Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 8 [4-26-09]

Yo. Again, skipped a weekend. Busy again as usual. On IMVU, I am still playing catch-up to most messages, forgive the slow responses. It is crunch time this time of year at my college, and I am only a human.

Rather than doing the "First off:... ... Second off:... " jazz, imma do this one and only post.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Today is me and my wifey SoVeryNiah's first year anniversary since we got re-married. Technically, we have been married way longer, but... Things happened at the time and we decided it would be best to get re-married. Love my girl, she is the reason why I am on IMVU to this day. Lets just say right when I met her here, I was on my way out the door due to lack of interest in IMVU. She is the reason why I have my name (not "Guest_seis1"), therefore she is also the reason why I have developed anything at all. I love her very much and plan to be here for her. Check out the wedding video below

Whats Goin' on IMVU? Vol. 7 [4-11-09]

Yo. Yes, I did not do a Whats Goin' on IMVU? last weekend because of various things like me having company, car issues, plus it was the beginning of Spring Break for me; chill.

Playing Catch-up Here...

First Off: Girls, Girls, Girls (Products)

New Female products are out of PR and some are on the way. The reason I am doing more and more female products is because even years ago, I was being requested to make similar products for females. I also know, just like in real life, females tend to be shopaholics. Female on IMVU seem to buy in bulk. Sometimes when I look at my IMVU Sales Reports (a page that shows all the people who have bought my product in a given amount of time, how they paid for it, profit, etc.), I see many females buy at least 2 products at a time if not upwards of 20 products. Then, they sometimes buy their male friends some of my male products... and then some even hook their girls up.

The one thing I am not quite understanding is: as much as female products by me are demanded, the demand seems to exceed the sales. I am not the type of developer to throw numbers around and brag about irrelevant things like Tier Levels and all that.. But it is very noticeable that as much as I am asked to make female products, the sales don't follow that demand. I am also not a person that forces people to review, I just simply ask on the product page to leave a review. Why? A couple reasons: 1. It lets me know that people actually like what I have made and want more. With female products, I am just throwing darts around. I am a dude, I am not in the mind of a female fashionista. My girl helps a lot, but at the end of the day, she has a different fashion style that I intend for my female products. 2. It helps others decide on whether to give my product(s) a second look. Believe it or not, people do consider the reviews provided before they buy something. 3. I put a lot of effort into all my products, but female products (in general, at least for me) require more time and precision. 4. It's easy as f*ck! It amazes me to see people leaving reviews like crazy for one thing, but not for another. Just because you don't personally know or adore the person that made it is not an excuse not to say whether you liked it or not.


Second Off: Poser Alert

Earlier last week, I (and a hand full of other people) spotted this dude who stole my avatar picture... Mine? Really? Of all people, Me? I have a basic ass picture. Not tricked out at all. Just an IMVU Snapshot of my avatar mildly posing (lol). This is the exact reason why I have my page on "right-click" disabled mode: a lot of jockers on IMVU.

This is far from my first jocker. When I say "jockers", I am referring to people who literally steal things from my page such as my default picture, animations on my page, etc. A lot on my stuff on my page is original and what is not original is renamed by me so that if I see someone else with it, I can identify it was mine by the file name (yes, most people are not even bright enough to rename the file after they steal it).

There are a few things about my avatar.

1. My avatar has looked the same for years... Literally. I made my skin. It is one of a kind. It is not in the catalog for sale, nothing. I have the same head I had since I signed up (Head 2).
2. Tattoos are also the same. If you see someone with a similar shade skin but different tattoos, it is not me.
3. I do not chat often. So it is harder to mimic exactly what I look like.

The ironic thing is that he not only stole my pic, he stole the pic of me in my 10xDeep "Death To All Posers Tee". Even more ironic, he went by my page right after he stole it. F*ckin lames, that is all the keyboard strokes I am gonna waste on that weenie.


Third Off: Sale? WTF... Where? When?

Yeah, I realize just before the last volume of Whats Goin' on IMVU? I said weekly, I would be re-pricing my products. But, like I said in the intro, I didn't find the time to do much last weekend. And this weekend, I got a Family Easter thing to handle as usual. So it may be a while before repricing, my bad.