Shop the Blocks
IO does not have free stores for rent. Instead the grid offers its Shop the Blocks program to any merchant of any genre. The program is FREE to participate and has no time limit. The Shop The Blocks program serves the residents of IO two fold. First it provides a shopping venue where nothing costs over $100P and secondly it provided a networking tool and a way to freely advertise your store here in IO as well as sell a few items. Any merchant many claim a booth as long as they have provide a LM giver in their booth to their main store (or other store location). * See full details below
Participating Merchants
Candy Bar ~ Candy Bar Creations
Cristal Triellis ~ Diamond Style Diana Herberg ~ DiAna Homemade Creations Elvira Bearsfoot ~ Elvie and Co Erin Langer ~ D.H.I. jillytopaz wasp ~ Jilly's Nest Ruby VanDyke ~ Rodeo Horses PAMELLA EASTON ~ The BEO lesh won ~ Lesh's AD Armeteo ~ AD's Addiciton |
Nina Armeteo ~ Hello Titty Tango
Amethyst McMahon ~ AME Teresa Mahogany ~ CoolBreeze Designs Furniture Ang3l Atlas ~ Angel D-Signs CocoCurious MacBain ~ Cococurious Store Nigel 5 ~ Nigel's Woodshop Froggie Pond ~ Froggie's Funsations Alpha Male ~ AlphaMale Finn Lanzius ~ F & F Creation Fine Arts Sebastian Viper ~ Wholearth Entertainment Blazin Phenix ~ PhenixForge |
SHOP THE BLOCKS
Do you have a store in IO? Want to draw traffic and shoppers your way? IO's Shop the Blocks Program is a great way to let residents see a sampling of your items for sale and pick up a LM to your main store.
Booths are FREE and open to all merchants from any genre. These Booths are not for rent, there is no box to click to renew. Just pick one out and you can setup your booth with a few items and a LM giver to your main location. As long as you have a store open to the public with items for sale, the Shop The Blocks Booths are open for all merchants to claim. If you have more than one store brand, with different items & locations, you can claim more than one Booth per separate store brand.
Example: you have 2 stores with 2 separate store brands in IO. The first is called Home Designs III and sells houses and the other is called Sweet Feet and sells shoes. You can claim 2 booths, 1 for each store brand.
There is one sample booth rezzed so you can see one idea of how to set up a booth. The sample both has only used 11 prims out of 30 allowed. Prims used: 3 (1 each) for LM giver, free gift and group joiner, 1 for the logo sign, 1 for the background sign, 1 for the Sample Booth sign and 5 for boxed sale items.
RULES:
No item for sale for over $100P.
You MUST have LM giver to your Main store (or other location with more of your items)
You MUST have a sign to identify your Store Brand rezzed in your booth.
Wear your group tag to rezz. All items must be set to group (land will auto return all not group items)
Items must be rezzed in your booth (nothing can stick out past the rezzed booth space).
Do not rezz items on top of the booth.
One booth per Store Brand.
Prim Limit of 30 per booth.
No Particles that go outside your booth.
No prims with hovertext on the back wall of your booth.
If selling scripts the scripts must be off, and double boxed.
Scripted items for sale MUST be boxed.
No shouting items, lucky chairs, contest boards, adboards, money trees allowed. You may sell those boxed items but they are not to be rezzed by merchants to draw people to their booth. (we aim to minimize use of scripts here).
INSTRUCTIONS:
Join the Shop The Blocks group and send am IM to Sophia Paolino to get your merchant tag to begin rezzing your items.
SUGGESTIONS:
-Rezz smaller boxes on the "counter" area rezz larger and flat boxes against the back wall
-Encourage all residents to join the Shop The Bocks group for notices of sales.
-Send out weekly or monthly notices for your Store brand in the Shop the Blocks Group.
-Be creative, you can add a background to the blue strip in the center or rezz a cover prim over the top black prim of the counter and add a different texture.
-Rezz a free item
-Rezz a Group Joiner
-Since there is a prim limit you may want to box items for sale instead of setting the actual item out for sale.
NOTE: If you no longer have a store in IO your items in your booth will be returned.
If you have questions please Contact Us.
Booths are FREE and open to all merchants from any genre. These Booths are not for rent, there is no box to click to renew. Just pick one out and you can setup your booth with a few items and a LM giver to your main location. As long as you have a store open to the public with items for sale, the Shop The Blocks Booths are open for all merchants to claim. If you have more than one store brand, with different items & locations, you can claim more than one Booth per separate store brand.
Example: you have 2 stores with 2 separate store brands in IO. The first is called Home Designs III and sells houses and the other is called Sweet Feet and sells shoes. You can claim 2 booths, 1 for each store brand.
There is one sample booth rezzed so you can see one idea of how to set up a booth. The sample both has only used 11 prims out of 30 allowed. Prims used: 3 (1 each) for LM giver, free gift and group joiner, 1 for the logo sign, 1 for the background sign, 1 for the Sample Booth sign and 5 for boxed sale items.
RULES:
No item for sale for over $100P.
You MUST have LM giver to your Main store (or other location with more of your items)
You MUST have a sign to identify your Store Brand rezzed in your booth.
Wear your group tag to rezz. All items must be set to group (land will auto return all not group items)
Items must be rezzed in your booth (nothing can stick out past the rezzed booth space).
Do not rezz items on top of the booth.
One booth per Store Brand.
Prim Limit of 30 per booth.
No Particles that go outside your booth.
No prims with hovertext on the back wall of your booth.
If selling scripts the scripts must be off, and double boxed.
Scripted items for sale MUST be boxed.
No shouting items, lucky chairs, contest boards, adboards, money trees allowed. You may sell those boxed items but they are not to be rezzed by merchants to draw people to their booth. (we aim to minimize use of scripts here).
INSTRUCTIONS:
Join the Shop The Blocks group and send am IM to Sophia Paolino to get your merchant tag to begin rezzing your items.
SUGGESTIONS:
-Rezz smaller boxes on the "counter" area rezz larger and flat boxes against the back wall
-Encourage all residents to join the Shop The Bocks group for notices of sales.
-Send out weekly or monthly notices for your Store brand in the Shop the Blocks Group.
-Be creative, you can add a background to the blue strip in the center or rezz a cover prim over the top black prim of the counter and add a different texture.
-Rezz a free item
-Rezz a Group Joiner
-Since there is a prim limit you may want to box items for sale instead of setting the actual item out for sale.
NOTE: If you no longer have a store in IO your items in your booth will be returned.
If you have questions please Contact Us.