Web/Marketplace Features

I would like the ability to list an item for sale on the marketplace with the option to make the price open and flexible, so that the buyer can decide what they wish to pay for it. Obviously, some will pay nothing and get the item. Some will pay what they can afford, and some will pay what they believe is a fair price for the work. All of those options would still provide them the item using whatever price they enter at checkout. I want to do this as an alternative to just offering an item for $0L. The 10% per sale fee would still apply to any amount above $10L

The Second Life Marketplace is overdue for a major overhaul. Cluttered with outdated prim and sculpted items, it feels like a digital relic—a stark contrast to the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Second Life itself. While Linden Lab encourages residents to embrace progress, the Marketplace remains stagnant, leaving modern buyers with fewer compelling options. Meanwhile, today’s top creators are bypassing the Marketplace entirely, choosing instead to debut their latest releases at in-world events. This shift makes sense—events generate excitement and exclusivity—but it shouldn’t come at the cost of a neglected Marketplace. Now that Linden Lab owns CasperTech, there’s a golden opportunity to bridge this gap. By integrating CasperVend’s powerful tools directly into Marketplace listings, creators could enjoy the best of both worlds: the buzz of event launches and the reach of the Marketplace. Imagine allowing creators to set delayed Marketplace listings, ensuring their items premiere at events first while still reaching a broader audience later. This isn’t just about cleaning up old listings—it’s about revitalizing the Marketplace as a dynamic, creator-friendly hub. By modernizing its functionality, Linden Lab can empower creators to sell more while giving shoppers a better, fresher experience. The future of Second Life commerce depends on it.

Marketplace images are limited to 700x525 pixels. This really needs to be increased so we can actually see what we're buying.

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

Premium Plus member should be able to pick their linden homes from a list or option at empty home to take residence in. Also if using a small parcel we should be able to have 2 small parcels to equal our allotment given to us.

We need a way to monitor SL Friends in world or SL functions when we are logged out of SL. Dashboard was VERY HELPFUL for this.

When the merchant responds to a review an email should be sent to the buyer who left the review. This is less personal and confronting than to contact the buyer inworld. Sometimes its just to say thank you, or perhaps to let them know an issue has been addressed and an update is now available etc. The buyer can opt out by unticking the email options box.

An interesting option that would remove hours of massive work for most large marketplace stores would be an option in which we can put our entire store or groups of products on discount, so that on days like Black Friday or 11.11 for example we can easily put our store has a discount so that our public can purchase the products, it would also be interesting if there was some type of visual warning that that product is at a discount, such as text in red writing the discount value of that product, thus easily showing that the product is at a discount For the buyer, with this idea people would be able to buy more as they would know that it was on sale and it would help with the second life economy in general.

There is a LOT of kruft in the MP, despite that big purge some years ago. I believe that having that field would be useful because a smart merchant is not going to let that date get too old before making some update to the page. Absent merchants are not going to update their listings and thus buyers can see the old stuff for what it is. Sure, I will concede that some old stuff is just as good today as it was at the start. Some of my items from 2016 are still top sellers, it happens. More often though, I think older listings harbor a lot of junk that should be avoided.

The marketplace has a growing, serious problem with this deceptive listing practice, with stores adding ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to their store name to imply that an item being shown in a search result is actually rated 5-stars, even when it is not. The number of stores engaging in this practice is shockingly large, with 'brands I've heard of' already doing it. The practice seems to only be growing. https://marketplace.secondlife.com/en-US/stores/store_name_search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search%5Bsort%5D=&search%5Bkeywords%5D=%E2%AD%90 Other unicode symbols that should probably be disallowed: ⭐ 🌟 ✨ ★ ☆ ✪ ✯ ✭ ✰ ⚝ ✫ ☀ 🌞 �