I can understand the “group quota” problem; we at Esperanza have this problem too. When you are allowed to join only 25 groups in-world, you are reluctant to signup for a new one. But this is business, guys: If we cooperate in an affiliate program and share the revenues that come from the sales, it’s mandatory for you to be in our Affiliates Group. Simply because:

1. We want to know who is selling our products, in order to give a better support.

2. HippoVend system updates come very often and we need to send updated packs to the affiliates via group notices. The old ones expire in a short time, after the package is replaced by the updated vendors. Would you like to see “out of order” vendors with blank screens, when you come to your shop?

3. From time to time, we offer special comissions on new products and this only available on specific vendors we post to the group. We need active affiliates who follow group notices and update/replace vendors to cooperate with us on our marketing strategy.

4. Also, we may change the comission rates on some products and the only way to learn this is checking group notices.

5. On special times, holiday seasons etc., we prepare promotional material, merchandise items for affiliates and post these packages using group notices.

Summary: You want to sell our products and earn money? Then you should be in sync with us which means you should join Esperanza Affiliates Group. You do not want to cooperate and feel reluctant to reserve a group slot for our business? Then goodbye, you are not a qualified business partner for us. It’s that simple.

 

Note: Esperanza Affiliate Vendor packages are only available in-world since November 1. Visit one of our stores, wear your group tag (you can join the group by touching the gadgets you see there) and touch the affiliate vendor package dispensers. It’s free and easy. Plus, we pay 40% comission on every sale you make via your vendors at your shops.

Esperanza Gift Vouchers are on sale at Esperanza Beach.

Today, we launched our new gift voucher system. To celebrate the launch, vouchers are on sale with huge discounts at Esperanza Beach. The discounted prices are for a limited time and after December 31st, the discount campaign will end. Current special discounted prices are:

• L$ 500 vouchers are sold for L$ 400
• L$ 1000 vouchers are sold for L$ 750
• L$ 2000 vouchers are sold for L$ 1250
• L$ 3000 vouchers are sold for L$ 1500

Esperanza Gift Vouchers are very easy to use (see this post) and you can give them away to your friends as special gifts. The vouchers are usable and valid on the vendors at all Esperanza shops.

Today, we released the latest item on our “prefab stores” product line. Named Deluxe Store 3, this new building was set on sale at our stores and XStreetSL, with bonus items in it.

Deluxe Store 3 is a two-storey modern design store for 1024 sqm and larger lots. It is 102 prims and mod/copy enabled. Each floor is illuminated by two scripted and owner-controlled lamps, mounted on wall panels. A sculpted wooden staircase leads the visitors upstairs. At the entrance, there is a product stand to display items/gifts; wall panels also have single shelves for the same purpose.

Deluxe Store 3, comes with a sculpted/scripted metal street lamp (copy enabled) and pavement & road parts (mod/copy enabled) to design basement and surrounding. Together with Deluxe Store 1 and Deluxe Store 2, this product set is ideal for mall or shopping complex builds.

On November 1st, we are launching the new gift voucher system. Using Esperanza Gift Vouchers, you can safely shop via our vendors at Esperanza stores and also send these vouchers to your friends as a gift – they can choose what they want from our product lines.

The Gift Vouchers come with 6 different L$ values recorded on them: 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000 and 3000 L$ vouchers will be on sale at our stores next week. Using the vouchers is very easy (and the vouchers come with help/instruction notes) and handy: You just rez or “wear” the voucher near one of Esperanza vendors at our stores; then click on the main panel when it shows the product you want. A menu will appear, asking you if you’d like to use the voucher for this transaction. Choose “Yes” and that’s all! Your item will be instantly delivered to you; and the price will be deducted from your voucher. If the price is higher than the voucher’s value, you can pay the remaining amount to vendor and complete the transaction.

And the good news: Celebrating the new system, we are making a huge discount on L$ 2000 and L$ 3000 gift vouchers: You can buy L$ 2000 voucher for L$ 1000 and L$ 3000 voucher for L$ 1250 until the end of the year! Just check Esperanza stores on the 1st of November.

Last week, I have updated the Esperanza Affiliate Vendor Pack, which has been circulated for a long time. This update not only includes the new and faster, low lag vendor set, but also brings a new, much higher commission for the affiliates: Now you can get 40 percent from every sale you make via your vendors at your own place!

The new vendors are not multi-panel, multi-item gadgets. I focused on some hand-picked, good selling items and chose to make single-item vendors for each of them. The purpose is very clear: According to Esperanza sales reports, people prefer to buy from simple, single-item vendors, without touching/playing with multi-panel gadgets. Moreover, most affiliates contacted me in the past years and told they would like to use low-prim and simple vendors at their shops.

The package has 6 different boxes, each box having a specific category: Beach & Tiki, Home Bars, Plants & Flowers, Garden Stuff, Beach Sets and Gadgets. In total, there are 88 different vendors, selling individual items, 1-prim each. You can browse the contents, choose the ones you would like to sell/display in your shop or venue; according to your visitor profile. The box also includes necessary signs and logos, stating you are an official reseller of Esperanza.

The new affiliate boxes are free (as usual) and can ONLY be obtained from Esperanza stores – check the Stores page for SLurls. When you teleport to our stores, find the affiliate packs, click on them and buy for free. The only important thing is, you need to join Esperanza Affiliates in-world group. There is a group inviter sign just above the packages. Click on them, join the group, then don’t forget to activate your group tag before clicking on the affiliate pack dispenser.

Important note: The vendors in the old affiliate pack will expire soon! So if you have the old boxes, don’t forget to replace them with the new ones or you won’t be able to make any sales.

We have brand new sculpty bar stools for those who need low-prim and elegant stuff for their own bar sets. These new stools are only one prim; yet looking great. There are two types at Esperanza Mainstore: classical and modern. Each type has four color options: Red, blue, aqua and purple. The best part is, these stools are mod/copy enabled; which means you can rez as many of them as you like. Also, you can freely edit them if you like; change texture and/or add your own sitting poses. For L$ 100, it’s a real bargain.

Visit Elmaer (179, 243, 91)

More than 200 posters in a 3-storey building

Our poster collection at Esperanza Artshop (Elmaer) keeps growing. Yesterday, 20 new vintage movie posters was added to the gallery at the 2nd floor: Most asked classic titles such as “Singing In The Rain”, “The Maltese Falcon”, “The Sound of Music”, “Dial M for Murder”, “The Wizard of Oz”, “An American In Paris” and many more. Now we have 120 vintage movie posters in total – and counting!

Esperanza Artshop is at Elmaer region; it’s a three-storey shop, full of paintings, movie posters, vintage pinups and original 3D art made by myself. All items are modifyable (no copy) and transferrable. There are special bundle packs as well as individual posters.

At first floor, there is Part 1 of our movie posters collection and classical paintings by famous artists such as Van Gogh, Renoir, Gauguin and many more. Second floor hosts the Part 2 of movie posters collection. Finally, at the third floor, you can find around 40 vintage pinup posters and 12 original 3D artwork by me.

Branded metaLIFE vendors, selling Esperanza products

I’ve been gladly observing the steady growth of metaLIFE for months. Everyday many new Second Life residents join this fast, useful and friendly network (or community) and bring comfort to their shopping/selling experience. Esperanza is a member of metaLIFE for long; we have put most of our products on sale via this network and added our brand to the ever-growing list of SL merchants.

Now, good news for metaLIFE members, land owners and resellers: Esperanza brand is paying 40 (fourty!) percent comission on sales to affiliates! If you would like to sell our products at your own place in Second Life and get this huge comission, it’s very easy to participate in: Just get a vendor package from metaLIFE in-world, rez your vendor and select Esperanza as brand.

All our best-selling home, beach and garden products are available via metaLIFE: Bars, tiki stuff, garden sets, prefabs, gadgets, tropical plants and trees, bartenders and dispensers… Tons of high quality stuff. Ready to earn comissions?

A different vendor which brings fun to your shopping experience.

Do you like surprises? How about buying an item for a much lower price than its regular value? You probably know; earlier this year, Lucky Designs presented a new product, belong to a sister company: Fnordian Random Vendor. It’s a very simple gadget: You pay it a “low price” and it gives you one of the products it hosts. Totally random! You don’t know what you’ll get for the price you paid, but you know one thing: It will be much more expensive normally. It’s kind of a “blind purchase” but fun, for sure. With its attractive, eye-catching design, Fnordian Random Vendor is a lovely thing to bring spice to shops and malls.

I personally buy everything Shep Korvin (owner of the Lucky Designs) makes or recommends; because I value his opinions and I like the way he brings fun and entertainment into Second Life. Think of the famous Lucky Chair; it became one of the best known brands in the metaverse. Or remember MobVend, Lucky Eggs, Bid Box, Midnight Mania and many others. I didn’t hesitate a second buying Fnordian vendor when I saw it at Lucky Designs store.

So… We have now 2 of these things at the Esperanza Beach! Very simple to use: Pay it L$ 100, and it will give you one of 10 Esperanza products it has in its inventory. I guarantee: These are regular Esperanza products I sell at our stores AND their normal prices are much more than L$ 100. I can safely say you won’t regret this “blind purchase” and probably will want more! I don’t want to spoil the surprise part but I’ll give only one clue: One of the products in Fnordian Vendors is Bartender 2.0 LE (regular price L$ 290.)

So what’s the catch? Nothing. Second Life is not just business and profit. I love the fun part of it and I wanted to add a bit of spice, by placing this thing in our stores, which I’m sure will entertain you. Want to give it a try? Just visit Esperanza Beach and see it for yourself.

Our newest home bar product is now at Midnight Mania!

Have you seen our newest home bar model with Bartender 2.0 LE? There are four models with different colors: Blue, Red, Aqua and Purple. All have single-prim, sculpted, nice bar stools. The best part is, the bar set with all parts is completely mod/copy enabled! For a very low price (L$ 390) it’s a bargain you wouldn’t want to miss for sure.

But, you also have one more chance to get it for free: You know the Midnight Mania stuff which is very popular among SL users? OK then, at Esperanza Beach, we placed Home Bar Blue to our Midnight Mania board. Visit the place, touch the board to register and if the 50 persons target is reached by midnight, get your free copy automatically delivered to you! Call and teleport your friends, to raise your chance.