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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Frilf" data-source="post: 470443" data-attributes="member: 2791">Hey, gang,I really enjoy this thread.  It has been most illuminating and entertaining to read.  So, I thought I'd just to supply a little more data for the list-makers among you.  Here are the sales figures for our products (as of now-ish):Book of Templates - 153 salesRaces of EVernor I - 66 salesBoth products have done well for us and we are grateful to those of you who have purchased copies (now, go get your friends to buy copies! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).  Additionally, both products have received very good critical reviews and positive comments from customers.  (As an aside to Morrus and the staff reviewers - perhaps the system could be changed to 10 points rather than 5?  It might provide a better reflection of what the product is like.  That's a whole other topic, though...)BEGIN TANGENTNot to risk dwelling too long on a tangential point here, but I'd like to know the other publisher's views on how reviews in general (and in particular, from affiliate or staff reviewers on EN World) affect their sales in general.  How do comments on RPG Now affect sales?  Would it be good to encourage folks that browse the virtual isles of product at RPG Now to post their comments?  Perhaps there could be a list for those products that garner the best customer feedback, so that sales in general did not dictate everything as far as rankings go.  Just an idea.  I realize that this will be somewhat controversial due to the highly subjective and sometimes truly uninspired comments that folks can leave occasionally, but it might provide an avenue whereby products that are critically-acclaimed or well-liked by customers can be seen still.  I'm not just saying this because our products got good reviews but did not have corresponding sales, either.  I think there are other publishers out there with the same situation besides myself.  Anyway, back to my regularly-scheduled post, now...END TANGENTI agree with others here that I'd like to see the Top X lists at RPG Now adjusted somewhat.  I liked the idea of a chart for "Top Sellers This Month" on a floating 30-day basis.  Perhaps it could feature the top 20-30 products, as well.  As far as the current all-time top-sellers list goes, it could be expanded to the top 50 or 100 (which, in the great scheme of things, will become an ever-shrinking percentage of the total number of PDF products) and be left as it is.  However, to show some chronological perspective with respect to sales, perhaps a "Top 40" could be assembled for the year, as well?  My two scheckels on the topic, anyway...I also agree with other publishers that the current RPG Now system is very much "out of sight, out of mind, out of money".  A better system for keeping track of what's been published and keeping it in view for a longer period of time would benefit everyone, I think - I'm not just speaking from my own pocket book here <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'd also like to know whether or not sales were part of a multi-purchase transaction on RPG Now.  Perhaps a little (M) or some other icon could be added to the reports that would show this information.  Perhaps even a numeral system that would show how many items and the publisher's sales position among those various other products.  For example, M3/4 would indicate the product was bought as the third product in a four-product purchase.  Just another idea.  Prattling on, now... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />What do you make of that?Cheers!IanPS Cheese!  This is a long post for me! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /></blockquote>

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