It is a shame that these things happen, and of course keep happening, however this isn't a problem you can direct only at the merchants.

If you want to sell something, and sell well, then you have to follow market forces.  Whats Hot is probably the only place where merchants can get an idea about what is selling well.

As far as I understand it, the Whats Hot section is mostly down to the number of sales a product has had (in an unknown time period).  With this in mind it is a reflection of what customers are buying most of.

Take a look in there and it is comprised of a few categories.

Sexy
Multipurpose (non generic enought to be used in many different scene types)
Something to update V4
Unique and Must Buy

Now it would be brilliant if every product in there was in the last category, but that isn't going to happen, no matter how hard people try.

This opens up the question "how do merchants get a better idea of what will sell, if not from a list of products which are selling well?"

John

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