1,083,688 items listed on xstreetsl 120 lindens per annum to list each item will yield :

130,042,560 lindens in revenue, which will yield

$481,639 extra xstreetsl revenue compare this to the $1.600,000 dollar revenue from sales commision.

now obviosuly this $481,639 is presuming this to be on the basis of charging listing fees for all freebies too ? but could possibly generate a 25% jump in xstreetsl revenue.

note this statement from linden :

“Why are free listings on Xstreet SL a problem?
The items are a large percentage of transactions which have associated costs but no value, which means that cost must be shared by all users.”

if the freebie listings do not pay listing fees except for this L$100 a month listing fee, then this L$10 per item per month listing is mainly there to tax the general seller, its specifically not targeted at the freebie sellers, as the average user will pay L$120 lindens per item per annum to list an item and the freebie seller will pay L$100 per month to sell freebie items full stop, these changes will encourage cheaper items not fair pricing at all. And non of these tactics will tackle freebie listings or dorment items, this is just all about revenue generation, pure and simple, yet i dont think linden have properly targetted this taxation to hit the correct party to deal with overpriced, non selling listings or the tons of low commisions low quality freebie tat, that will clog the listings.

I would personally prefer higher commision rates even up to 10% if necessary to sustain xstreetsl’s running costs, than listing fees, xstreetsl want listing fees because it enables them to control pricing from two angles and thereby confusing the seller so as to get more from them, without it being apparent. I beleive that the 25% jump in revenue could be generated by other more palatable means. and that listing fees is just subdiffuge and camoflage.