Quote - Yeah, appreciated. Out of interest, Blackhearted, where would you stand on the question of merchant resources? Do you think that its an issue that these are lacking so far for Tyler (and Miki4)? I mean MR skin textures, but also donor rigged clothing, quicksuits, etc.

Do you think the provision of those sort of resources can fuel vendor uptake?

I guess there are the same issues / concerns relative to actually putting in the work on those and then selling enough units...

there ARE merchant resources out for these figures.

the simple fact is this:

every vendor has access to records of who purchased their products, when, at what price, etc all the way back to the beginning.  its also quite easy to ask a fellow merchant how their add-ons are selling, or if someone has purchased them.  it has been my observation that the majority of people in these threads complaining about lack of support or asking for specific items rarely actually purchase the items in question anyway.  'i want practical clothing for anastasia' - ok, so merchants make something like this for $6 and hardly anyone buys it. 'i want fantasy armor for anastasia', ok so merchants make something like this for $3 and hardly anyone buys it.

the fact is that many merchants are very accommodating to customers, and will make what customers SAY they want.  they go out on a limb and spend weeks working on something, testing it, packaging it, making promos and uploading it.... and then... the very people that asked for it dont even buy it.  theres always some excuse why they cant buy right now, or  'ive added it to my wishlist'.

if you want support for a figure start actually buying the addons. when someone spends an equal amount of time making something for Tyler and gets half or a quarter as many sales than if it were released for M4, then they will never make a piece of Tyler clothing again.

so again, its not the vendors that determine what you see in the marketplace, its the customers. if as a customer you want to see more of a certain type of item in the marketplace, buy it. its really that simple.