Web/Marketplace Features

Hello, It is now possible to make international wire transfers directly from our Second Life account, for residents of certain countries (USA, Turkey, United Kingdom, France, Lithuania, Germany), and more countries will be added soon. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to calculate or anticipate the exact amount that will be deposited into our bank account, especially for non-US residents, as international payments involve multiple fees at different levels. Some of these fees are fixed, while others are variable, etc. I suggest that Linden Lab / Tilia publish general documentation explaining what these fees are. What exactly are the 5% fees? Is this amount fully retained by Linden Lab / Tilia, or is part of it used to cover currency conversion and international wire transfer costs? I understand that it may not be possible to publish exhaustive documentation, as fees also depend on the recipient banks. However, general information seems essential. So far, from discussions with other content creators, it appears everyone is operating blindly: we enter an amount to transfer, wait patiently for the result, and then try to make sense of the calculations with the few details we have. Please provide us with much more clarity regarding the fees involved in international wire transfers.

Instead of having to click through pages 2, 3, 4+, the page would automatically load more items as you scroll down. or If we can't have infinite scrolling, what about a "items per page" increase? Its currently maxed at 96, what about 500-1k? For example, my wishlist has 29 pages! I've already bought most of the stuff on there, and a lot of it is really old. I wish I could see them all at once, so I can easily tick and remove, instead of going through page after page. It's time consuming. I've even had random people send me things from it. I didn’t realise it was visible to the public, I thought this was private. So awkward. I have no idea what I have added to it LOL

A refreshed Marketplace with a responsive web design would be great. More content could be shown and could also increase ad revenue for LL

Forget sentence analysis or group fee, only way to kill the spam is to kill the moron-power that funds it. How? That will take 3 steps, and might seem like a "too big a system change to be feasible" but shouldn't be, RLV (somewhat) already does the hard part client side. 1) From now on, accounts without payment info on file don't have a wallet, they have an escrow. They could still ask for the money, but they can't transfer it, nor withdraw it. There is no financial gain anymore. Only thing they can do is spend it on predetermined sellers, which are those either already moving a lot of money (you can define which and update the list with one db query a day), have a long standing MP or casper or allomancy or whatever with KYC themselves on the destination point, are known brands or registered with LL on some form. The idea is to only allow spam money to be funneled into known and approved user uuids. This part is a control over the payment system, takes (origin,destination) and resolves to a boolean. "But how about all those newcomers that have friends in the game" you ask? If the vendor isn't in the approved list, at least every vendor has a 'gift' option. Wanna pull more resources? Send it to that old friend and he gifts it to the new account. Is it an Alt? Same idea. 2) Track the wallet value once payment info is added. Sure, once spammers have enough, they could add a CC on file and ... nope. The amount they had when escrow ended still will be treated as escrow money even after payment info is there. Only way to "reset" it is to spend on approved vendors until 0L, and from then on is all wallet money. (this part can be added on top of existing systems) 3) Call the Legal team. This is the fun part. Add something like this to ToS. "Users are strictly prohibited from using the platform, including any messaging, communication, or content distribution features, to engage in the solicitation of money, donations, or other forms of compensation in a misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, or spam-like manner. This includes, but is not limited to, impersonation, false representation of need, or the use of mass unsolicited outreach for the purpose of monetary gain. Each instance of such prohibited activity, as reasonably determined by the Company in its sole and absolute discretion, shall constitute a material breach of these Terms of Use and shall subject the offending User to a liquidated damages fee of fifty U.S. dollars (USD $50.00) per violation. By using the platform, the User acknowledges and agrees that this fee represents a reasonable estimate of the damages suffered by the Company due to such misuse, which would otherwise be difficult to quantify. The Company reserves the right to enforce this provision through any means it deems appropriate, including the assessment and collection of said fee, suspension or termination of access, and referral to law enforcement where applicable." In short, if they add a payment info later on to try and liquidate the spam-earned assets, YOU charge THEM instead. Is this a stupid idea? Probably. But it's an idea. /me grabs popcorn

It would be very practical if you needed not only the password but also the MFA to change the email address. This gives you even more security that an account cannot be taken over by strangers.

people create add-ons for the linden homes, would be nice if there a section for it specifically. keyword search doesn't always give the best results

Until recently, it was possible to add money directly to my USD balance by placing a limit buy order on the Lindex at a price that was unlikely to fill and then canceling it. When the order was placed, my payment method would be charged, and when it was cancelled, the money would be added to my USD balance. Recently, LL changed this so that the money is now refunded to my payment method. It is important to me to maintain a significant USD balance because it is a bulletproof way to make sure that I don't lose my account for nonpayment should RL circumstances not allow me to logon for an extended period. I doubt that I am the only person with this need, though I doubt it is common. Now, the only way to add money to one's USD account is to buy Linden dollars using one's payment method and then sell them. Both steps require payment of fees. It really isn't reasonable to require payment of two fees just to deposit money to one's balance. Please provide some way to add money directly to the USD account, like a choice on some appropriate page to "Add to USD balance from payment method."

Hey! Having to go to my account's order history to request redelivery for items can get pretty tedious, and it's often far faster and more convenient to find the marketplace page of the product in question. Could we get a redelivery link on the product page itself as well?

Many marketplace products are inadequately described, making search difficult. User-generated tagging of products could improve the search experience and product visibility through crowdsourcing, particularly by making connections unanticipated or left unspecified by the creator. Think of being able to tag or find products tagged as goth, retro-futurist, preppie, harajuku, art deco, mid-century modern, vaporwave, shabby chic, kitsch, steampunk, softboy, etc. etc. Store owners could be able to remove tags they find objectionable? Could be limited to purchasers?

I added many things in my favorites, favorite stores and wishlist, if I want to search something, that's very terrible. I have 20 pages (96 items per page) favorites, I must search keywords page and page. Of course favorite stores and wishlist is so long too. If there's a search feature in favorites is really good, you can find what you added into favorite to handle it, buy or remove it. I really bought many things, after a long time, some things can't be found in my inventory. So i'll go through my order history, recall its name to find, or redelivery it. But the order history only display names, no any images about this product, it is also difficult to find what you want from the vast text, it's like finding a dress you bought a long time ago in inventory, you only have the impression of this skirt, but forget what it is called. If there is a image on the left side of each product name, it will be much easier to find. When I exploring the marketplace, found something very nice, but when I clicked it, there's a bought mark in the product page. I forgot when I bought it, but it was bought. If there's a bought mark in the list of products, I don't need to open the page to view, just jump to next. These suggestions can not only improve the user experience of mp, save our times, it also saves server resources. Please consider implementing them, thanks!