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I'm new to owning my own Vender, and was wondering how everyone else gets their name out to the public.

Right now i'm making Items with the loc and name of my shop and putting them on the Bazzar for less than I normally would sell them.

Does anyone else have an Idea or should I revert to shouting?

Some people make a cheap item, like dice or something, rename it to catch shoppers' eyes, then put it on the bazaar at 3000cr so that nobody buys it. Using things like asterisks in the name will put that item at the top of the list of whatever type of item it is.

Another way is to get Business III in the Merchant tree for global sales listings. Merchant XP is easy to get, so it should't take to long to get there (if you're willin to pay the 18K credits for NPC training.

I put worthwhile things like +30% weapon powerups on a weeklong premium auction with a colorful name for 1 credit.

I'm garunteed they stay up for about a week then.

Mouse droids...name them with your store and set them up to patrol the shuttleports.

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BadChef wrote:

Go to where groups ofpeople are just getting off of shuttles, getting missions, or listening and watching entertainers and spam away.

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good way to end up on peoples ignore list

spam, competitions and more spam ftw

It takes time to establish yourself. When I was the upstart architect, I hunted orders. I perused the trade forums constantly. I checked other people's auctions and contacted the people who didn't win, if I had a similar product. I hung around starports and listened to what people wanted on the off chance I'd get a sale. I kept my master title up and made sure I was searchable. I made contacts with other crafters which allowed them to be able to refer customers to me.

I never spammed at starports. I don't suggest it. It is successful, but half the people end up putting you on ignore. Being ignored is bad, because hardly anyone ever goes to their ignore list to take anyone off, so you're potentially limiting a great many future sales.

Have stocked vendors. Provide good customer service. It's not crucial, but being near a shuttleport is good. Sometimes being a mall is good - need whatever it takes to bring customers near your vendor. Even if they don't buy, they may recall that there's a vendor there and can refer others.

You can even provide incentives, reward plans. Buy 5 suits and get the 6th one free, stuff like that. Reward repeat customers. You can also make yourself known by putting out resource contracts especially for organics. People will definitely know that you're in the market for those resources and they'll remember why you want them.

but spam only works till you blocked

I don't spam, but I do shout (there is a difference). I simply put a single shout macro on my toolbar and I press that 1 time only when I approach a busy starport. It will likely be lost in the shuffle of the other spammers, but I doubt anyone has me on ignore because I shouted my vendor location and brief product description as I entered the starport entrance in Theed.

I also place items on the bazaars at a reasonable price, and then followup every sale with an advertisement email. I know that has generated lots of repeat sales. Of course, you need to have a product that people are willing to buy as a single on the bazaar, but they really need them in larger quantities. Might not be a great fit for armorsmith.