EOTB: Applications Being Accepted For SL23B Shop & Hop

 

For merchants wanting to take part in the Second Life Birthday Shop and Hop event, good news. Yesterday on April 30, Linden Lab announced it was accepting applications for the shopping event. 

 

For those interested, business owners wanting to be part of the event need to fill out an application on Google Docs (here). The SLB Shop and Hop will last for the duration of The Birthday, Thursday, June 18 thru Sunday, July 19. The setup itself will be from Friday June 5 to Monday June 8. Merchants are required to have all items in their store discounted by at least 20 percent, and have at least one available as a gift to anyone, or a gift certificate worth at least 299L, reguardless if they're in the store group or not. Politics is to be avoided, and items not for sale at the store cannot be advertised. 

 

This year, the Shop and Hop sims will be in two areas, one General-rated, and one Adult-rated. So those wanting to be in the Adult area can request it. Those wishing to be part of the General-Audience area need to keep their items and decor fit for the sim rating.  

 

Applications for the Shop and Hop need to be turned in earlier than other SLB applications, by Sunday May 10. Volunteers, Exhibitors and Entertainers need to turn theirs in by May 18. 

 

For more information, read the official blog post here.

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

 

EOTB: Christmas Shop And Hop Starting December 6

 

In real life, stores are taking down Halloween items and putting up the Christmas ones. And Linden Lab is doing much the same. They recently announced on the official blog that they're planning the Holiday Shop and Hop. 

Halloween may still be spookily lingering, but we’re already brewing up plans for the festive season! We’re excited to announce the return of our highly anticipated Holiday Shop & Hop event. Mark your calendars for a spectacular shopping extravaganza starting on December 6th, 2024, and running through January 5th, 2025. Get ready for a festive shopping experience like no other!

The lab invited merchants over, "to participate and add a dash of magic to this seasonal celebration", provided they offered a free gift at their shops to everyone, whether they were in any store group or not, and a discount of at least 20%. But they didn't have long to apply. Applications were open for only a few days, then closed.

To see the blog post in full, Click Here.

Halloween Shop And Hop Starts Friday October 4

 

 

For Halloween fans, one of the biggest shopping events of the year is about to arrive: The October Shop and Hop. Organized by Linden Lab, this event covers 20 sims, and boasts 400 merchants offering their goods. 

- 400 Second Life Content Creators are participating across 20 regions.  
- Creators will give a 20% or more discount on items and all of them will have a free (non-group) gift for shoppers
- Second Life Birthday Group will get early access to the event on Thursday, October 3rd at 9am PT onwards.
- The event is open to the public from Friday, October 4th at 9am PT through November 3rd.  

One can also check out the event's Flickr page here: https://www.flickr.com/groups/slshophop

 

The event officially begins at 9AM tomorrow, Friday October 4, though those in the Shop and Hop group can access a day early. You can chose which sim to appear in from this list in the Destination Guide (link), or check out a list of the stores at the end of this blog post (link). Or you can just hop right in at : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dahlia/127/125/54

Bixyl Shuftan

SL20B Ends

 

 

Unless there's been a *very* last second reprieve by Linden Lab, then the Second Life Twentieth Birthday has come to a close, the sims closing to the general public at Midnight last night, both the exhibits and the "Shop and Hop." While exhibitors and Lindens and Moles can still travel the sims for the next few days, the rest of us can't. 

We'll have a few more SL20B related stories, but we will be focusing more on other stories, such as the upcoming "Burning Man: Conception" event.

*Addition* The Shop and Hop will still be open until later today, and while the sims were supposed to be closed, I was still able to get an alt over. 

The following was also posted by Squeaky Mole in the Second Life Birthday group:

SL20B Has Ended & Group Chat Closed

Hello everyone, I want to thank everyone for enjoying Second Life's 20th birthday with us. However the time has come, SL20B is officially over.

Group chat will be temporally muted until the next Shop & Hop. The remains will remain open a little longer but will be closing today.

Thanks again everyone, and happy birthday!

 

The "Shop and Hop"

 

While for many celebrating the Second Life Birthday do so by attending discussions with the Lindens and Moles, going to music parties, and touring the exhibits, for some of us the thing to do is shop. And so there is the "Shop and Hop" event for the SL19B. It's set in twenty sims separate from the main Birthday area, but still in a Steampunk theme, as is the event theme.

This year, you’ll find a record-breaking 400 participating merchants across 20 regions. In addition to deep discounts and deals, there are also exclusive and completely new gifts available for free at all the shops.  

You can find SURLs for the hundreds of stores taking part on the page for the event in the Linden blog. Or if you want to just jump right in, here's one place: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Gleaming/112/111/52

Bixyl Shuftan