How many promo sales or regular sales does it take to reach first 5 pages in catalog?

Depends on what you are looking at..If you are looking at New Items then if you just created something it normally remains on the top 5 to 10 pages as others come in it pushes you back. A way to cure that is to maybe create 1 item a hour to keep your name in front. Also if you select best items to have our items in the top pages the least you sell of a item to get there is 100 of that item then it is broken down by the rating on that item. Then as well you have to be rated as a PRO creator. Good luck in trying to get on the top five pages as those are pretty much filled by Creators that have been around for years. A example I have been a Creator on IMVU for 12 years and the closest I can get my items is in the top 10 pages. Sugestion: Become Pro and find something new that everyone likes so that it sells alot.