Lalune Solair
Nova0437
With CIs, most people end up buying them in the MP,
sometimes pretty cheaply. (Or don't bother, because they're like, 7 mil GG.) Whereas with the GS items, you might end up buying a whole set (Headgear, Top, Bottoms, Footwear), or several different colour options.
most CI wigs aren't cheap, and the items that they're in are usually in the millions, because people usually want the wig, not the shirt, skirt, dress, accessory, etc that comes grouped in that item. On the other hand, I've never known people to be forced to buy an entire set, with gold shop wigs, because the few gold shop wigs we have don't need sets to match them, if that's what you're implying
I was thinking of GS Items in general, and the fact that if someone wants to dress an avatar, Gaia tends to sometimes use odd shades of colours that don't match or go with much else. Therefore it's easier to buy 4 GS Items in the same set then 4 of the same CI.
I have bypassed CIs with nice wigs or tops or whatever because I didn't like anything else in the set. People sometimes wait to see how REIs evolve before buying them.
CIs differ from GS Items, because they usually have multiple poses or evolutions. Hence, more expensive/you get what you pay for. Why is there then considered to be a huge gap in quality between Cash and Gold Items, when we have a shop like Dernier Cri?
Gaia has released wig only CIs before (the Spacefleet sets, Courtly Coiffure). The most expensive REI right now is Sainte Ciel: Agape, which allows you to cut your hair. The Porridge and Lunarian sets have recoloured Alchemy items that are just the hair. They obviously know there's a market for wigs. They just prefer to focus on the Cash Shop/Alchemy.