Introducing Custom Wearable Shops

October 21, 2014 7:16 pm

Today we\'re introducing Custom Wearable Shops. Creators of custom wearables can open up a shop with all of their items, set at prices of their choosing. This makes the process of creating and selling a custom wearable much easier for everyone!

You can follow your favorite creators by clicking the "follow" button in their shop. Creators can then alert you when they\'ve added new items, or when they are having a sale!

If you want to browse the available wearables, try looking in the beta wardrobe under custom wearables! You can use the sorting options on the right to browse the custom wearables, and if you try one on that you don\'t own you can open the shop directly from the wardrobe!

Note Because this system is new, you may notice some missing wearables that were not in the Cash Shop before. We\'re working on getting items that were meant to be in the cash shop forever transferred to these shops.

October 21, 2014, 8:15 pm by

This is awesome!

October 21, 2014, 8:12 pm by

Can I suggest changing "password" to "key code" or something? Your password is what you use to log into your account which is entirely different, so just making a small change to the terminology could make this new system a little less confusing.

October 21, 2014, 8:11 pm by

That second paragraph isn't directed at you, Aloysius ! Forgot to clarify that.

October 21, 2014, 8:10 pm by

I had some items selling at slot price in forums just because they are harder to sell. With this new system, I can't actually do that except for the first batch or if I exclude them from the cash shop. But let's be real, this system is far easier since we can set passwords and do smaller batches (in a way). That is one reason why some items may seem like they have been jacked up.

As for this debate over prices on backgrounds... It's up to the seller dude ! I still sell all of my backgrounds for 600, mostly for personal issues. But don't use others like me to try to determine how everyone else sells. Backgrounds, though they are my favorite things to do, are much more complicated and time consuming. So naturally artists feel a desire to charge more. And it's completely understandable ! Why do the work if you feel undercut ? And from a sellers point of view, why charge less than what you are spending ? If it isn't worth it, it won't get done.

October 21, 2014, 8:03 pm by

this is great tbh. it eliminates alot of finding people, pinging slots. people fighting over slots, dropping slots and all the other unpleasantness that come from a shop. you can also see how many copies are left in stock and no fighting over it which is great. its like having a little etsy.

October 21, 2014, 7:59 pm by

One of the things that is really annoying me, is artists/comms trying to jack up their prices, hopefully no one will buy and they'll be forced to lower it.

What I'm talking about is certain artists/comms that had a price set at 500 csc on their forum shop and are now trying to sell it at 600csc. There is also someone that had an item in their forum shop set at 400 and it's now priced in their custom shop at 600 csc. Those were items I was going to buy but now, forget it.

I seriously hope buyers are aware and refuse to buy from those people.

I understand that this is overwhelming for the artists/comms right now and that maybe they have set prices temporarily and will change them when they get all their items over, I'm remaining hopeful that that is the case.

Also, I would urge artists/comms to do a shop search for each of their items (I know some of you have tons) but there is a lot of stuff in the pawn shop for 300-500 csc that you have in your shops for 600-800 csc.

I wanted to add that I've had excellent experience with the majority of artists/comms I've dealt with, whom I believe to be genuinely good people, there has only been 2-3 the entire time cw's have been available that were in my eyes bad. I hope my opinion doesn't change about the good ones.

I don't want this to come across as me being a jerk (and I fear it is, unfortunately), I love what the artists/comms do for us and themselves. This is genuinely how I feel, I know that artists/comms can set their price how they want. I'm just trying to explain how I feel as a buyer, and sometimes I think the buyers are left in the cold when they are the ones that a lot of the time are driving the market.

October 21, 2014, 7:56 pm by

Sounds good to me :) As long as there is an SP option anyway xD

October 21, 2014, 7:55 pm by

The only two I bought, both within the last month, where 600CSC each.

I dunno, the whole thing is just confusing. I can't see the item names when looking in the wardrobe, I can't see any wishlist items, if they are available or not. I was hoping there would be a site update ping to explain this more, I'm clearly not the quickest on the uptake of it all, but I would assume there's more than just myself who doesn't understand all of this.

October 21, 2014, 7:43 pm by

The only downside is now some CWs that I couldn't slot for are too easily accessible to me and I end up spending more money on CSC. cries My poor poor wallet.

October 21, 2014, 7:41 pm by

700-800 csc is the right price for backdrops, I dont know where you found them cheaper,probably the older ones. but from the artist/commissioner angle, Backdrops take alot of work,alot of time whether its an average backdrop with minimum detail or complex. Most artists charge usd for backdrops, so commissioners usually charge a little extra get back some profit. Its just not fair to charge 600 csc for an outfit that takes up a small portion compared to backdrops that take 50% or more,it really makes sense to me.

October 21, 2014, 7:37 pm by

Prices for backdrops is set up completely by the sellers, not the system. The base price has always been 500. Us sellers have put it higher because of how much time and effort is put into making a backdrop compared to any other item, so hence it's 700-800 depending on how much we want to sell it for (and the popularity of the artist it seems too lol). It's not new, trust me.

October 21, 2014, 7:36 pm by

Yes, you can put it directly into the CS and you can say how many you want to sell, either limited number or unlimited. Some of the items I put up were just however much was left from the previous limit they were uploaded. So if I had 2 batches left, only 20 copies are available, 1 batch left, 10, ect. So yeah, people can still control how many they want to release and are still able to do a private sort of release too if they want. Totally in their control, which as a seller, I love. =)

October 21, 2014, 7:33 pm by

Im not sure how 700csc for a backdrop is bad. That is pretty much the base price for them even outside the shop. Sure 100 more may seem like a lot but there is wayyy more work that goes in to bgs than other item types.

October 21, 2014, 7:32 pm by

I agree duck, I want to see all the shops and not just random/following.

I also just noticed that there are people with pw protected cw. Is that so only those with a pw (aka someone who had a slot or a private item) can be bought? It seems even more useful than the invite bit!

And is there a way to set a time limit on the invites? So if someone doesnt buy it with in three days it auto removes it?

October 21, 2014, 7:30 pm by

Not that I really do CWs, but is there a way to search by username?

October 21, 2014, 7:30 pm by

THANK YOUUUUUU

October 21, 2014, 7:30 pm by

Well it looks like I won't be buying much CSC anymore, I think the price of backdrops being raised to 700-800CSC is just too much. :( I was already unsatisfied with the lack of backdrops being made and now the new prices. :( Add the fact that I would have to search all the shops individually(?!) just for backdrops is frustrating. I don't see how this is an improvement at all.

October 21, 2014, 7:29 pm by

knows stuff so answers things

The creating of shops has been put into place and active for those that knew about it already- and have been trying it out. So some people probably already announced it to their buyers before staff officially released news about it. It's only been live since like... yesterday. lol.

The option for uploading batches is still available. This is just the change make to 'direct to cash shop'. Some people may opt not to use this shop feature at all and still sell slots as they have been doing all along. It's totally up to the seller. =) This is just an option, not replacing anything already currently in use.

As said above, people will still have the option to put stuff in their thread 'shop' but this is another option, esp for items that didn't get that one batch filled. Keith is saying you can still browse 'all items' on subeta via the custom wearable option in the beta wardrobe... that's always an option. shrug

This had been discussed over the last couple of weeks because Keith was searching for a way to lessen the load and need for so many ping groups- because as it is now, there is a large majority of people that belong to a butt load of cw pings and it's putting a strain on the server. This in place uses coding already in place and so it eliminates the need for that strain, if people use their shop more and their ping groups less. Just saying. It's not replacing it, it's just another option. shrug

I like it! Especially because since I have limited time to worry about getting batches set up and putting people's names in, this will lessen the load on me and how much time I spend reading posts and putting people in slots and all of that! So yeah, thank you for pushing this out so quickly!

I still say there ought to be a list of all current running shops instead of being able to search through the wardrobe. That seems a little weird to me... shrug

October 21, 2014, 7:28 pm by

I'm SO EXCITE about this!! I've been stalking people down since last night. Yes, stalking. Hunting. ahhaaaa >_>

October 21, 2014, 7:28 pm by

This is an awesome idea. Thanks Subeta.

October 21, 2014, 7:27 pm by

Yay I bought my dress from Clamps shop last night!

October 21, 2014, 7:26 pm by

omg they show up in the shop search THANK YOU. My balloon gallery thanks you too!

October 21, 2014, 7:25 pm by

I believe the invite feature does that I havent tried it yet but you invite a user, and if they dont want it/dont pay you remove the invite and it goes back to the store :)

October 21, 2014, 7:25 pm by

This is really great. I had some people interested in my older items that I couldn't pull a full batch of... now they get to have their item, I don't have to cover slots and have extras around and everyone is happy!

Also, all the people putting such lovely items up for grabs, hmm <3

October 21, 2014, 7:24 pm by

For someone who sells some cw, this is amazeballs. I always worry I type names wrong in slots, and even just waiting the day for people to pay can be a bit annoying if they dont do so in a timely manner. It will be fail safe :) Will there be a way to just have fav shops shown? So beside new items you can easily get to the ones you follow?

October 21, 2014, 7:24 pm by

I have so many questions...okay not many but a few...But my needing to know is more of a wanting to know. I have no real need to know since I am not a CW creator or release them. Maybe one of them know, are you able to slot like before or do you just put them in the shop and those who want it have to hope for a slot. I noticed that they are able to limit the number released already.

October 21, 2014, 7:22 pm by

The front page is going to have some "newest items added" type things soon :)

October 21, 2014, 7:21 pm by

Thanks for this!

October 21, 2014, 7:21 pm by

It's meant to take the forum work out of it for most creators. This integrates with the wardrobe and the shop search - so there shouldn't be a ton of work for people who just want to buy a CW. No sifting through forums, signing up for slots, etc.

October 21, 2014, 7:20 pm by

Hmm. I'll miss browsing the CS for new ones that had been added, but I suppose these shops are pretty nice too. The pings for new items is nice and I love how it gives the capabilities for private and "free for all" type selling. On the other hand, I feel like it'll be more difficult to find those new items unless people ping them in the forums or you're already following their shop.

Either way we'll see how it turns out ovo

October 21, 2014, 7:20 pm by

This this weird, like am I missing a catch somewhere? Maybe its a little weird, because it just makes me think of another place like the custom clothing forum.

October 21, 2014, 7:20 pm by

Oh! This sounds like an awesome feature and more convenient. If I understood this right, does that mean no more limited release CW's? That would be so nice. So many ones that I wanted and wasn't able to get due to not getting a slot.

October 21, 2014, 7:20 pm by