Web/Marketplace Features

Let's invent a label - something simple, like "GenAI was used in whole or part in this object's manufacture" and then /require/ creators/vendors to label all of their relevant sales items with it. Let this label also be a tag or flag as part of an object's or sales vendor's properties, so that Residents don't have to struggle to know if an object is GenAI-"containing." Let this also be a tag or flag on the MP and in any other searchable interface where it makes sense to exist, so that Residents may include or exclude GenAI items in their search results. GenAI is not going anywhere. The ethics of its use are a separate matter. But Residents have a right to be informed of the tool's use in the creation of their purchased items, just as we have a right to know whether a food IRL has been genetically modified. Let Residents be advised of the use of GenAI to create purchasable goods, and thereby purchase according to their own preference. Please disregard, and accept my apology, if this issue has already been discussed/addressed. Thank you.

Recent changes were made to benefit those using SL Marketplace with mobile phones in portrait mode. But Second Life is still largely used by a majority of desktop computer users and the SL Marketplace should mirror that too. The recent changes have negatively affected the way SL Marketplace now appears on desktop computer screens, with two-thirds of a desktop screen now having wide empty side borders which are left unused and wasted. Please introduce a Desktop Screen Mode option to SL Marketplace, allowing the entire width of a desktop monitor screen to be utilised, with a wide variety of screen size options too, just as the SL Viewer already has. Attached are images of how SL Marketplace currently appears on a Desktop PC Windows 11 (16:9 screen, 1920x1080) and how I would improve SL Marketplace's UI to allow the full width of a screen to be utilised, with a "Screen Size" option button added.

Please add a required bool while creating a Marketplace listing that asks the creator to disclose if AI generative tools were used in part/all of the products creation. Add this bool to the 'Do Not Show' section of the Marketplace search filter. Allow listings to be reported if they do not honestly disclose this. ---- For the health of the market we need the use of AI tools to be disclosed by creators. I would prefer personally that no AI generation be supported. I understand that tolorance of it is an effort to avoid censorships slippery slope, and is complicated by the sheer variation of AI tools that currently exist. But regardless of opinions or complications, it's existance cannot be ignored. So lets focus on what can be done, by giving some power of choice to the consumer instead. Users should be provided a way to choose products with or without AI generation while shopping, and naturally creators who choose not to disclose or to lie should face the same reportability and moderation as any other creator that would choose to lie while listing. The moderation half of this should not necessarily focus on trying to prove the use of AI gen tools, it doesn't actually need to. Creators who have done the work to provide support and actually prepare the AI generated content for its use in SL are unlikely to warrent being reported, and should not need to lie about the useage anyway. It is products that blatantly lack support, have egregious LOD & LI values that would be inclined to lie, and would want to be reported by users, this is the same for ANY product currently listed. If you buy it, and you don't get what was described, it should be reportable, the same goes for AI generated products, AI generated should not get a pass because you have to 'prove' something first, when the fact remains that you didn't get what thought you bought. So do not focus on "did you use a tool?" focus on "can you fix & support the product?" If it can't be supported, then disclose it was made via AI generation and move on. This is a similar complication to full perm and gacha resales, but also ripped models, copybot etc, in they will all lack support due to not being made directly by the creator of the listing. There is a big difference between fullperm & gacha resale vs ripping & botting, and that difference is honest disclosure.

Complex projects and products have always resorted to external servers under the control of the specific designer/creator who made that product. This always carried a risk in the case of the designer going out of business, or the external server being compromised or data being leaked. This would result at least in a disruption of service, or ultimately in a paid-for product not working anymore, In the past, using a setup like this required skill and experience, leading to the educated assumption that the off-world servers would be professionally maintained and secured. A prominent example would be CasperVend. Fast-forward to 2026, where LLM's give laypeople the tools to set up complex client server solutions, connecting LLM generated LSL scripts with LLM generated off-world server scripts. It's a sad truth, that those projects often lack basic cybersecurity and scalability, can leak data, or can incur sudden - often dramatic - cost spikes on their creators. The result is, that as fast as those products land on the Marketplace, as fast they become inoperable and a customer is left with the SL-side of such a product, and a non-functioning off-world server, rendering their legitimate purchase useless. I suggest a mandatory field for (new / updated) Marketplace listings, where the creator has to declare whether they use off-world components for their products or not. That way, a potential customer can decide for themselves if they trust the creator's expertise enough to believe their product will still work in a year or 5 years, or if they rather not take the risk. I am aware that this is hard to police, and that it WILL be abused (i.e. false assurance will be given). In case of conflict, it would be easy for the Lab to check any given product for off-world http-connections, and if a creator has given a false assurance, this can be dealt with. Any creator serious about cybersecurity, privacy, scalability and reliability can state so in their product description and/or the "Profile" part of their Marketplace store. Ultimately, the customers win and get enabled to make their own decisions.

Related items listing in Marketplace should be checkboxes to be able to select all 8 wanted in the one function, not click one or two or three if you are fast enough, to then get kicked out and have to go back in and repeat the steps over and over, if anyone has any kind of mobility limitations the way it is currently makes it problematic. EDIT : This is for listing the items for purchase, not for purchasing items.

As a new merchant, I am really disappointed with how outdated the Edit screen for listings is! Do we really need to distinguish among an object that is mesh, partial mesh, nonmesh, or fitted mesh? Shouldn't we be more concerned about letting customers know if textures are PBR, Blinn-Phong, or both with today's viewers? Are there any "Classic" avatars out there? The guide says these are the avatars given to new residents when they join. However, that is not true. Those avatars are mesh brands. I'd rather be able to select WHICH mesh bodies my product fits! I get tired of typing them all out over and over... Custom Avatar Brand: Is that ever used in 2026? See #2. We need more categories. Example: A doormat. Is that outdoor decor? Indoor decor? A rug? The help links go to ancient information that is no longer accurate. Are there plans to update these things soon? I'm quite surprised this hasn't been done already.

Hi I would like to suggest a feature for the Second Life Marketplace: a filter for offensive or abusive language in reviews and comments. Currently, creators can receive reviews that include insults, harassment, or personal attacks, which can harm their reputation and create unnecessary conflict. A system to automatically flag, block, or hold for moderation reviews containing certain offensive words or expressions would help maintain a safer and more professional environment for both creators and customers. Features could include: Automatic detection of offensive or harassing words in reviews. Option for creators to review flagged comments before they appear publicly. A way to maintain legitimate feedback while preventing abuse or trolling. This would protect creators from unfair attacks, improve the quality of Marketplace interactions, and ensure that reviews reflect genuine customer experiences rather than being used as a tool for harassment. Thank you for considering this improvement to the Marketplace system.

I'd like to see a creation date of items shown in the marketplace and the ability to search by year created.

When browsing products on the Marketplace overview pages, it is not immediately clear what type of product is being shown. The preview image alone is often not sufficient to determine whether the item is clothing, an animation, a tattoo, a shape, or another product type. Users must either already know the brand or rely on visual hints in the image. In many cases there is no clear indication, which forces users to open each product page individually just to identify the product type. This slows down browsing and reduces usability. It would significantly improve clarity and browsing efficiency if the primary product category were displayed directly below the product image in the overview grid. Kind regards Dae

It would be amazing to be able to block a store's content from showing in Marketplace. Instead of adding a store as a favorite you could click to add store to a blocked list and then their content would no longer show in your search results.