imnotgeorge Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Browsing the user lookups of this forum's users led me to thinking about all the different ways people use shops in neopets. Some people are mallers and make their income from a combination of advertising and high prices with big volume; other people have small shops that they use to sell items they come across and don't need. Other people are full-time restockers who never bothered malling, but still make most of their income from their shop. I use mine to store the stuff I collect. I price everything in my store a few thousand np's higher than SW so that even if someone decides to donate to my collection fund and purchases from my shop, I receive enough money to buy another one of whatever it is I sold and still make a tidy profit (to be used to either upgrade my shop size or buy more things :P) My gallery's generally for UB things. As an add-on to the topic, how big is your shop? how often do you upgrade, if at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:Jake Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Browsing the user lookups of this forum's users led me to thinking about all the different ways people use shops in neopets. Some people are mallers and make their income from a combination of advertising and high prices with big volume; other people have small shops that they use to sell items they come across and don't need. Other people are full-time restockers who never bothered malling, but still make most of their income from their shop. I use mine to store the stuff I collect. I price everything in my store a few thousand np's higher than SW so that even if someone decides to donate to my collection fund and purchases from my shop, I receive enough money to buy another one of whatever it is I sold and still make a tidy profit (to be used to either upgrade my shop size or buy more things :P) My gallery's generally for UB things. As an add-on to the topic, how big is your shop? how often do you upgrade, if at all? I use mine to sell my winnings from games such as; Key Quest and Coltzans Shrine and Scratchcards etc. :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Milli Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I just put random items in and price them below SSW prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I just sell whatever junk that I have that I don't need, unless it's under 100 NPs, then I'll just discard it. Like if I win a codestone in Tombola, it goes to the shop. Never really tried to find items to put in the shop, because I think playing games is an easier, less time consuming, and more efficient way of making NPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Well, I use my shop to sell items. Sometime it's full, sometime it isn't. I'm trying to empty my SDB (slowly) of all items I don't want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dude Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I normally just use it when I need money, currently it is being used as junk storage, or stuff I am too lazy to price. Ill get around to it sometime :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unstream Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Lol I have a size 36 shop which is waayy to big for what I'm using it for. It was basically for when I got the packrat avatar and then wanted to sell my stuff, but now I regret making it that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Luna Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I sell stuff in mine- Stuff that I know people like to buy- items for avatars, codestones, dubloons- the odd paintbrush here and there.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephé Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I use my shop to basically earn NPs, with items i find from RE's in my overpacked SDB and odds and ends, pretty much everything except for advent calendar items, or jellies :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotgeorge Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 sounds like most of you are just using your shop to make some residual income. anyone here restock frequently? I'm constantly upgrading my shop - hence why i have a level 68 shop when my account is only a month and a half old. I do this because I figure then at least if the time comes when I want to sell off my collection it saves me the hassle of first expanding my shop to a decent size, then transferring items batch by batch from my gallery to my shop, and then pricing them. By keeping my collections in my shop, if I ever want to sell them I can just re-price everything :P Plus I figure sometime in the future I'm going to want to try my hand at malling, and that option is a lot more accessible when my shop is already a big size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jun Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 My shop is size 2. I rarely sell things, as I find a use for them, Deserts go into my Gallery, which i do update, so the money from my shop usually rots in the income area until i bother to pick it up. Came across 120k the other day after ignoring the shop's income. I mean, sure i update a lot, but that's about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooger0730 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I am trying to get into the habit of devoting some of my playing time to RSing. Medicine, petpets, medium-priced food, yada yada. If there's something that I don't really WANT (that I win from my dailies), I'll stick it in there, unless it's a rare item, then it goes in the good ol' SDB. No codestones or dubloons... those are being stockpiled for wartime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelleysvt Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I use mine primarily to resell stuff I've won/found; but I also restock on half price day - usually school supplies, medicines, beauty items, and foods because they sell quickly. It's a quick way to make a bunch of NP. I buy 100 or so items and restock throughout the month from my SDB. Right now I have over 800 items in my SDB (got the avie a long time ago) I'm just a natural packrat so I dump everything in there -even junk. I keep the junk because I can feed ANYTHING to my grarrl - sludge, shoes, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthMaiden Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I sell all sorts of items. I always price them lower than what i find in the shop wizard!! :) Items tend to leave my shop pretty quickly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Bunny Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 Put random stuff in. :yes: I like to see my shop fullish...so sometimes overpriced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Cat Posted January 13, 2009 Share Posted January 13, 2009 I put my random dailies junk in, and whenever I clean out my SDB, all my stuff goes there xD Size 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I have a very small shop, and I use it to *gasp* sell stuff! Or hold it until I check the SW and realize it's not worth selling. I always price my stuff cheaper than SW price, so it tends to get sold pretty quickly. If it's not out of my shop in a day, I lower it a few NP (or a few hundred NP, or whatever amount it seems to need to be lowered.) ~ Livvy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imnotgeorge Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 I use mine primarily to resell stuff I've won/found; but I also restock on half price day - usually school supplies, medicines, beauty items, and foods because they sell quickly. It's a quick way to make a bunch of NP. I buy 100 or so items and restock throughout the month from my SDB. Right now I have over 800 items in my SDB (got the avie a long time ago) I'm just a natural packrat so I dump everything in there -even junk. I keep the junk because I can feed ANYTHING to my grarrl - sludge, shoes, etc. School supplies sell fast? I considered restocking there but I always figured there's no demand for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureTXTurkey Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Well I have gotten some really great ideas in here. Like the use it for storage, and over price it... That one is pure brilliance! And the restocking from half price day. Which I guess is obvious when I think about it, but I never would have tough about it... As far as my store is concerned it's a size 22 and I only update when I have to. I use it pretty much for the same things everyone else said. I made it bigger to sell off all of my SDB packrat stuff, which made me a lot of money cause I didn't buy a single one of those 1,000 items. And although I am still working getting rid of that stuff, I also use it to sell off anything I come across and don't want or can't use. I make a good deal of money selling off 1K or more items I get from the money tree because it's pure profit, and doesn't take long. Really though as far as my main source of income is concerned, I wouldn't say I have one, LOL, I don't make much money I just tend to get lucky... Rare item here, contest win there, coconut shy, random events, and that kind of thing. So I guess my shop makes me as many points as anything else. Good Topic Though. I really like this one. It got people talking and we all shared some of our better money making strategies. I loves it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiGravityAzn Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 My shop isn't too expansive at size 12, lol. I use it to sell things that I don't want or that I will never use, usually items I find or win without my own personal NP loss. I usually check the marketplace for the same item and set my item between 10 and 1,000 NP lower so that it will be the first one someone sees when they search for that particular item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ΩCCΩ Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 ... me too, just sell ALL the codestones and winnings from the keyquest thingy... PS: Dude (the username) your turtle is REALLY cute, congrats for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qtpie6108 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I sell Ice Cream. Twas for my guild but not anymore, but I haven't felt like changing it so I am keeping the Ice Cream theme :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cara Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I just recently got the "I taunt the pant devil" avatar which I got through a large number of obsidian daggers, so at the moment I am selling them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2lindy77 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm mainly a Chocolate Shop restocker. I post my restocks and dailies items at just under SSW value. It makes me a fair amount, which I put back into my avatar habit. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticFission Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 i restock RE items and Key Quest wins mostly. i pretty much stuff anything into my shop that sells for over 1k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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