I love a sale & I love a freebie, but yeah, it's getting crazy nuts.

Hmm depends. I've been participating in PT for awhile, and although most people tp in to buy the item and tp out.

There have been more people who stay around and buy the full priced-items.

It's great for advertising. Although there are SO many different deal days now. I don't think it's as special as it use to be.

i agree too many sales... is just a matter of waiting and u can get everything half price

I see some that do more than just 1 sale day a week. Why would I buy anything from them at full price?

I don't actually go to any of them believe it or not

And they do it EVERY week. Hey, give us a chance to want something. lol

Yikes! That does seem like overkill.

I agree, there are far too many sale days. I guess some people are just desperate for any kind of sale. It's sad really

you almost feel pressured if your not in them too

competition is fierce with the economy in the crapper, and i agree it's a great way to get your name out there if you are newish

any decent marketing idea in SL gets immediately done to death

Annyka: agreed

The problem is, as a smaller or less well known store, how do you get people in to see your product? 50L fri was incredibly successful for

a small group. Most of us would like a bit of that, and since we can't get into 50L fri, another version of the same concept is the

alternative. I don't like undercutting too much, but during the hunts we have held, and on our SNF day, we made WAY more than we usually do

i think if you're selective about, hunts and special deals can be very profitable for a shop - folks who ONLY want freebies will never shop

you anyway, if they just refuse to pay for anything..and those who are willing to shop, they'll shop regardless..and special deals will get

their attention...so like it was said above, it's great for publicity...i find, surprisingly, that my sales tend to go up when i'm in a

hunt or special deal...because i'm getting a lot more traffic thru the shop...so the odds are in my favor.

I actually had the opposite effect when I did a hunt. My sales went down because all the hunters wanted the freebies and lagged out the sim

to the point where no one could shop. Obviously I have my store on an already busy sim so that just made it worse.

KazNayar: just reaffirms that every designer's experience will be different - that's why designers should participate smartly, and not

always participate strictly for participation's sake. sorry it hasnt worked so well for you your stuff is precious!

I like the freebies, I use them to judge whether I like the quality enough to by from them.