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== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Show Rentals via CasperVend</span>''' ==
== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Rental Vendor Integration</span>''' ==
<span style="color:#F00;">'''''There is no official Rental Vendor at the time this page was created, so this is a "hacky" workaround.'''''</span>
 
<span style="color:#F00;">'''''Be warned, this WILL need regular maintenance on the part of the landlord - there's no way around that at the moment - but this is one way to show the rental parcels/locations you have available via CasperVend.'''''</span>
 
::''Rental vendor tickets are [https://bugs.casperdns.com/view.php?id=211 here] and [https://bugs.casperdns.com/view.php?id=542 here] if you wish to show support for the idea.''


'''You will need:  
'''You will need:  
:* [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CasperVend-FREE-Networked-vending-system-Fast-reliable-networked-delivery-full-transaction-tracking/1394191 CasperVend Free] (or Premium)  
:* [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CasperVend-FREE-Networked-vending-system-Fast-reliable-networked-delivery-full-transaction-tracking/1394191 CasperVend Free] (or [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CasperVend-Premium-Vendors-Elite-Web-Enabled-Networked-Vendor-System-Vendor-Boards/1395043 CasperVend Premium])  
:* [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CasperLet-Elite-networked-rental-system/2129768 CasperLet (paid version)]
:* [https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/CasperLet-Elite-networked-rental-system/2129768 CasperLet (paid version)]


It is recommended that you have a '''SEPARATE''' "rental avatar" to own the copy of CasperVend that will be used to display the rental parcel/location listings, '''especially''' if you have a large estate and you're going to have to share the password among estate managers.  
You may, if you prefer, have the copies of both CasperLet and CasperVend on a separate "rental avatar", especially if you also sell merchandise on your primary avatar.  


CasperVend does '''NOT''' currently "talk" to CasperLet, so it is important to understand that there is no inter-system communication. This is a standalone workaround until Casper Warden can get the rental vendor finished.
Since CasperVend and CasperLet now talk to each other (as of October 2, 2013), listing management will be a lot simpler!


== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Process Overview</span>''' ==
== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Process Overview</span>''' ==
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# Set up a vendor, and point it to the specific profile needed
# Set up a vendor, and point it to the specific profile needed
# Customer comes by, clicks vendor for info on a specific parcel
# Customer comes by, clicks vendor for info on a specific parcel
# Customer visits, and then rents parcel
# Customer may decide to pay vendor on the spot OR customer visits, and then rents parcel
# YOU (landlord) pulls THAT parcel/location's listing out of rental profile via CV website
# Once parcel is paid for, the system automatically pulls the parcel out of the profile
# Customer eventually decides to stop renting that parcel
# YOU (landlord) put that parcel/location's listing back in the rental profile via website


==== Pros ====
If you have a large estate, you may want to set up profiles per sim/region (in addition to grouping everything in a single profile), especially if you have a central point with a "here's what's currently available on this sim" information center.
:* You (landlord) can manage what is in or out of the rental profile via the CV website, without having to chase down the contents of a dropbox all the time.
:* Once the listings are all set up, the work - while manual - is minor: just log in to CasperVend and pull listings in and out of the rental profile(s) as needed.  


==== Cons ====
==== <span style="color:#F00;">Caveats & limits</span> ====
:* You (landlord) - and anyone with the login information - are the ONLY one(s) who can manage which parcels/locations are in or out of the profile via the CV website.
:* CasperVend doesn't natively talk to CasperLet, so you can't have the customer pay the vendor to rent the parcel/location - which is why you set the price to L$0 (so they can get the info) and have to manage it manually.


 
:* Product listings with a CasperLet unit assigned '''WILL NOT SHOW''' in the "Default" profile, at all. They will all need to be added to their own profile. This is due to the system overhead required of updating the default profile every time a user rents a space or gets evicted.
If you have a large estate, you may want to set up profiles per sim/region (in addition to the "everything" profile), especially if you have a central point with a "here's what's currently available on this sim" information center.
:* Vendors that are set to just a single rental listing will keep the rental listing visible at all times - this is the nature of all vendors set to a single listing, regardless of whether it is a product or a property. If someone pays and the unit is already rented, it will refund the customer with a message.
:* Currently, the vendor gives a SLURL to the rental unit. This means, that in order for the tenant to find the rental, the unit should be near the area that the tenant is renting. (Custom SLURL's that allow you to specify the plot location are coming in the future, they're just not here yet.)


== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Setup Rental Listings</span>''' ==
== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Setup Rental Listings</span>''' ==
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: 1) Set up your notecard(s) with info about the rental parce/location (or with general rental information for your business.)  
: 1) Set up your notecard(s) with info about the rental parce/location (or with general rental information for your business.)  
: 2) Create a "product listing" for each rental listing. For this, you will need:  
: 2) Create a "product listing" for each rental listing. For this, you will need:  
::* Listing name
::* Choose the CasperLet unit from the popup
::* Product - can leave empty, or set to notecard with info about that parcel/location
::* Input the name you are giving the property listing (this shows on the vendor.)
::* Texture - a representative picture of either the location, or something giving details like size, prim/impact counts, and dimensions  
::* Texture - a representative picture of either the location, or something giving details like size, prim/impact counts, and dimensions  
::* Price - set it to L$0
::* Price - set it to your initial rental amount.
::* Set permissions however you'd like
::* Landmark to parcel/location OR the rental office
::* Landmark to parcel/location OR the rental office
::* Notecard - general info notecard about your rental biz
::* Notecard - general info notecard about your rental biz, including covenent / rental rules
:: Leave the rest of the options alone. Remember this is not to actually try to sell the parcel/location from the vendor, but just to give the customer information.
: 3) Add each listing to a rental profile. See the [[CasperVend_2/Profiles_and_groups | profiles & groups]] page for more details.  
: 3) Add each listing to a rental profile. See the [[CasperVend_2/Profiles_and_groups | profiles & groups]] page for more details.  
::* You can group listings in a profile by a per-sim/region basis, or have all the listings across all sims/regions in a single profile. It's just a matter of what seems easier for you to manage.  
::* You may choose to group listings in a profile by a per-sim/region basis, or have all the listings across all sims/regions in a single profile - whatever is easier for you.
: 4) Once all the listings are added to the rental profile(s), rez one vendor for each profile
: 4) Once all the listings are added to the rental profile(s), rez one vendor for each profile
: 5) Point each vendor to its own profile
: 5) Point each vendor to its own profile
: 6) Vendor is ready to show the available rentals!  
: 6) Your vendor is now ready to display the available rentals!  


==== Additional configuration options ====
== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Finances / Money Handling</span>''' ==
On the individual vendor configuration page there is an option to disable the touch menu. Doing this - as long as you set the price to L$0 - will simply deliver the configured notecard(s) and landmark to the customer when they click the vendor.


== '''<span style="color:#00528c">What happens now?</span>''' ==
:* Payments for rental properties through CasperVend will NOT honour minimum / maximum tenancies as set on CasperLet. They will, however, be handled properly when payments are made to the actual rental unit.
:* ALL payments through the vendors used for rentals will be processed by CASPERVEND and not CasperLet. That means that any free vendor fees, affiliate fees, profit shares, discounts, etc, will be handled by CasperVend. CasperLet will not pay anything to anyone, and will NOT honour discounts.
:* If you have profit sharing set up on a property, you will need to add the profit sharing to the individual property listing in CasperVend as well.


Once your vendor(s) are set, simply rez them where you want customers to look at your available rental options.
== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Vendor Fees</span>''' ==


# Customer comes by, clicks vendor for info on a specific parcel
:* If you don't own CasperVend Premium, this may still be used with CasperVend Free, but you will be charged a 5% commission on payments made through vendors used for rentals.
# A customer eventually rents the parcel/location
:* If you sell/give out a rental vendor as an affiliate to someone else, you will be charged the normal affiliate fees (2% if CasperVend Premium, or 5% if CasperVend Free.) 
# YOU (landlord/estate manager) pulls THAT parcel/location's listing out of rental profile via the CasperVend website
 
# Customer eventually decides to stop renting that parcel
== '''<span style="color:#00528c">Group Bots</span>''' ==
# YOU (landlord/estate manager) put THAT parcel/location's listing back in the rental profile via the CasperVend website
:* '''BOTH''' systems will process bot subscriptions. This means that if bots are configured in both places, the customer may receive two invites.


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Revision as of 04:13, 3 October 2013

Rental Vendor Integration

You will need:

You may, if you prefer, have the copies of both CasperLet and CasperVend on a separate "rental avatar", especially if you also sell merchandise on your primary avatar.

Since CasperVend and CasperLet now talk to each other (as of October 2, 2013), listing management will be a lot simpler!

Process Overview

  1. Set up CasperLet
  2. Set up Listings in CasperVend for parcels/locations
  3. Set up profile to hold parcel/location listings
  4. Add the parcel/location listings to the profile(s)
  5. Set up a vendor, and point it to the specific profile needed
  6. Customer comes by, clicks vendor for info on a specific parcel
  7. Customer may decide to pay vendor on the spot OR customer visits, and then rents parcel
  8. Once parcel is paid for, the system automatically pulls the parcel out of the profile

If you have a large estate, you may want to set up profiles per sim/region (in addition to grouping everything in a single profile), especially if you have a central point with a "here's what's currently available on this sim" information center.

Caveats & limits

  • Product listings with a CasperLet unit assigned WILL NOT SHOW in the "Default" profile, at all. They will all need to be added to their own profile. This is due to the system overhead required of updating the default profile every time a user rents a space or gets evicted.
  • Vendors that are set to just a single rental listing will keep the rental listing visible at all times - this is the nature of all vendors set to a single listing, regardless of whether it is a product or a property. If someone pays and the unit is already rented, it will refund the customer with a message.
  • Currently, the vendor gives a SLURL to the rental unit. This means, that in order for the tenant to find the rental, the unit should be near the area that the tenant is renting. (Custom SLURL's that allow you to specify the plot location are coming in the future, they're just not here yet.)

Setup Rental Listings

1) Set up your notecard(s) with info about the rental parce/location (or with general rental information for your business.)
2) Create a "product listing" for each rental listing. For this, you will need:
  • Choose the CasperLet unit from the popup
  • Input the name you are giving the property listing (this shows on the vendor.)
  • Texture - a representative picture of either the location, or something giving details like size, prim/impact counts, and dimensions
  • Price - set it to your initial rental amount.
  • Landmark to parcel/location OR the rental office
  • Notecard - general info notecard about your rental biz, including covenent / rental rules
3) Add each listing to a rental profile. See the profiles & groups page for more details.
  • You may choose to group listings in a profile by a per-sim/region basis, or have all the listings across all sims/regions in a single profile - whatever is easier for you.
4) Once all the listings are added to the rental profile(s), rez one vendor for each profile
5) Point each vendor to its own profile
6) Your vendor is now ready to display the available rentals!

Finances / Money Handling

  • Payments for rental properties through CasperVend will NOT honour minimum / maximum tenancies as set on CasperLet. They will, however, be handled properly when payments are made to the actual rental unit.
  • ALL payments through the vendors used for rentals will be processed by CASPERVEND and not CasperLet. That means that any free vendor fees, affiliate fees, profit shares, discounts, etc, will be handled by CasperVend. CasperLet will not pay anything to anyone, and will NOT honour discounts.
  • If you have profit sharing set up on a property, you will need to add the profit sharing to the individual property listing in CasperVend as well.

Vendor Fees

  • If you don't own CasperVend Premium, this may still be used with CasperVend Free, but you will be charged a 5% commission on payments made through vendors used for rentals.
  • If you sell/give out a rental vendor as an affiliate to someone else, you will be charged the normal affiliate fees (2% if CasperVend Premium, or 5% if CasperVend Free.)

Group Bots

  • BOTH systems will process bot subscriptions. This means that if bots are configured in both places, the customer may receive two invites.

 

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