The end of magic boxes is nigh, sort of, as the clock ticks on deadlines for people who haven’t yet migrated unlimited items. Today is the end of the road for listing new items in magic boxes for items priced at ten Linden Dollars or lower, which would not be a smart move anyway as the item would be unlisted tomorrow!
Commerce Team Linden has updated a forum post with the latest information:
April 2, 2013 has arrived, and we have begun the first phase of Magic Box Shutdown. As of today, Merchants are no longer able to list unlimited-quantity items for L$10 or less using Magic Boxes. By noon PT tomorrow,
April 3, 2013, any active, unlimited-quantity listings for L$10 or less using Magic Boxes will be unlisted. Note that the following will still be allowed:
Magic Box listings priced at L$11 or higher.
All Magic Box listings with limited quantity items, regardless of price.
Note that the second deadline is fast approaching. On April 16th, 2013:
Merchants will no longer be able to list unlimited-quantity items using Magic Boxes, regardless of price.
Any remaining active, unlimited-quantity listings using Magic Boxes will be unlisted, regardless of price.
For the time being, limited-quantity items can continue to use Magic Boxes and will not be affected. “Limited-quantity” refers to items that the Merchant does not have rights to copy (such as breedable animals that are “no copy” for the seller).
My personal experience of migrating from magic boxes has so far been smooth, although I do have one alt whose marketplace folder complains that they need to setup a store, I haven’t got around to migrating that one yet.
My general advice is to make a folder in your inventory and then copy the items in your magic box to that folder and then send those items to the marketplace folder. This has worked well for me but the process is not without problems for some, we’ve seen reports in the forum and Jira about problems.
The knowledge base has a Marketplace Direct Delivery migration guide, which can be helpful but if you have items in magic boxes that are priced at ten Linden Dollars or lower, they will probably be unlisted tomorrow, so time to get your skates on if you haven’t migrated yet.
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