Goods and services

Another press release coming up I'm afraid. I don't do these often so two in a row is a tad unusual. I usually stick to RFL but as with my previous post I find this subject matter both interesting and hopefully beneficial.

When Linden Lab purchased XSTreet and Onrez people bemoaned the lack of an independent marketplace, Apez is still around but Apez is more of a service than a marketplace although they are moving to a new website so don't discard Apez as not having potential.

However there was a void created by Linden Lab cornering the out of world marketplace. However residents are nothing if not resourceful and know how to spot an opportunity. An unlikely candidate (to me anyway) has stepped forward in the shape and form of SLapt.me. The work I've seen from SLapt.me so far had been with documenting adult content changes, creating their own wiki and keeping a list of the banned keywords that Linden Lab won't reveal.

However today they are opening their beta version of a website marketplace and this does indeed look to have potential. As the people behind this are adult content creators you may well think it's just for selling adult items, but that's not the case, they have categories for apparel, accessories, building components and much more.

This is of course in the early stage so it's way too early to judge whether it will be a success or not but I hope it is because I strongly feel competition creates a better service for end users and this will keep Linden Lab's marketplace on its toes if this works out.

The press release below gives far more details but I'd say this is well worth keeping an eye on.
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