Cariama: News

CBox, CViewers and COne updated to V1.60

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

News and New Features

News:

The CBoxes, CViewers and COnes of Second Life world and InWorldz have been reworked to fix minor bugs and take advantages of each grid.

For InWorldz, the new stability of Phlox has enabled the resell option: you can now have affiliates selling your products with the CViewers and the COnes.

For both worlds, the COne and the CViewers 1, 4, 6 and 10 items are now available.

Second Life World
CBox: V1.60, fully functional, mod copy
CViewer: V1.60, fully functional, resell option enabled, mod copy
COne: V1.60, fully functional, resell option enabled, mod copy
Delivery: fully functional, cross-sim enabled
Credits & Withdrawals: fully functional

InWorldz
CBox: V1.60, fully functional, mod copy
CViewer: V1.60, fully functional, resell option enabled, mod copy
COne: V1.00, fully functional, resell option enabled, mod copy
Delivery: fully functional, cross-sim enabled
Credits & Withdrawals: fully functional

The transition to version V1.60 is effective as of today and all the older versions will be stopped in one week (Monday 18th). You can get your new versions 1.60 at a CTerminal.

To update to the new version, you will need to replace the script inside the tools, more information in the forum or in the READ ME notecard in the tools package.

The other grids (SimWorld, 3rdRockGrid and UFS Grid) will be updated to version 1.60 by end of the month.

The vending system will be proposed to Avination grid shortly too. However sales with Cariama's website marketplace is still prohibited.

New Features:

*** In the screen ***
Work is under progress on the CGroup, a tool that will help managing your customers.

Valuable link: BrowserShots, a way to test your website in different browsers.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
.{Rue}. Horn'd by Ruina Kessel
Sandry's Birds in InWorldz by Sandry Logan
Sandry's Birds (SL) by Sandry Logan
Sandry's Animated Sets (IW) by Sandry Logan
Tango Down by Kriss bhalti

New Stores:
Sandry's Birds (IW) by Sandry Logan
Phoenix Creations by Leanna Caerndow
Tango Down custom scripting and combat designs by Kriss bhalti
Anja's Animations [Full Perms] by Anja Edwardstone

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Welcome Avination

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

News and New Features

News:

*** Avination ***
Avination grid was added to Cariama. We welcome this new grid and you can already find Terminals in different locations, two of them are even located at the Welcome Area!
For Avination grid, you will be able to list your different products in a showcase, however sales are not permitted, this limitation was requested by the founders of the grid.

*** Phlox in InWorldz ***
No problems in Cariama's scripts were detected after the implementation of Phlox in InWorldz grid; the beta grid helped a lot to prevent any malfunctions of the different scripts.

New Features:

*** Showcase ***
Currently for Avination grid, a new listing page was created: you list your products the same way you do for the other worlds, except informations concerning price and linked objects/textures/notecards in CBoxes are not given.

*** Teleportation ***
The teleportation option for products was added: if you have given the SURL indication in the item filling form, a new button is now proposed in the item page for a direct teleportation to the SURL location. This feature is proposed by SLMarketplace.

*** How To ***
The How To section in the forum was updated to reflect the latest changes. Also, the different 'help' buttons that you can find in different pages of Cariama will link to the corresponding How To section when available.

The link of the week: Second Life Grid Survey - Region Database, if you want to know more about our location in Second Life World.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
BDSM RLV Cages by Roberto Gaudio
Falconvale Commercial Prefabs by Alisa Falconvale
Falconvale Residential Prefabs by Alisa Falconvale
Falconvale Landscaping Items by Alisa Falconvale
Falconvale Multi-Purpose Prefabs by Alisa Falconvale
Erotic Kitchen Set by Stormm Firecaster
Contemporary Platform Bed Sets by Stormm Firecaster
Country Charm Bedroom Sets by Stormm Firecaster
M'Ladys Chaise Lounge by Stormm Firecaster
Romance Piano With Bench by Stormm Firecaster
ProRacing II Series - Technical Water Sports Clothing by EmmanuelMara Resident
Navigation Tools - modpow Marine Design by EmmanuelMara Resident
Quest Q-2m custom - modpow Marine Design by EmmanuelMara Resident
Gowns by Marianna Monentes
Mens Attire by Marianna Monentes

New Stores:
The Cage Paradise by Roberto Gaudio
LilyOak by Lily Threadgoode
Falconvale Prefabs by Alisa Falconvale
Anam Cara Designs byStormm Firecaster
Random Rosie Main Store - Avination by Rosa Rivera
GY BEAUTIFULLAND SALE&RENT byYanko Sella
modpow Marine Design by EmmanuelMara Resident
Avi-style by Marianna Monentes
Avi-style by Marianna Monentes

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Stores, Collections and Products

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

News and New Features

News:

*** Stores, Collections and Products ***

What are stores and collections and why should you use them?
Stores and collections help your customers and potential customers find your products quickly and easily, as well as help you to organize and list your products in the CViewers.

The hierarchy within Cariama is as follows:

YOUR PROFILE: Lists your different stores, as well as a website link, and inworld location. You can also define your ANS (Automatic Notification System) within your profile.
YOUR STORES: Each store can be associated with a different brand name, or even different virtual worlds.
YOUR COLLECTIONS: Collections are a level between the store, and the products. You list your collections in your stores.

Examples of different hierarchy for your products, collections and stores:
hierarchy for two grids
-> store=Apparal in SL with two collections (=shoes,=shirts)
-> store=Apparal in Inworldz with two collections (=shoes,=shirts)
hierarchy gender
-> store=Women Apparal with two collections (=shoes,=shirts)
-> store=Men Apparal with two collections (=shoes,=shirts).

You decide which organization of your products, collections and stores best fit your needs.

You can add stores and collections in the CViewers (the inworld vending machines) listing, thus eliminating the need to list each product individually.

*** New Layout at the Offices ***

The layout of the Cariama offices were changed. Visitors will now find signs to assist with short explanations on how to register with Cariama as well as listing products. An Advantages of Cariama sign is also present. Have a look, your feedback is always welcome.

*** New Title ***

If you had recently visited the Cariama website, you may have noticed that the title has changed from the "No Commission on Sales" to "Free Web Vending System". There is still no commission on sales, this just helps make it clearer that there are no fees for listing on Cariama.
Moreover, the introduction text proposed by Sarge Misfit below the new title is less confusing.

*** Better Advertisement bidding ***

Initially, the bidding system for advertisement was based on one currency, the L$ from SL. If you had avatars in other grids with different currencies, it was complicated to translate the L$ in other currencies when placing a bid. Now, the bidding system takes into account the different currencies used within Cariama and they are shown.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
Wearable aircraft by Deson Bowenford
Original Artwork by Deson Bowenford
SteamPunk by Boo Zipper
Bryce Designs - Dexter by Bryce Tully

New Stores:
No new stores

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Quick reminder

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

News and New Features

News:

Just a reminder to inform you that your CBoxes and CViewers have been updated to version V1.50. You will get the new version at a CTerminal ('Package' button), the list of terminals is given here.

How to update to V1.50

For the CBox:

You will need to replace the script inside the box. First, you place the new CBox V1.50 near your CBox Vx.x. Open the inventory of CBox V1.50 and copy the script CBox V1.50 to your own inventory. Then, open the inventory of the CBox Vx.x, delete only the script CBox Vx.x and copy the new script CBox V1.50 from your own inventory. The upgraded CBox will do its own initialization and update with Cariama website. Finaly, delete the CBox you are not using.

For the CViewers:

For the modifiable CViewers: replace the script inside the CViewer, same steps as for the CBox.
For the non-modifiable CViewers: first, do a "link" action of your old CViewer Vx.x (touch the main board and select the "link" button). You can then delete the old CViewer Vx.x. Rezz the new CViewer V1.50 and try to place it more or less at the same location than the old one. When done, touch the CViewer and select the "link" button: the new CViewer will take the old CViewer list, nothing else to do.

New interface for the management of your images:
Have a look at the new management of your images here. Your feedback is welcome.

Features:

Multiple file upload: allows to select multiple files at once and upload them simultaneously.
Drag & Drop support: allows to upload files by dragging them from your desktop or filemanager and dropping them on your browser window.
Upload progress bar: shows a progress bar indicating the upload progress for individual files.
Cancelable uploads: individual file uploads can be canceled to stop the upload progress.
No browser plugins (e.g. Adobe Flash) required.

Browser Support
The new image management has been successfully tested with the following browser versions:

* Google Chrome - 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
* Apple Safari - 5.0 ¹
* Mozilla Firefox - 3.6, 4.0
* Opera - 10.6 ², 11.0 ²
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 ², 7.0 ², 8.0 ², 9.0 ²

¹ Drag & Drop is not supported on the Windows version of Safari.
² MSIE and Opera have no support for Drag & Drop, multiple file selection or upload progress indication.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= neko furniture by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= Female Neko avatar attachments by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= Male neko avatar attachments by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= Unisex neko avatar attachments by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= Neko Furniture SL by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= Female Neko avatar attachments in SL by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= Male Neko avatar attachments in SL by Myra Foil
Designer Log Homes by Teal Freenote
Patio and Garden by Teal Freenote
Sandry's Animated Sets (SL) by Sandry Logan

New Stores:
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= in InWorldz by Myra Foil
=^.^=Nekopia=^.^= in Secondlife by Myra Foil
Wind River Homes by Teal Freenote
Intoxicated Skins by DJTommy Seetan

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Better search

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

News and New Features

News:

The search section of the marketplace was improved: the search results given by selecting the 'item', 'collection' and 'store' buttons in the bottom right of the profile page, item page, collection page and store page were not always accurate. This was changed in order to give only products, collections and stores for the selected seller.

Just a reminder to inform you that your CBoxes and CViewers will need to be updated to version V1.50 before the end of the month. You will get the new version at a CTerminal ('get package' button), the list of terminals is given here.

Good news for InWorldz residents: the money withdrawal problem, when a sim crashed the permission to give money was lost, is now solved, the withdrawals are fully functional! I have also seen that the problem concerning payment to linked prims was solved by InWorldz team, you can now pay all the prims of the CTerminal.

InWorldz
CTerminal: V1.50, fully functional
CBox: V1.50, fully functional, mod copy
CViewer: V1.50, fully functional, no resell option, mod copy
COne: V1.00, fully functional, no resell option, mod copy
Delivery: fully functional, cross-sim enabled
Withdrawals: fully functional.

How to update to V1.50

For the CBox:

You will need to replace the script inside the box. First, you place the new CBox V1.50 near your CBox Vx.x. Open the inventory of CBox V1.50 and copy the script CBox V1.50 to your own inventory. Then, open the inventory of the CBox Vx.x, delete only the script CBox Vx.x and copy the new script CBox V1.50 from your own inventory. The upgraded CBox will do its own initialization and update with Cariama website. Finaly, delete the CBox you are not using.

For the CViewers:

For the modifiable CViewers: replace the script inside the CViewer, same steps as for the CBox.
For the non-modifiable CViewers: first, do a "link" action of your old CViewer Vx.x (touch the main board and select the "link" button). You can then delete the old CViewer Vx.x. Rezz the new CViewer V1.50 and try to place it more or less at the same location than the old one. When done, touch the CViewer and select the "link" button: the new CViewer will take the old CViewer list, nothing else to do.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
MHC Animations by Misty Harley
Cutouts - avatar size by Granster Vultee
Bryce Designs - Adam by Bryce Tully
Livingroom Furniture by Teal Freenote
Diningroom and Bar Furniture by Teal Freenote
Kitchens and Kitchen Accessories by Teal Freenote
Lamps, Lighting and Candle Holders by Teal Freenote
Bedroom Furniture and Accessories by Teal Freenote
Home Decor and Accessories by Teal Freenote

New Stores:
Gransters Store by Granster Vultee
Wind River Furniture and Home Decor by Teal Freenote
TT's, Ty's, and Things by Tyson Tigerauge

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Updates to V1.50

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

News and New Features

News: Updates to Version 1.50

Since several weeks, the CBox, CViewers and CTerminal of Second Life world and InWorldz have been reworked to fix minor bugs, increase reliability and take advantages of each grid.
In fact due to specificities of each grid, the possible options are different; please find thereafter for both Second Life and InWorldz grid the new version 1.50:

Second Life World
CTerminal: V1.50, fully functional
CBox: V1.50, fully functional, mod copy
CViewer: V1.50, fully functional, resell option enabled, mod copy
COne: V1.00, need resell option, mod copy
Delivery: fully functional, cross-sim enabled
Withdrawals: fully functional

InWorldz
CTerminal: V1.50, payments on one prim (top prim where 'touch and pay here' is written)
CBox: V1.50, fully functional, mod copy
CViewer: V1.50, fully functional, no resell option, mod copy
COne: V1.00, fully functional, no resell option, mod copy
Delivery: fully functional, cross-sim enabled
Withdrawals: need to be reactivated after sim restarts (might be fixed with the new Phlox, http://inworldz.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7541).

The transition to version V1.50 is effective as of today and all the older versions will be stopped in two weeks (Wednesday 30th).
The other grids (SimWorld, 3rdRockGrid and UFS Grid) will be updated to version 1.50 by end of the month.
You can get your new versions 1.50 at a CTerminal, at the website (account->sell page) or in Second Life world by touching the old CBox and CViewer versions.

For the CViewers, several users have asked if it would be possible to change the 'orange' look: it is possible now as the CViewers are mod and you can apply your own textures. You will find the Photoshop templates of the textures at the following address http://www.cariama.com/upload/TemplateCViewer.zip

How to update to V1.50
For the CBox:

You will need to replace the script inside the box. First, you place the new CBox V1.50 near your CBox Vx.x. Open the inventory of CBox V1.50 and copy the script CBox V1.50 to your own inventory. Then, open the inventory of the CBox Vx.x, delete only the script CBox Vx.x and copy the new script CBox V1.50 from your own inventory. The upgraded CBox will do its own initialization and update with Cariama website. Finaly, delete the CBox you are not using.

For the CViewers:

For the modifiable CViewers: replace the script inside the CViewer, same steps as for the CBox.
For the non-modifiable CViewers: first, do a "link" action of your old CViewer Vx.x (touch the main board and select the "link" button). You can then delete the old CViewer Vx.x. Rezz the new CViewer V1.50 and try to place it more or less at the same location than the old one. When done, touch the CViewer and select the "link" button: the new CViewer will take the old CViewer list, nothing else to do.

The link of the week: InWorldzFriends.com, the social network for residents of Inworldz.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
Landscaping by Boo Zipper
Rezzers by Boo Zipper

New Stores:
Tattoo Shop 'Irezumi-ya' by Sage Proto

Information: Kay Noble will be on vacation next week from 12th to 19th.

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Introducing Rha Design

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

News and New Features

News:

Highlight of the week: Winner of the 5000th active product listed.

Congratulations to Sandry Logan who won the 5000th active product listed contest with the Hay Fork (Light Handle) (Boxed) (IW). She won L$1000.
The next levels will certainly be the 7500th and 10000th active products listed!

Cariama helper: Rha Designs.

Cariama is happy to introduce Rha Designs who will assist when you have problems.

"Hi, I am Rha Designs. I am your Cariama helper. If you have any questions, or need assistance with listing or making a purchase on Cariama, contact me via email (rha@cariama.com), private message in forums, or by notecard within InWorldz. I also help with responding to tickets on Cariama.

I found out about Cariama while looking for a web based marketplace for my products in InWorldz. Upon my first visit to Cariama I noticed it has no commission sales and multiple grid support. I decided to give it a try. I (of course) ended up having a few questions, and lots of suggestions, so I ventured forth, and submitted a ticket (or two heh). I was impressed by how quickly I got a reply, and how open Kay was to my suggestions. I saw how much potential Cariama has, and wanted to help out. I discussed with Kay how I could assist with tickets and general questions, and well, here I am!

Recently I had some things come up that took my time away from the net, least of all which was connectivity issues. All which, thankfully, have been resolved. So now, I can resume offering assistance to Kay in whichever ways he deems necessary, which in turn means, I am here to help you.
I can also resume listing my items on Cariama. I have found that the listing is pretty straight forward, very easy to use, and if you are a Second Life user, you can even import your listings from the MarketPlace.
My favorite part of Cariama, would of course be the no commission sales, and coming in a close second, is the multiple grid support, without having to have the same name avatar in each grid."

Big thank you Rha Designs for helping Cariama

New Features How To buttton.

Asked by several users of Cariama, a new button was added in the top menu: the 'How To' button which will open a new page. In this page you will find the necessary information to list your products in a straight forward linear process. You will also find different links to the forum for additionnal features.

The link of the week: OutOfWorld, a forum dedicated mainly to InWorldz.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
FoxyFluffs Misc. Items Collection by Boo Zipper
FoxyFluffs Gestures and Animations by Boo Zipper
FoxyFluffs Creations Electronics and Club Equipment by Boo Zipper
FoxyFluffs Creations Clothing by Boo Zipper
Female Department by Constanza Amsterdam
Male Department by Constanza Amsterdam
Dragon Avatars by Zauber Exonar
Female Hair by Constanza Amsterdam
MH Creations Avatar Accessories by Misty Harley
Mh Creations Landscaping and Garden Items by Misty Harley

New Stores:
FoxyFluffs Creations by Boo Zipper
BBD Designs Male Clothing by Bubbles Blitz
Posture by Lydia Cremorne
MH Creations by Misty Harley

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SLMarketplace Products importation working again

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

News and New Features

News:

Short news this week: it would be great to hit the 5000 listed active items by the end of the week; L$1000 for the one who lists the 5000th active item!

New Features:

Finally, Linden Lab has removed the internet link to XStreet for SLMarketplace (did you know that you can still have access to your old saved images). It took almost 2 weeks to modify the importation scripts, but now it is working, although certain image importations do not work (corrupted database when the transition was made by Linden Lab?).

The importation process is relatively easy: in the sellweb page, you select the 'import' button in the right menu of items, then the avatar in Second Life for which you want to import the SLMarketplace listing. A list of your products will be displayed and you select those you want to import. Due to a very laggy SLMarketplace website, the list can be incomplete, to update it just press F5.

Once you have selected your products to import, the process will propose to validate the different characteristics imported:

title,
price,
categories,
prims,
permissions,
description
and four images.

If you have already uploaded your objects/textures/notecards in the CBox, the importation process will also suggest the best links.
That s all!

The link of the week: Metaverse TV, Television for Virtual Worlds.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
Rha! Designs Footwear by Rha Designs
Female denim outfits by Rhiannon Boronski
Leather clothing sets by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Aqua Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Black Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Blue Grey Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Blue Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Brown Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Emerald Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Green Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski
PA Hazel Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski

New Stores:
Primal Art Clothing by Rhiannon Boronski
Primal Art Eyes by Rhiannon Boronski

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Improved image rendering, RSS feeds

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

News and New Features

News:

For the past two weeks we have seen a real interest for InWorldz sales, which gave Cariama the opportunity to reach 100 sales. With the resolution of the object cross-sim bug in InWorldz, all the sales made via Cariama for this grid were successful, no delivery failures so far!

Highlight of the week: the RSS feed in Cariama.
Are your customers using all the tools Cariama is providing? In your item, collection, store and profile pages a RSS feed at the top of the right menu is given and it can be used by your customers. By subscribing to the RSS feed, your customers will have the ability to know when you list new products. More information about RSS feeds can be found here. Personally, I am using Google Reader for my RSS feeds.
Let your customers know when you list a new item!

New Features:

The rendering of images in Cariama website was improved: the complete process was reworked in order to 'faster' the process in the different pages of the website. With the change of image size limitation going from 65ko to 250ko, several pages of the website were slowed down and with an internet connexion of 1Mo/s, it could take 5-10 seconds to have all the images displayed. Cariama is now using thumbnail images for all the different listings.
The next implementation in the near future will be the 'management' of the image with the delete option.

The link of the week: Machinima, Second Life Machinima, Machinima Software, Tools & News.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
Avatar Accessories by Cryptic Quandry
Vehicles by Cryptic Quandry
Deviant Designs Footwear by Rosie Lavochkin

New Stores:
CQ Workshop by Cryptic Quandry
*~Template Craze ~* by Harmony Panthar
Deviant Designs by Rosie Lavochkin

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InWorldz bug fix, Automatic Notification System

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

News and New Features

News:

A long time has elapsed since the latest newsletter of Cariama: we were all so busy for Chrismas and the New Year. Nevertheless, new improvements were implemented to the website and in the different grids. The TODO list, http://www.cariama.com/zeforum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=117, is still long and will need time as more suggestions are added every week.

The latest very good news from InWorldz is the fix of two bugs: the sim-cross delivery of objects (even when not logged in) and the inventory notification, http://inworldz.com/mantis/view.php?id=184. Now InWorldz proposes the same advantages than SL for commerce.

Cariama is happy to inform that Rha Designs will help to respond to tickets.

New Features:

A major modification was made in the account page (thx to Rha for the suggestion): all 'transactions' can be found via the button in the right menu. The transaction page groups together the information concerning your sales and buys, your money movements (credits, withdrawals, transfers), and the raw data page (all your payments and receivables in one table).

You may also have noticed different changes: a new tab 'terminals' in the top menu, and a 'main page' button in the right button which brings you to the root of your account. That will ease the navigation.
Moreover, different tables were modified to have a better display. Do not forget to do a F5 to update your web browser so it will take the modifications.

The Automatic Notification System (ANS) was added, http://www.cariama.com/zeforum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=114. The ANS will send notifications to URL (for all grids) or to inworld objects (only for SL). To add notifications to your account, please visit your profile management.

The link of the week: secondads.com proposes free advertisement in grid InWorldz.

New Collections and Stores

New Collections:
Mac's Music Guitars by DJMikey MacIntyre
JTL Designs Clothes and Accessories by Johnny Night
RLV COllars by GaiusJulius CaesarAugustus
Male Hair by Constanza Amsterdam
Hidden Surface Hats by Buffy Surface
Bedding sculpts by Tommie Cobalt
ArtiZan Creative Solutions @ InWorldz by Zanara Zenovka
IFT Others - Second Life by Anthony Haslage
IFT Allies - Second Life by Anthony Haslage
HNE Structures - Second Life by Anthony Haslage
HNE Shop - Second Life by Anthony Haslage
Farmyard and Stable Accessories by Sandry Logan
Farmyard and Stable Accessories (IW) by Sandry Logan
LogSpark Hats (IW) by Sandry Logan
Placeparted by Nima Benoir
Grim Glamour by Nima Benoir
Details by Nima Benoir
Fairy Art by Apelles Luna

New Stores:
Studio Nails by Anastasia Magic
GJCR by GaiusJulius CaesarAugustus
Gurl6 Hair Studio InWorldz by Constanza Amsterdam
Mac's Music by DJMikey MacIntyre
Tommie's World by Tommie Cobalt
The Federation - Second Life by Anthony Haslage
Haslage Net Electronics - Second Life by Anthony Haslage
Sandry's (IW) by Sandry Logan
Sandry's by Sandry Logan
19 by Nima Benoir
Lunaria by Apelles Luna

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