@ lnbs and others- thanks for catching the mistake with the spelling of Collectibles. Ill be sure to fix it soon. ----- @ Dmitri- Im not sure, I dont remember posting that in a thread before. I did look at the banner size of several malls to get a sense of what I wanted to aim for. I ended up going a little past it, in the end. I think i only mentioned the size of the banner I was working on in personal convo, but its possible I said it before. ----- @ temps bon- I already said thank you on the upgrade thread but thanks again for the time and feedback you gave:) . MM Comment I didnt mean for my comment about MM upgrades to seen snotty. I guess although I didnt think of it when writing, it could be seen that I was implying a snide reference to other mall owners, however I had no one in mind and wouldnt know of any off hand. My rational for being explicit about reaching main myself was to let anyone that might be interested in joining NP Mall that one of my goals is to be a main market mall and there wont be exceptions. I thought this would be a good point for people to hear, b/c Ive seen several people like Dmitri and others offer advice to new mall owners not to make exceptions if your goal is to be main market b/c then theres potential for people to be unhappy. It was innocent overall the comment (I think you knew, I just wanted to explain). Food Category Its good to hear some positive things for the split. I think its worth giving a shot. As far as drinks its funny b/c when choosing which category would get slushie or smoothy, I did try and place them in the most fitting / appropriate category. I guess I had them backwards in my mind, b/c based on the names and images I think your right. Ill switch them when I update the banner. I also agree with trying to minimize overlap, which is why I avoided overlap categories. Rant Initially I would have argued that perhaps cheap items do have a place in shops. As others mentioned these can still make nice profit. As an example I sell sand and those cost under 10 np but i sell for almost 500np and it adds up. I think you clarified yourself pretty good in the 2nd reply. I agree its probably not necessary to stock a whole page of cheap items, but a row or 2 will give buyers a cheap option and allow you to profit off them. Perhaps stocking too many options of the same type item just spreads the purchases out but doesnt make more, I could be wrong since I stock a small category. I like your perspectives on the appearance of your shop and how your stock effects it. Its funny you mention keeping your stock in neat rows b/c I do the same. Atm ive removed my neggs and am intending to add paint brushes for my mall, so the even rows are gone but they will be back. I also keep many filler items in my sdb, I can imagine it must be hard for a multi page store like food. Banner Thanks for the compliments :) Ill prob resize it to 1400ish. Ive done so in my shop and it looks fine, ill just need to resize it for real in photoshop. With the width I kind of like how 700 fills the hut and shops. ----- @ hearlessness Thanks also for the positive feedback on the food split and banner :) About The about section it wasnt meant to replace a lookup, its just so if a mallmate visits the page perhaps they can have a general appreciation for who they are malling with. I thought it would add a community vibe, that they wouldnt necessarily get if they had to open each userlook (which might not have "about" type info) or mail everyone to chat in the mall. It is 100% optional, people can remain anyonomous if theyd like. Avatar With the avatar items i assumed that each shop would only have a couple items to stock to cover the petpage links, so requiring them wouldnt be asking much. However I understand that people might not like this so thanks for pointing it out. I will make a note on the petpage that this it can be discussed. Some items like in my example of training, there is a codestone avatar, but I cant choose not to stock codestones or i wouldnt be covering my category.. Overall i think the small requirement is better then the alternative that one shop will overlap many, so i def encourage people to stock the ones that apply to them. However if someone is truly unhappy i dont see why their items couldnt be offered to others or those avatars removed from the petpage. Backgrounds I agree it would fit better with wearables, the reason im apprehensive is because if wearables goes with bgs then the most obvious pairing for grooming items is clothing. Grooming and clothing do need a home somewhere or then its silly to keep the faerie banner which other faerie quest shops might not want to lose. The reason I shyd away from putting grooming and clothing together is b/c the best way to market it is to list "Clothing" as the main category. In our mind clothing means non-wearable but to the average buyer i thought this might give undue traffic to the clothing/grooming shop and steal from wearables/ bg shop if people clicked on clothing expecting to dress their pet. ---- @slaygal As far as pbs and faeries, people do have the option of not stocking them. I did want to make it a requirement that everyone make a personal choice of what they would like to do, so if they dont the spot can be linked to someone else. I wanted to do this so banner links dont lead to shops without the items. Thanks for the tip on food /sweets. Ill be sure to work closely in the beginning with those shops so we are all on the same page to prevent future problems. ---- thanks again to everyone who offered good luck and gave feedback :D