XStreet already charges a commission on every sale. Now, in addition to this, every item listed on XStreet will be subject to a L$10/mo fee. This is not a large fee, until you start listing hundreds of items. The truth is, my sales cover this fee, for me.

But, that’s not going to be the case for everyone.

My L$850/mo in listing charges would not break me. Nevertheless, I am all done playing along with a system where little guys get crushed, or the generous are punished. I’m all done playing along with a system where they want to charge me “rent” and a percentage of my sales. One or the other. Never both.

They have said that this is all about cleaning up XStreet, but I disagree. I don’t think that that is what it’s all about at all. If they really wanted to clean up XStreet, and they complain of the items that never make a sale but are listed in spite of that, why don’t they implement something like some of the other merchant sites out there, where, if an item doesn’t sell, it’s simply removed. (Sites like Renderosity do this, and it seems to work well for them.)

I do realize that there is a ton of things listed on XStreetSL that do need to be cleaned up. I do get that. I also get that there are many things of poor quality all over the place, and that that can be frustrating for shoppers. I understand that LL wants to improve these things, but I think they’re going about it the wrong way.

In any case, I’m sorry to those of you who enjoy shopping on XStreet, but I will no longer be participating. Thank you for reading this, if you’ve come this far.

Editor’s Note: I had misread the info about freebies, and that at least, is a relief. Nevertheless, I still refuse to participate in this big pile o’ steaming poo! :)