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Get advice and help. Anything and everything malls/shops/upgrades/graphics advice is here. As someone great one said: I know half my advertising doesn't work. I just don't know which half!

Rate my Shop, please?

I have a new layout and stuffs... I need to know.. 1. If my shop loads to slow.. 2. Graphics and banners look somewhat decent where they are. 3. A good theme? (it's halloween, but i think im going to leave it like that) 4. the text size is good and readable.. (i like small text because too big of a text is too bulgy..) Well tell me what you think ;)

How do you guys manage to do it?

How do all of you manage to charge anywhere from 1-2K over standard prices and still manage to get sales? For instance, I know Dmitri and Kirsty both run wearable/customizable shops, and manage to make profits on it. I run a grooming/wearables shop, and am seeing very little profits :S I marked up my prices 500-1000 on most of my items, and I see a few people buying them, enough to give me about 5K in my till throughout the day, but I just don't see how you all can get prices that high and still have people buy. Am I just missing something?

Opinion: Join MM Mall, even w/ 4 Mil Ads?

Hey guys, Sorry if the question wasnt super clear, I was trying to keep the title short so it wouldnt stretch the active forums. Basically Im wondering if a MM mall that you wanted to required participation in 4 mil ads would this be a deciding factor preventing you from joining? If your already in a mall I guess hypothetically would you stay if 4 mil ads became a new requirement.

Rate My Shop?

I am currently working on making my shop a Weapons, Magic, Medicine, Earth Faerie Quest Shop! I have over 2 pages already stocked but most items are under 1000 nps. I want to know if you think my shop is going in the right direction before I continue. A link to my shop: http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=leelo513&misc Thanks for looking! Also, any suggestions would be great! :)