Monday, June 30, 2008

Plans to Open the Junk Factory to other Merchants!

Well I've got this big huge space and I've got all these extra prims...

I'm going to be moving some things around, and turning the place into a veritable complex of Steampunkery! And for the first time I'm going to welcome other Merchants of the various Punk and Mix/Mashed Punk Persuasions into my store! Things are gonna be shoved aside and I'm going to make premium room for everyone!

Wait...but I just got an invite to a store the other day, then they asked me to pony up the X00L a month for a shop...No worries! It's not a marketing scam, it's not a flagrant sham! I'll be offering space for free, as much as I can reasonably accomodate. I'll be happy to host space for some magic boxes as well but please, please, please, please, please if you have your own little piece of land keep your magic boxes there.

All I'll ask in return, is if you make a windfall or even a mini-windfall, that you perhaps donate a small portion to my operating costs. But I won't hold you to it. Split-proceed vendors are not necessary but if you feel the desire to donate a few shillings to my virtual pot any amount will be welcomed and accepted graciously.

I'll also be expanding by offering tutorials and new Steamy themed resident starter kits.

So stay tuned, this will be happening very soon.

Friday, June 27, 2008

More Junk Ahead!

Sorry I've been in and out sporadically lately. I've been busy moving into my new house. It was a real pain (in my back) too!

Anyway, new Junk is on its way! New Free Junk too! And god-willing if I get the time, I'll finally finish making product pictures for some of my products that don't have them and finish cleaning up my inventory. I would desperately love to dump everything that I don't actively use or have sorted but I just wonder...maybe there will be some awesome suit or something in there that can't be found in world anymore...

I've been around since 2004 so I've got a fairly big inventory currently at about 15-20k (down from 50k the last time I cleaned it)

If anyone needs stuff btw, feel free to ask me. Its likely I'll have something you can use in full or copy/trans perms at least.

And remember this is a community group! If anyone would like to write news or articles for the blog just let me know and I'll set you up.

If anyone is interested in expanding their group roles to Steamgineer, Steamthusiast, or to any of the other roles we have available (giving that you meet the simple requirements for the role) then let me know!

We've got some great SL'ers involved in this group, putting out product notices, giving away free stuff, posting events, and generally learning the building/scripting craft. Kudos to all!

When I set out to make my own group my first thought was a product/update group for my own creations. Then I thought to myself, What's the point? There are thousands of product groups in SL. With the 25 group maximum I can't even keep up with all the groups I want to. Plus I wanted a group that I would be interested in, something that others could be just as much a part of as I, and that even if I wasn't around all the time it wouldn't matter. Sure enough I see this group becoming just that.

All Steamgineers (steampunk/victorian) merchants/creators I urge you not to be shy, post event notices, product notices, free stuff, etc. I only ask you be reasonable with the frequency of your product notices. Free Stuff and Steampunk/Victorian related events? Hit us up!

If you create steampunk/Vict. items you're probably eligble for a Steamgineer tag, so let myself if I'm around or Ulysses Cabaret know, we'll take a look at your creations and give you a tag!
To be eligible you should be have a either/and/or in-world or on SLX or OnRez, your items should be original and should steampunk/Victorian in nature. Mixed punk like cyber-steam or others are fine too.