Business And Economy Archive

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Just a way for people to get around spending points for Merchant skills.

You should not be able to get GALAXY-WIDE advertising without spending the skill points.

Fivo Asia

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Ta-Swavo wrote:

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Devs - is the Bazaar to be an advertising board - I think you'll find 98% of people do NOT like this - the other 2% do it

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I think its probably more likely that 90% of people don't care at all mostly cause they never go to the bazaars, 8% do not like it and 2% do it.

FirstI must admit that I used to use the auctions on the bazaar to advertise my shop location. I considered it an advertising 'trick' rather than some sort of sinister exploit to screw over merchants.

Most people don't visit the bazaar much if at all nowadays. THe maximum value there is 6k. For experienced players not much can be bought for <6k. So most people go straight to player vendors since thats the only place to buy composite armor, good DX2 guns, X-wing chassisblueprintsor crates of brandy. So advertising on the bazaar has minimal real impact.

If someone is looking for a shop, they do not go to the bazaar. They go straight to the map which has the vendor listings cause they know that is where shops are listed.

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Pawlin wrote:

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Ta-Swavo wrote:

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Devs - is the Bazaar to be an advertising board - I think you'll find 98% of people do NOT like this - the other 2% do it

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I think its probably more likely that 90% of people don't care at all mostly cause they never go to the bazaars, 8% do not like it and 2% do it.

First I must admit that I used to use the auctions on the bazaar to advertise my shop location. I considered it an advertising 'trick' rather than some sort of sinister exploit to screw over merchants.

Most people don't visit the bazaar much if at all nowadays. THe maximum value there is 6k. For experienced players not much can be bought for <6k. So most people go straight to player vendors since thats the only place to buy composite armor, good DX2 guns, X-wing chassis blueprints or crates of brandy. So advertising on the bazaar has minimal real impact.

If someone is looking for a shop, they do not go to the bazaar. They go straight to the map which has the vendor listings cause they know that is where shops are listed.

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I'm glad that 90% of the populatioon doesn't go to the bazaar. you can find great deals if you spend a little time looking.

I do agree with the original post that once the 6k max is reached on a bazaar auction, the item should be sold and taken off the bazaar.

I have to say, I am normally all for the creative use of existing in-game systems, but this one is really getting out of hand.

There is NO point to auctions on bazaars except to be exploited. If something is worth auctioning off, it's worth more than 6K. The only auctions that exist are advertising and people storing things - like backpacks full of loot (free 7-day storage).

We need to provide a universal advertising system throughout the galaxy, but the auction on the bazaar really serves no legitimate use.

While we are at it, how about updating the bazaar to remove those categories like "signs" and "eyewear" that don't even exist as tradable objects...

AO

I didn't know this was considered annoying. I find bazaar adverts much nicer than someone spamming outside of the Coronet starport, and sometimes they're even useful.

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Pawlin wrote:

I think its probably more likely that 90% of people don't care at all mostly cause they never go to the bazaars, 8% do not like it and 2% do it.

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How about an item that people with business II can make - an advert item.

It could then sit on the bazaar in it's own category (there are spare categories lying around). Maybe you then pay for a length of time to stay up.

Any harder to make, and people would just stick with the insta-auctions. Any more expensive and they'd stick to the insta-auctions.

But an item that could be crafted, that would exist purely to be an add and stay on the bazaar for 7+days without the 'minor hassle' of an insta-auction, that people could sort by, might be useful.

I advertise that way. it brings in a lot of business. If they change it they simply remove a way for me to get out the message. I am a Master merchant. This would leave me with 1. word of mouth, 2. spamming (albiet every 60 seconds not every 5 seconds) the planetary and auction channels and 3. placing a single vendor on all planets to try and get business by exposure.

I am suprised by your annoyance.

perhaps you should petition the devs to give merchants a way to advertise in public like

1. BILLBOARDS (rent a billboard galaxy wide, 10,000 credits a day, see your business location in LIGHTS!)
2. Hired droid barkers (annoying)

ANy suggestions for alternatives?

A suggestion raised in this forum was to remove the cap of bazaar auctions. Here is the thread. This would solve the advertising problem, which is quite frustrating when you think you've found a deal only to realize it's an auction that can't be bid on because it's at it's cap (and was set at that cap intentionally).

No-cap auctions on the bazaar would be a way to bring people back to the bazaar, and would be a function missing in SWG. Personal vendors don't auction (that I know of), and trade forums can be terribly frustrating to search through. This seems like a good, simple solution. And another small money sink would be good for the economy.