@ Cris, if you have a full mall, but cruddy shops, how is that good? Yay for having a full mall, but if you aren't helping your mallers, what is the point of your job? Thanks guys. I am just saying that I think there is something wrong, and being a mall leader you need to work with those people. Not worry as much about recruiting, because recruiting will never be over. Make the members you have the best they can be =) And yeah, mini malling should not be your only source. For sure. I am excited to make the leap to MM =)

[quote=temps_bons]It is always a gamble when getting people together to accomplish a goal. It makes things much harder when you don't know these people. Malling is a group effort and I for one can get myself all worked up when I look at other shops hits...I don't kill myself and am not on neopets 24-7 but I have worked out a strategy that continually puts my shop with top hits...I've even played around with changing my mall affiliation to see how I stack up and I still kick ass. I do agree that low shop hits means there is a problem....definitely a problem. What can you do though? Some people are bewildered by the very simple advice that has been given over and over here as if there were some secret method besides hard work. Malling is like life, you get what you put into it...little effort in the areas that get people to look at your shop = low hits, low sales, etc. Yes, we all know that every so often one person buys 100 items...but we also know that we are not talking about that. Sometimes I think these boards are just filled with people trying to give every possible scenario as if experienced players have no clue. I am not referring to anyone and this phenomenon is not only on this site but everywhere! I can't tell you how many times I try to have a linear conversation (one that starts at one spot and tries to move toward a goal) and find myself explaining every nuance of what I have said so that the person I am speaking to can play the devil's advocate. When did debate become the way people think, talk, and deal with EVERY ISSUE? Sorry...turned into a rant kinda....anyway -- malls should be full or 90% full if they expect good players to stay in the mall. Shops who get less than 20-25 hits each and every day should be put into the "going-nowhere-fast-branch"...~1 hit an hour, come on...that is not too much to ask. Either they are not stocking the right items, pricing the right way or just not logging in if they can't get that. As with life there are self motivated people with goals they want to achieve and then there are people who want status without putting in the work. And yes, all of this is over-simplified but the adults here can just go with what I've written to read the over-all message which is this: you're right Larissa, lol! ~ Mimi temps_bons graphics ~ http://www.neopets.com/~Mimi_Miaulement[/quote] Thanks Mimi. And I totally get it. Yep, people go around in circles it seems...to prove their point will go off topic, but hey it is what it is. My point is our mall needs individual work with members. If they are not willing to take advice and work, then why have a spot filled to just bring the other members down? Why not keep the dedicated so other future mallers see and want to become that- successful. =) But it is okay. I have made my stance. Thanks guys!