A couple of Blog entries from Twisted Hunt.

Article by SL for Nowt

This Blog is about freebies in SL and lately about Grid wide hunts. Until recently, I never thought to google my store name, but what do you know, there they were.
I am glad that all those hundreds of hunt participant stores and designers, my product caught few attention. If you read the response to my comment by the blog author, it definitely pays to put great looking full value product(s) in boxes.

I have received comments, extra sales and custom work commissions from this hunt, and this sort of attention as a notable mention among 100's of other product could prove the quality of my store offering.

Another Blog entry, was from Brazilian community.


Oh btw, I'm sorta working on new trim series for Goth Cowboy hats. The new and Different sets of Tarot cards with leather texture hats.

First Days of Twisted Hunt

First of all, thanks to everyone who stopped for # 13 (! how appropriate!) of the 103 stops of Twisted Hunt. I think anyone will be more than happy when they open the contents.
I put three full products and two can be mostly unisex. (Cowboy hat, male size choker and a pair of platform heels)
It could work on any males like me, who also wears high heels, then you will not waste that spicy looking heels, either. lol Girls, you could never have too many high heels, so there.

Interesting thing that there are more than a share of dramas. But that is expected, after all, this is mostly about girls and fashion. *evil grin
I will not go into the details of these drama, but let's just say, I will never put my blog in those SL fashion blog feed, nor send my products for some stupid review blogs, in the future. I never have, never will. FXXk *the exposure*.

When everyone discovered gucci and vuitton, I went for Lancel. There is a reason for it. Daini Ken is one of the *best kept secret in SL*, and continue to be one.
What's a fun in having a stuff that everyone else in the grid has? B. O. R. I. N. G...


I say this over and over.

1. Daini Ken makes original products.
(No plagiarism from RL designers/products.)

2.Daini Ken will not make crayon box color selections.

3.Daini Ken will not try to mass market the products.
(which means no vendors, outlets, commission resellers.)

4. Daini Ken only sells the products that are good enough to be worn by the creator (ie:ME). And I am very picky about how it looks. In other words, I don't sell stuff that are suck. lol

5. Freebies, gifts for treasure hunts... They are all full product and exceeds in average values of my regular products. Who wants some failed experiments or unpopular products?

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I think I will put St Patrick's day hat later. It is from previous year, but I think it looks good for festivities. :) I can't let you kicked by others. lol

Twisted Hunt

Twisted Hunt (Grid wide treasure hunt) will be on from March 1st to 31st. My store will be participating.

The gift will be something new, and way better than that of ordinary freebies, so make sure you mark your calender.

Merger of Xstreet and LL....

It has been announced last evening that LL and Xstreet(and On rez) agreed on the merger.

My first impression is unsettling, sickening feeling yet no way to put a finger to it. No details has been disclosed as to what will happen, other than for the most part. In the FAQs, what I can tell that Xstreet will work as it is.

I have not been updated nor added much on Onrez since the days of Sl boutique, so I will not be affected directly on that part. However, I know that either political reason or usability of browser functions, many preferred to use Onrez, which understandably expressed the displeasure of the practical demise of Onrez.

Another is that virtual taxation. Now that Xstreet is LL, fear of implementation of *taxation on in world purchase transaction.* This has been a joke from the time I joined SL, but from what I can see, becoming very much real fear that LL will gradually move towards tax on every transaction made on SL.

Xstreet's commission had different meanings. They are the income source of Xstreet which were independent from SL activity.

Now that these two are merged, the merchant has to pay for two different classified, one quite useless , and the one on Xstreet will be taken over by flood frivorous classifieds as the one in world.

At this point, LL is just collecting reaction on public, no answers to any practical questions. So we just have to watch.

The business models on in world store and Xstreet has been somewhat separate. Now, I have to come up how to implement the new system efficiently. (I am just so stressed out about this. Just because no detail was made clear about the merger. )

Price reduction on unscripted Top Hats 100-120L

My top hats are now 100L -120 L(few of them are even double pack) except for resize scripted current model. (They are 250L , slightly reduced as well)

Inquire if you want something custom made.

Daini Ken +Gothic Colors+ for goth cowboy hats

Goth Cowboy hat with 4 skulls on front.

Now comes in 6 +Gothic Colors+

(No, there are no such things as gothic colors. Just that all the color options in SL seems to be limited in *edit window colors* maybe except by Silent Sparrow.)

New distressed leather texture, color, shadings are baked on. This is not the default white texture, colored with edit box.

I (The model in the picture, if you didnt know already) am wearing +Incubus jade+
+Bloodraven, +Castle Midnight, +Darkmoss,+ Gothic Violet, +Ruined Brown come in a box.

Now, the price.
This box is listed in Xstreet (former Sl exchange) as 1750L for copy permission, with resizer script. Not that much of a discount from 1870L value. However, if you visit my in world store from the link on the right, You can get the different permission sets for 900L, which is over 50%off from individual product bought separately.

*Transfer option with resizer script. No mod, no copy
*Mod, Copy, No transfer. Unscripted

Individual unscripted items in copy, mod permission is also available for 300L each.

Logo Experiment

This is about the time for me to prepare the store sign/logo for the next year. I was experimenting(playing. really.) with few samples.

My brain is so set up in an analog graphic way that each element is almost composed in my head as if to cut and paste screen tones and typeset placing.

hmmmm do I need any subtle hues ? .... (talking to my self)