Merchant Application

Interested in joining a sale group but find that you cannot afford more than L$50 to participate?

Are you looking to expand your customer base and maximize your advertising dollars?
Do you want to have a sale but do not know how to advertise it?  
Want to break into a wide market of people but have a limited networking system?  
Want to get involved with a terrific sale group full of supportive and helpful members?
Looking for a simple and easy way to participate that requires very little setup?
Look no further! We have a sale group just for you! 


Steals And Deals - Weekly Sale Group


  Our in world group subscriber boasts a list of over 18,000+ members that grows every day!
Our members distribute the weekly sales list to their groups and subscribers which reaches a staggering 120,000+ people in SL!
Our blog is seen by thousands of visitors weekly!
(Numbers as of March 13, 2012)
An amazingly affordable way to advertise and grow your business in SL!


Applications will be processed as quickly as possible and in the order they are received.

Upon approval of your application, you will receive a group invite, friendship offer from StealsAndDeals Blogger, and the welcome package containing everything you need to participate as a merchant in the Steals And Deals weekly sale.

Minimum requirements to be considered for the Steals and Deals Sale:
1. At least 75% of the items in your store must be created by the store owner. (If there is a co-owner please indicate on the application.)
2. Your store must have it's own store group and/or subscriber (to be able to send the list to).
3. Your store must have at least 50 items for sale in their store.
4. At least 75% of your stores' merchandise must regularly be priced at least L$100.
5. You will use your own creations and not submit them to other sales groups in the same week.
6. You understand that no stolen items, resale items, or BIAB items are acceptable - your sale items must be your own creations.**


**[Due to the nature of building and terms of use associated with many licensed builder kits, templates, sculpties, scripts, mega prims, individual custom ordered parts/contracted item/body parts or any other design/building parts, we realize that there may be building/body/clothing parts (etc) used in your creations that do not carry your name as creator.  As result, we must have this information as part of our commitment to SL's Terms of Service (ToS) and our own S&D ToS as well as continuing awareness and vigilance to IP content theft in SL on behalf of merchants/designers within SL including our participants and customers. Please understand that these names will be verified through profile/picks searches and/or personal contact in order to protect the integrity of the group and reputation of everyone involved.] 

How to Apply:
(~!~Please COPY AND PASTE EVERYTHING below into a notecard including the Application Agreement and 'Thank you' at the very bottom of this page.~!~)

1) Name your notecard:
S&D Application (Your SL Name / Your Store Name)

2) Fill in your notecard with the appropriate accurate information. Do not leave any area blank. Incomplete applications could result in delays with your application and/or denial of application.

3) Send the completed notecard to StealsAndDeals Blogger in Second Life.

Name: 
Are you the store owner (if not please name the store owner)?
Store Name: 


Please list the name(s) of anyone else that is listed as creator on any/all of your items and their relationship to you (IE. Firstname Lastname - sculpt/template creator of Xstore, Bob Elroy - alt of applicant, etc) - this is part of our commitment to SL's Terms of Service (ToS) and our own S&D ToS for vigilance of IP in SL on behalf of merchants/designers within SL including our own merchants and customers **:


SLURL: 
(Please ask for help if you are unsure how to get an SLURL for your store.)

Landmark (LM):

Briefly describe what you sell:


Please attach 3 full perm ad photos to give us an example of your items:
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3.

What are your expectations for the Steals and Deals sale group?


Do you intend to plan to participate weekly?  (Weekly participation is not required but for planning purposes we need to know how much you plan to participate.)

In order to provide an estimated number that our sales list is sent to we need to know:
Number of customers in your subscriber -
Number of customers in your SL group -
(The information you provide will NOT be shared with anyone other than S&D officers. However, a total approximation of your group subscribers will be added to our numbers for advertising purposes.)

Application Agreement:
By sending in this application you are agreeing to the following rules and state that you meet the minimum requirements:
1. You will price your sale item(s) for at least 50% off the regular price - 50% is a minimum requirement on at least one item.
2. You will submit your own creations for sale.
3. You will not submit the same sale item(s) to another sale at the same time.
4. You will not duplicate a sale item(s) in the S&D sale until four sale weeks have passed.
5. You will send your submissions in by the weekly deadline, using the scripted Payment Sender. There is a L$50 charge per submission entry per store location - IE. 3 items on an entry per store location for L$50 OR the one exception is 2 male items AND 2 female items per entry per store location for L$50.
Example - you have two stores with two different locations and you wish to submit 6 items for the sale, then you will have to submit 2 submission entries - 3 items from one store location for L$50 then 3 items from the other store location for another L$50.
6. You will place the Steals and Deals kiosk subscriber next to the sale item(s) and it must remain in your store at all times.
7. You are responsible for checking the drafted copies of the blog and notecards for mistakes/corrections to your listings prior to the sale start. Drafts are posted in the group announcements on Thursdays and StealsAndDeals Blogger is your corrections contact.
8. You will send the completed weekly sales list to your store group (SL group, scribe-o-matic, hippo group, etc) each week in order to get the sale out to as many people possible.
9. Your S&D sale merchandise must be available for purchase from Friday 12:01AM SLT until Monday 11:59PM SLT (Midnight) for each S&D sale you participate in. We provide scripted S&D vendors in the welcome package that manage the time on their own should you choose to use them.   
***Steals and Deals is not responsible for copyright infringements, IP theft, or any violation of Second Life's Terms of Service and End-User License Agreement.  Steals and Deals reserves the right to update/change these minimum requirements and application agreement as necessary in order to provide a quality sale service to the SL community.  Steals and Deals also reserves the right to expel and deny admittance to the group if any participant is found in violation of Second Life's EULA and TOS.***
All weekly submissions with ads are due in by Wednesday at Midnight SLT using the most current Payment/Submission Sender created by the StealsAndDeals Blogger.  Submissions are accepted beginning the Friday one week prior to the sale begin date and submissions close the Wednesday two days before the sale begins - no exceptions.

Check the group notices every Thursday afternoon for the draft version of the sales list.  If you see any problems with your listing either on the drafted notecard or in the blog then notify the StealsAndDeals Blogger as soon as possible. The final official sale listings will be distributed in the group Thursday evening unless otherwise stated in group notices.

Questions?

Thank you for your interest in Steals And Deals, we hope to hear from you soon!
Steals and Deals Team

**[Due to the nature of building and terms of use associated with many licensed builder kits, templates, sculpties, scripts, mega prims, individual custom ordered parts/contracted item/body parts or any other design/building parts, we realize that there may be building/body/clothing parts (etc) used in your creations that do not carry your name as creator.  As result, we must have this information as part of our commitment to SL's Terms of Service (ToS) and our own S&D ToS as well as continuing awareness and vigilance to IP content theft in SL on behalf of merchants/designers within SL including our participants and customers. Please understand that these names will be verified through profile/picks searches and/or personal contact in order to protect the integrity of the group and reputation of everyone involved.]