Market Day by SL Merchant Guild

~::~ What is Market Day? ~::~

In many real life communities of any size, you can find merchants gathering in a downtown or town square area for at least one day a week. Oftentimes, they vend fresh foods straight from a farm or seasonal items right before a holiday. For Second Life, we will gather together to give residents a singular location to see many vendors of certain types on THREE days in our Inaugural Market Day Week April 5-9. On these days, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we will have vendors from all product and service areas come together on a single sim--Elizabeth Town sponsored by Laura Liberty--to demonstrate a sense of community not only among the merchants of SL, but with residents new and seasoned. When possible entertainment or music will be planned that fits the first three themes we'll experiment with: Role Play Monday, Furnishings Wednesday, and Fashion Friday. The market will last an entire 24 hours from SL midnight to SL 11:59 pm on the given market days. The sim will be closed for sales on Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for preparation for the following Market Day.

~::~ What's in it for you? ~::~

EXPOSURE & hopefully sales :) This is mostly an opportunity to be seen and interact. While you may realize a few sales, I expect that You'll have plenty of prim to rez goods, but your best benefit will come from getting seen and known for the relationships you choose to create both with potential customers and with your merchant family. There is MAJOR long-term potential in this project profitable for any subsidiaries you may choose to pursue and especially for giving new merchants the kind of mentoring we either wish they had, or wish we'd had. In the long run, better relationships all around equate to better sales. We could all use those...

~::~ How do I sign up, and where? ~::~

An application will be put into notices within the next few days. Read the info carefully and resubmit your application. We will contact any merchants who can be accomodated. At that point your rent will be due (listed in the application), and applicable for your assigned day. Vendors with paid and approved applications will be assigned to a given week and will have rez rights for their designated week. DO NOT pay your rent to the group! Please pay S0phie Sautereau directly as your transaction ID is your receipt. A landmark will be made public, so even if you don't get in this week, we will contact you about a subsequent week to participate. Vendors will be listed for each week via notecard notice. We encourage EVERY group member to participate in Market Day by attending and supporting this community, however, giving out LM and spamming visitors NOT on your given market day will get you booted and potentially banned from sim and/or group.


Market Day Is April 7th 2010
APRIL 7 MARKET DAY by SL MERCHANT GUILD

This is the *OFFICIAL* Market Day hosted by Aire Xaris and sponsored by SL Merchant Guild, a coalition of merchants in Second Life committed to bringing a sense of COMMUNITY to Second Life commerce! The ultimate goal of the Guild's Market Day is "1 sim, 1 week, 100s of merchants" offering residents a peek at what they offer and a chance to interact. Subscribe to Market Day News at a kiosk during Market Day or at a favorite vendor's location. If your vendor doesn't have a kiosk yet, suggest it!

Market Day will include demos, freebies, entertainment....the elements of a fair! Of course, you can also purchase items from merchants participating. ;) There will also be promotional objects there such as Midnight Mania, Lucky Chair, Lucky Cupcake etc. Stop by and meet some of SL's most dedicated merchants!

THIS IS A 23-HOUR EVENT, BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT, CONCLUDING AT 11 PM THE SAME DAY!