After seeing pbrassat and KMaxwell's ideas of making a weekly profit "tracker", I decided this would be a splendid idea for Station 38, mostly because I think that I'm losing money. The profit tracker will start this week (Sunday, December 22, 2013). Let the thread, BEGIN! Week of December 22, 2013 Sunday: $0 Monday: $81 Tuesday: $0 Wednesday: $0 Thursday: $307 Friday: $0 Saturday: $0 This week's profit: $388 Cost to Maintain Shop this week: $5,000 Total Net Profit: -$4,612 Week of December 29, 2013 Sunday: $0 Monday: $2,489 Tuesday: $1,290 Wednesday: $516 Thursday: $0 Friday: $1,765 Saturday: $0 This week's profit: $6,060 Cost to Maintain Shop this week: $5,000 Total Net Profit: $1,060
I look forward to seeing how you are doing and think it is great that you are willing to share. Wishing you success.
lolelf123, seeing as you've made no money off of your shop, im going to give you some suggestions. 1. Have a variety of things to sell. You sell literally 5 different ores in you shop, thats it. 2. Sell items for the right price. All of your items are VERY overpriced. 3. Make your shop appealing. Your shop is very disorganized. There is no "structure" to it. Its made out of some type of dirt/clay too. Its ugly. 4. Advertise it I've not seen a single advertisement for your shop. Advertising it ESSENTIAL for a bottom floor shop because they are normally unpopular. If you dont want to take my advice, fine. But you've made $81 in 4 days of this thread. I had my bottom floor shop across from yours for one month back in october, and i profited 100k +
Although I do not know Stone very well, from what I have seen in the game he is somebody whose opinion I value. The points he makes are valid and the same as I would suggest. No matter how hard it is to take criticism (even when constructive), think about what he says and take a minute to see some successful shops - KMaxwell, usernameofdeath, and several others have been doing this a while and there could be much to learn from them. You have made the investment, at least make the effort to make it a success. Think positive!
Thanks StoneIronZ for the advice, I really appreciate it. Also thanks AdmiralD for actively being a part of this thread. Your post above has really made me think differently .
I might have forgot to log some stuff. But I updated the profit for this week. This is a bump. I also wanted to mention that Station 38 has been fully renovated, and now supplies some potions that are pretty cheap. I remember we sold about 100-200 potions, varying from $10-$15 each, thanks to Fleetfooter. Thanks again fleet .
A design that is pleasing to the eye will attract patrons as much as the things you sell. Once you get them to your shop, the stock you have will keep them coming back. Organization is crucial, so that your patrons can find what they are looking for, fast, in order to buy. Many people lag a lot in the market (especially without Optifine), and want to get in and out as quickly as they can. Depending on your stall size I might be able to make some design suggestions, if you haven't already sought such help elsewhere.
Thanks for the advice, sort of a newbie at this. Great to hear this sort of stuff from a vet at this topic. I would be pleased to have your help in designing my shop. I currently don't have a designer, so I'm sure you would definitely "make the team". Also, prices have been updated for last Thursday (found where I wrote the note to myself), and Sunday, after depositing the four potion signs.
StoneIronZ, just in case your curious, Station #38 has been remodeled and enhanced. It now sells 4 different types of potions, and sells every ore except for coal. Thanks again for the advice.
I suggest saving bucks and then going for a middle/top. Bottom spawnshops are generally too far because of the lag. But if you advertise a crap ton and ask people then you could make a profit and not a deficit
updated Station #38 will now start selling quarts supplies for the EcoCityCraft community! I made this decision after coming to the conclusion that ECC has a popular demand for quarts supplies from the nether. I will try to add that to my shop. If you have seen the sign at the entrance of my shop, it states that all the mining and brewing goods are naturally mined and brewed. I may be out of stock for a while, which indicates I will have to go mining. Since I do not currently have access to the nether, the quarts supplies will NOT be from the nether. I'm still debating on wether to add coal supplies to the shop or not (I most likely will, in order for it to maximize profits). I've noticed that somebody donated a stack of blaze rods to Station #38, in order to start brewing another popular type of potion. Thank you very much Anonymous! If I have no school tomorrow, I will most likely be brewing tomorrow. New England is supposed to be getting a huge snow storm that will last until Friday afternoon. Thanks again StoneIronZ and AdmiralD for the helpful advice. Thanks to you two, I think that we will not be in debt this week!