I did a small survey, and came up with some rather interesting statistics:

Almost 90% of the developers I surveyed provide their merchants or affiliates with a 20% commission on their catalog[ue] vendors. So, you might be wondering, “why the hell does jadSOFT give me only 15% ?! Assholes!”

Wonder no more! The commission has been pushed to 20% for all products and all vendors!

Also, there are rumors people are having a hard time interacting with the Merchant Package Updater; which, I must admit, is not surprising, considering there is no way to interact with it. Just leave it in your server rack, box rack, girlfriend’s rack, or anywhere else, and it will automatically hand you any necessary updates. This means you don’t need to stay in the jadSOFT Merchants group in order to receive new updates. HOWEVER, for now, you do have to replace the updater after every update. We’ll work on a more automated process… maybe.

As you might’ve noticed, I haven’t been very active for the past two months. I’ve been through several real-life difficulties (none of them involving sex with animals, or alien abductions,) which have slowed me down a lot. Unfortunately, I won’t really have much time until I a) win the lottery or b) marry an old, rich lady or c) get my head together and recover my previous productivity levels. Or d) receive a miraculous donation from a stranger (hint.)

Having said that, I believe it’s time to “open” the Merchant Program. No more stupid applications, no more groups to join, no more WASTING TIME! From now on, When I get off my arse, I’ll set up a free Merchant Package dispenser at the stores, and turn on the Open Enrollment feature on the group.

You might be asking yourself: Why do I care? I’m already a merchant!

Well, smartass, if for some reason you leave the group and lose the updater, you will have an easy way to recover your dignity. Er. I mean, to recover your vendors.

Anyhow! It’s time to get back to my 1337 scripting time! Buh-bye!

-jad