HGB: Report on Kitely Market growth

[Dot Matrix]

Landscaping brings in the dough on Kitely Market

The Kitely Market gained almost 700 new listings this month, its biggest growth month since the market first launched two years ago. [...]

As more users of other grids have begun shopping the market, the ratio of people preferring to pay with PayPal has increased, from 59 percent of all items purchased when the market was first launched, to 79 percent in May.

There's also a link to an Inworld Review video where Ilan and Maria discuss these issues as well as the recent Kitely price changes.

[Dot Matrix]

Another report from Hypergrid Business on Kitely Market: Kitely Market delivers to 96 grids

Key quotes:

[Ilan Tochner said:] “...merchants who take the time to create high quality listings for items in popular product categories can earn a good return in Kitely Market.”

In particular, the top five merchants have seen combined sales of more than US $14,000 on the marketplace, he said.

The top 35 best selling merchants have each sold at least $175 worth of items, he added.

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This month, there were 510 new exportable items listed on the Kitely Market, and 69 new non-exportable ones.

The total number of different items available on the marketplace is now 9,971, an increase of 579 new items compared to last month. These items are grouped into 4,932 product listings, an increase of 271 new products compared to last month.