balance in my own account to cover listing charges.  The test proved it not worth that much trouble to implement and maintain.  So when the fees are imposed, I’ll likely just take the listings down and delete the inworld vendor.