ALL VENDORS WILL BE POSTED BY NOVEMBER 10TH. If you are accepted you will be sent an invitation to join the vendors official group. If you are not accepted we still appreciate you very much and thank you for applying. Those not accepted may contact AuroraBorealis SpiritWeaver to see how you might be accepted to next years hunt. Because of the number of hunts competing with Peace on Earth this year, we felt we could make it a more intimate hunt focusing on the purpose for which the hunt was founded.-
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We are finding that some clarification is needed to help vendors understand who will be accepted to the hunt and why and who will be denied and why. We are absolutely thrilled by the outpouring of generosity in those that have applied, because as many of you know this hunt is unlike many because of the spirit of this hunt. The Spirit of Peace on Earth is about “GIVING”. That is Giving the best part of of who we are and how we celebrate the winter holidays that month of December and into the New Year. We expect the best out of each and every one of you and that the gift is representative of your best not something simple and thrown together. We are inviting only the best designers, whether they are big or small regardless of designing history, based upon the quality of product they carry in their stores and in the presentation of their stores. December is often a time of great artistic expression and we celebrate this by offering as wide a range of unique items; the more unique your shop the greater your opportunity to be included.
We are looking for shops that have items for women, men, tinys, furrys, the fashion followers, the rebels, landscaping, gadgets, housewares, and more. It is important to us to let each vendor know that the hunt they are joining will foster the best reputation of quality and will reflect well on them for being part of it. The criteria we set is not arbitrary it is designed to foster the greatest traffic possible to your stores and create that Spirit of the Season throughout the grid.
The Criteria:
1. No Resellers. Stores that are more than 25% reseller of other designers big store merchandise. We are looking for the unique designers of distinctive creative content.
2. No Clubs unless they offer a individualized service unique to SL that fits perfectly into the other criteria.
3. No Malls only businesses will be accepted, however Mall owners are encouraged to help owners so they may see increased traffic to their sim.
4. This is a PG friendly hunt no adult images or depictions of nudity (other than skin stores). No gratuitous violence, sex, explicit language, bondage or related equipment or paraphernalia within sight of the store hunt area.
5. The landmark landing zone must be within 20 meters of store entrance or 10 meters from teleport board. Only exception would be if half or more of businesses of a sim are participating.
6. More than one store may be entered under one owner under these guidelines.
A. The store must have a unique name and sell something completely different
B. If they share the same sim they will be combined as one entry into the hunt
C. Each store may offer a gift in each store and it will be labeled accordingly.
7. Quality and ingenuity of product is important!!! Stores are to be accepted by determination of whether hunters will be excited to find these gifts, not personal style of those making the determination.
The theme PEACE ON EARTH was chosen to draw upon the universal sense of unity that we feel during the holiday season. It is meant to be a festive hunt that all peoples can embrace. It will be an opportunity for a grid wide celebration of the diversity that is Second Life. We wish to foster understanding , tolerance, and respect throughout this global community. We wish to promote those things which bring people together and will select from the applications we receive, the stores and gifts we feel best represent those ideals of unity and trust among nations,peoples, & their communities. We will turn down applications we feel do not meet the above criteria. We are a general audience friendly hunt and are proud to offer our Second Life communities a safe holiday celebration. Applications will be accepted until November 1st, 2009 11:59 PM SLT.
As a vendor you are encouraged to showcase something special about a culture (national or other) , ethnicity and/or faith based belief, Peace on Earth theme or something related to Peace in general. We encourage these gifts to be of a high quality to be truly representative of your best designs. Please remember the spirit of goodwill of the season. We believe that generosity will reap rewards in return visits.
These gifts you will place into the contents of a small earth globe which will be delivered to you. You will place them in your store or mall area, perhaps slightly hidden but manageable to be found in a reasonable amount of time. No altering of the globe and no hidden rooms. We will have a large number of vendors involved and want to make sure that all have an opportunity to be visited. There will be several starting points to allow for an opportunity to hunt without encountering terrible lag. We hope for Peace in our lifetime for our planet and will nurture it in our own pixelated world : )
