Dave-So opened this issue on Jan 16, 2006 ยท 121 posts
Armorbeast posted Tue, 17 January 2006 at 11:00 AM
Well checked that link and looks like a lot of complaints to me. The fact that only a few people are vocal in the forums means nothing.I talk with a lot of people behind the scenes and have my own site where peeps send me pm's all the time about issues like this.No one likes the store and when I told them there are quotes here from some admin that its not finished yet the answer usually is unanimous that they should have had it ready before uploading or that they should have someone dedicated just to this project so it can be done speedily and with as little distraction to the members as possible. Rosity is an enormous site and essentially its an outlet of Bondware that reflects what you can expect if you buy into the Bondware package.Its kinda like putting the cloth for a teddy bear in a display window and then once in a great while adding a little something to it like cutting a shape,adding some stuffing,etc...until finally after three or four months you finally have a completed teddy bear in the window for sale.Its backwards thinking in other words as even if some people would be interested in seeing the process develop,they have little patience for a prolonged undertaking and will simply stop looking when they see no progress~they simply lose interest. In advertising,keeping the company in the spotlight is essential when they're introducing change.If you fail to do that or they run into unexpected problems,you then stop the advertising because it becomes like a false promise.Consumers are very unforgiving of products that don't meet the expectations promised which is why I made fun of the "Introducing our new baby" promo by saying it has birth defects...it sets an expectation that the store is finished and so it is judged by what you see.A better promo would be something like "The NEW Renderosity Store~Under Construction"...maybe then follow with a take on the Six Million Dollar Man by saying you intend it to be faster,stronger than before,you wanted a better store~the Renderosity Marketplace will be that store. Sorry,my former job occupation coming back on me with the ad pov but still,it was a very poor way to promote the store when its still a fetus and not being in here hammering people with facts like its not done yet or telling people what the store "will have" when its finished...keep hammering away so as to alleviate consumer misgivings and help ease the transition.The foible with the store right now should have their maximum attention as it could be an economic fiasco if finishing it up takes too long.There are simply too many other sites to compete with right now and a site as big as rosity does not have the luxury of time smaller sites have as it allows the competition to lure away both their valued merchants and buyers.
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