Player owned shop
Shop Hours
Traders who have reached at least circle 30 are allowed to rent their own shops in the Shop Plazas of Crossing, Riverhaven and Shard. Circle/10; rounded down, is the number of hours you can have the shop open regardless if you're there or not. For example, 3 open hours at 30th, 15 hours at 150th, and higher, presumably 20 hours at 200th.
Renting a shop
There are a limited number of shops available at each Market Plaza. A good time to start looking for a shop to rent is the day that rent is due as there are usually one or two shops available due to the previous tenant being evicted. Ask other traders around the market about when the next end of pay period arrives.
For starters, visit the clerk in the main office of the plaza where you are seeking a shop and ASK CLERK about RENT. They will inform you if you are ready for a shop, then you can find a vacant shop in the market and RENT it. Make sure your debt is cleared before you attempt to rent your shop.
Commands and help
After renting your shop, head into it (after OPEN <shop entrance name - entrance, door, arch, etc>), and take a while to familiarize yourself with the SHOP command and HELP.
SHOP
The SHOP verb is the way that you interact with the various settings of your shop. The following options are available:
- SHOP PRICE - Set the price for an item in your shop. Sometimes this doesnt work so try SELL my <item> for <price> on <surface>
- SHOP RESERVE - Reserve an item for a certain person to buy.
- SHOP CUSTOMER - Shows you what your customers would see if they used the SHOP verb.
- SHOP REMOVE - Removes an item from your table or a player from your shop
- SHOP BLACKLIST - You can ban a person from your shop permanently.
- SHOP SCHEDULE - Schedule times for your shop to be open when you're not there.
- SHOP TIMERS - Change the timers for shop-related things, like blacklisting.
- SHOP WIDTH - Modify the width of your ledger.
- SHOP NAME - Change the name of your shop.
- SHOP STATUS - Find out how your shop is doing.
- SHOP CATEGORIES - Update the categories of items that your shop sells..
You can enter these commands by themselves for more information about how to use them.
See the SHOP page for more detail.
HELP
Shops are the pinnacle of achievement for any trader. While a shop might start small, its success (and influence!) can quickly become something of great renown. This help file is designed to help you navigate your shop and learn the different ways that it can be used. To access information on a specific topic, use the syntax HELP [TOPIC].
The available topics are:
- BASICS - Get basic information about how a shop is run.
- OPENING - Learn about opening your shop and keeping it open while you're away.
- SURFACES - Learn about sales surfaces, and how you can acquire more and different ones.
- MERCHANDISE - How to interact with your merchandise.
- PEOPLE - Find out the unique capabilities of your shop when dealing with people.
- BACKROOM - Find out more about what the back room is for, and what you can do with it.
- EXPENSES - Learn about the different ways you can incur expenses for your shop.
- EVENTS - What kind of random events can occur, and what you can do about them.
- FURNITURE - How and where to get new furniture for your shop.
- EVICTION - What you need to do to avoid being evicted if your shop goes into the red.
- CLOSING - How to close your shop and what effects that has.
See the HELP page for more detail.
Rent
Note: Keep in mind you are running a business. If you mismanage it for an extended period of time, expenses can quickly spiral out of control.
The base cost of rent per month is 30 plat per month. The base cost is increased by the number of surfaces that you have as follows:
# surfaces | Price |
---|---|
1 | .75 plat |
2 | 3 plat |
3 | 6.75 plat |
4 | 12 plat |
5 | 18.75 plat |
6 | 21.75 plat |
7 | 24.75 plat |
8 | 27.75 plat |
After the total is calculated, the rent is scaled by location (Crossing is charged full price): Riverhaven: 50% Shard: 25%
This amount is then charged at the end of a pay period.
Pay periods are 80 Elanthian days, [or 20 RL days]. This is exactly two Elanthian months, and occurs at beginning of the first, third, fifth, seventh, and ninth months of every Elanthian year. When a pay period ends, several things happen:
- - Your expenses are charged to your store's bank account.
- - Your rent is also charged to your store's bank account.
- - Your earnings are added to your store's bank account.
- - Your expenses and earnings are reset in anticipation of the next pay period.
If your shop's balance of sales to rent is negative for too long, you may be evicted by the plaza owners. You may DEPOSIT any amount of money into your shop's bank account (while in back room) at any time, and may WITHDRAW any positive amount of money in the bank account as well. When you perform a withdrawal, the money is transferred directly into your local bank by a secured courier - No need to worry about thieves! You can also WITHDRAW #### POCKET to keep the money on your person.
Protections against rollover issues are in place, and will prevent transactions (deposits and sales) that would push your shop's bank account into an overflow situation.[1]
Your shop's currency is the same as its local province - Kronars for Zoluren, Lirums for Therengia, etc.
Eviction
When you get evicted, a Plaza official will approach you with a similar message:
- A Plaza official approaches you and says, "Your shop in <Town> has been in debt for too long, and your tenancy there has been forcibly ended. Your belongings will be stored in a Guild warehouse so that you can claim them later. Because of the tardiness of payment, you have been assessed a fee of <Price> <Currency>, plus an additional <Price> <Currency> in administrative fees. Good day, <Madam|Sir>." With that, the official takes his leave.
Retrieving your Belongings
- Zoluren
- Head over to the Administration Office at the Plaza entrance.
- ask clerk for goods
Surfaces
At 30th circle, you will be limited to a single surface on which to place your wares. As you gain circles, you will be able to place more surfaces on your sales floor:
Circle | Surfaces on Sales Floor | Total Surfaces |
---|---|---|
30 | 1 | 1 |
40 | 1 | 2 |
45 | 2 | 2 |
50 | 2 | 3 |
60 | 3 | 4 |
70 | 3 | 5 |
75 | 4 | 5 |
80 | 4 | 6 |
90 | 5 | 7 |
100 | 5 | 8 |
You can PUSH a surface to have it moved between the sales floor and the backroom. To exchange or replace a surface, it must be in the backroom and empty of all items, then simply SELL SURFACE (table, rack, etc) and it will require you to repeat that to confirm. Once sold, a replacement can be purchased from a trader furniture shop, such as Clerk's Collections, Krobble's Karavan or the Furniture Warehouse in Crossing Market Plaza.
Surfaces can be ADJUSTED in the back room to change the noun used to identify it.
Purchased Item | Adjust 1 | Adjust 2 | Adjust 3 | Adjust 4 | Adjust 5 | Adjust 6 | Adjust 7 | Adjust 8 | Adjust 9 | Adjust 10 | Adjust 11 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cabinet | armoir | bureau | dresser | endtable | sideboard | breakfront | highboy | vanity | locker | cupboard | bar |
rack | shelf | shelves | mantle | mantle | |||||||
table | worktable | desk | workbench | stand | cart | buffet | |||||
trunk | chest | case | crate | footlocker | lowboy | bin |
List of current shops
Store hours are in Eastern time.
Crossing's Market Plaza
Last Updated: 35 Lirisa 447 (11/11/2023)
Shop Name | Owner | Opens | Closes | Room | Entryway |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Teh Black Market | Pucktin | 3am | 11pm | Sun Room | a steel arch |
Cloudberry | Choni | 2pm | 12am | Sun Room | a marble entryway |
Thamar's Shop | Thamar | 5pm | 1am | Sun Room | an azure entrance |
On A Whim | Rajara | 2pm | 12am | Sun Room | some bright double doors |
Northern Watch Tower | Parkons | 3pm | 4am | Sun Room | a silverwood drawbridge extending from a recessed alcove |
My Two Kronars! | Annandale | 9pm | 11am | Water Room | a honey-colored goldenoak doorway carved with a pair of coins |
Klausette Full Of Things | Klausette | 5pm | 1am | Water Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Tipsy Taboo | Kalyssia | 11am | 2am | Water Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Two Pinches Of Pipeweed | Narresun | 9am | 12am | Grass Room | a heavy iron door |
Outland Oasis Imports | Nituki | 4pm | 12am | Grass Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Faldesu | Eledion | 12pm | 3am | Grass Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Alizee Shoppe | Alizee | 9pm | 12am | Solarium | a round lunat door |
Boots And Bows | Kattressa | 12pm | 9pm | Solarium | a flower-covered arch |
Prowling Tiger Butique | Monedero | 7am | 2am | Solarium | a shady entrance |
Crossing Connection | Hirem | 3pm | 2am | Forest Room | an oaken door |
Rhudee's Emporium | Rhudee | 5pm | 8pm | Forest Room | a vine-shrouded arch |
Osija Ameshi Kashik | Tibsley | 9pm | 6am | Forest Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Tezler's Shop | Tezler | 12pm | 7am | Dimly-Lit Storage | a stately carved marble door with a gilt frame |
Joolie's Jingling Pockets | Joolie | 5am | 12am | Dimly-Lit Storage | an ornately engraved arch |
Sleepless Knights | Vhern | 4pm | 11pm | Dimly-Lit Storage | a low metal entrance |
Rolling Caravan Collective | Arizona | 6pm | 10am | Meeting Room | an oaken door |
Dragon's Cache | Endrath | 2pm | 11pm | Meeting Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Another Man's Treasure | Emirld | 5pm | 12am | Meeting Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Tsuchikage's Place | Tsuchikage | 5pm | 12am | Moon Room | an ornately engraved arch |
From Here to Antiquity | Maybeth | 5pm | 11pm | Moon Room | an oaken door |
Gnome Depot | Juggo | 3pm | 1am | Moon Room | a shady entrance |
Mister Purr's Purrfect Paw-nshop | Zowpurr | 8am | 2am | Armor Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Guilty Treasures | Avaritia | 9am | 12am | Armor Room | a stately carved marble door with a gilt frame |
South End Exchange | Dobi | 11am | 11pm | Armor Room | a silver-plated ornate entrance |
Scroll On Down! | Lelliana | 4pm | 12am | Lodge Room | a dimly-lit recessed arch |
Anglers Daily Catch | Schieffelin | 1pm | 10pm | Lodge Room | an oaken door |
Hidden Treasures | Selasious | 5pm | 3am | Lodge Room | a shady entrance |
Pirate Plix's Treasure Trove | Gashler | 12pm | 3am | Gladiolus Room | a heavy iron door |
Amberwynn's Fluff And Stuff | Amberwynn | 7pm | 10pm | Gladiolus Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Dark Corner | Bradlie | 12pm | 10pm | Gladiolus Room | a shady entrance |
Family Kronar | Ulgok | 3pm | 1am | Fire Room | a heavy steel door comprised of ornamental gears |
Rexal's Retail | Rexal | 6pm | 9pm | Fire Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Banisad's Quest N Fest Rares | Banisad | 1pm | 10pm | Fire Room | a fiery red entrance |
Old World Antiques | Toleana | 3pm | 4am | Library | a dark entrance almost hidden by old bookshelves |
Kiyora's Starlight Selections | Kiyora | 7pm | 3am | Library | a round lunat door |
The Shrubbery | Caper | 2pm | 5am | Library | a flower-covered arch |
Pack And Pryde | Teavira | 3pm | 10pm | Library | a low mahogany entrance |
Pretti Unique | Pretti | 5pm | 11pm | Savannah Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Rombel's Shop | Rombel | unknown | unknown | Savannah Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Dancing Swan Catering Company | Dewblossom | 6pm | 1am | Savannah Room | a heavy iron door |
Arkial's Accents And Accessories | Arkial | unknown | unknown | Jungle Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Malk Akom | Shakhra | 12pm | 7pm | Jungle Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Bare Necessities | Ellis | 6am | 12am | Jungle Room | a heavy steel door comprised of ornamental gears |
Hoarder's Corner | Liham | 2pm | 11pm | Tundra Room | a flower-covered arch |
Savage Steel Company | Vinari | 10am | 11pm | Tundra Room | a stone-framed entrance |
Prison Maze Paraphernalia | Nuxes | 4pm | 11pm | Tundra Room | an elegant stained glass door depicting a setting sun |
Kiki's Oddities | Kikilakita | 4pm | 4am | Palm Room | a flower-covered arch |
Help! Allye Made Me Sell Stuff | Hannana | 6pm | 12am | Palm Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Subi's Stuff | Subiboshi | 6pm | 11pm | Palm Room | a paneled palmwood door |
Deame's Dreams And Follies | Deame | 6pm | 2am | River Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Blowout Sale! | Utred | 2pm | 1am | River Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Jennye's Jubilee | Jennye | 6pm | 12am | River Room | a stately carved marble door with a gilt frame |
Free Range Goods! | Ellysia | 5pm | 2am | Desert Room | a sandstone framed door |
LADY LOURETTE'S BOUTIQUE | Lourette | 8pm | 2am | Desert Room | a sandstone framed entrance |
Poddi Time | Poddi | 3pm | 1am | Desert Room | am ornately engraved arch |
Quest, Fest, and Crafted | Acronyx | 3am | 11pm | Ocean Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Tridin's Lost And Found | Trindin | 2pm | 12am | Ocean Room | a cypress-framed entrance |
AAA Always The Best Prices. | Secretia | 9am | 1am | Ocean Room | a paneled cypress door |
METAL Skin Cloth Bone And TOOLS | Jerde | 12pm | 2am | Volcano Room | an obsidian arch |
Sweet Treats | Hazelnut | 6pm | 1am | Volcano Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Krazy Karakhan's Kombat Krafts | Karakhan | 3pm | 1am | Volcano Room | an obsidian-inlaid door |
Tayria's Trader Tables | Tayria | 7pm | 5am | Tasting Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Vault of Wonder | Dheese | 1pm | 10pm | Tasting Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Whimsical Whimsies And Whatnot | Triesti | 6pm | 4am | Tasting Room | a heavy steel door comprised of ornamental gears |
Aro's Assorted Oddities | Arohuko | 5pm | 3am | Barrel Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Diamonds | Spyra | 3pm | 4am | Barrel Room | a flower-covered arch |
Shale's Crafting Tools And More! | Shalendrya | 3pm | 1am | Barrel Room | an aged oak door |
Jelayna From The Block | Jelayna | 5pm | 8pm | Bottle Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Apodu Hekemhhg | Bovi | 2pm | 6am | Bottle Room | a flower-covered arch |
RKM Curios | Remigius | 9am | 12am | Bottle Room | a solid oak-paneled door |
Armory And Things By Loshant | Loshant | 5pm | 3am | Stomping Room | a heavy iron door |
Muleie's Mercantile | Muleie | 2pm | 5am | Stomping Room | a flower-covered arch |
Martyka's Secret Room | Martyka | 5pm | 3am | Stomping Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Tiddy's Titillating Timeout | Tiddeggur | 8pm | 2pm | Cooper Room | an antique oak-framed entrance |
Wicked Witch | Lycette | 10am | 2am | Cooper Room | a smooth mammoth tusk archway |
Menela's Menagerie | Menela | 8pm | 11pm | Cooper Room | an antique oak-paneled door |
Ravens Repo | Ishcah | 9am | 2am | Fermentation Room | a deep-set door |
Gray Market | Gray | 7pm | 2am | Fermentation Room | a deep-set limestone arch |
Par Tea Time | Sunete | 4pm | 9pm | Fermentation Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Riverhaven's Knight's Hall
Last Updated: 92 Lirisa 446 (07/28/2023)
Shop Name | Owner | Opens | Closes | Room | Entryway |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Cramus Collection | Cramus | 7 pm | 11 pm | Keep Room | a mahogany entrance |
Raven's Repo North | Alyanah | 8 pm | 3 am | Keep Room | a heavy steel door |
Affordable Treasures | Malbog | 11 am | 6 pm | Keep Room | an ornately engraved arch |
AAA AAATRADING: Gwen's Mercantile | Gwenhwyfach | 3 pm | 2 am | Rose Room | an aged barn door etched with a herd of wild horses |
Bloodbath and Beyond | Sorhatani | 4 pm | 1 am | Rose Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Roaringbelly Brothers' Trading Company | Skaggi | 11 am | 11 pm | Rose Room | an ornately engraved arch |
"Awesome" Rare Gifts | Hallbera | 5 pm | 8 pm | Theatre Room | a silk-bannered entrance |
JAK'S Treasures | Jarxaxle | 9 am | 12 am | Theatre Room | a heavy iron door |
Gnometastic | Gnilli | 4 pm | 11 pm | Theatre Room | a smooth mammoth tusk archway |
Practical Provisions | Urbaj | 11 am | 3 am | World Room | a stooped granite entrance |
Trader Arievlyn Shoppe | Arievlyn | 3 pm | 6 pm | World Room | an ornately engraved arch |
Shakim's Splendiferous Solutions | Shakim | 12 pm | 8 pm | World Room | a heavy iron door |
Pop Shop ~ A FizzCo Subsidiary | Fizzlepop | 6 pm | 1 am | Warrior Room | a mahogany entrance |
Lasaia's Ferda Crew Fashions | Lasaia | 3 pm | 3 am | Warrior Room | an engraved arch |
Liriums or Bust | Jayte | 4 pm | 3 am | Warrior Room | an elegant stained glass door depicting a setting sun* |
BABY GOT YAK | Dokorum | 12 pm | 11 pm | Food Plaza | a steel arch |
Itsky Jelly Shop | Itsky | 4 am | 7 am | Food Plaza | a round lunat door |
Aethenri's Outlet | Aethenri | 12 pm | 10 pm | Food Plaza | a granite entrance |
Dream Vision | Eygor | 5 pm | 11 pm | Dungeon Room | a flower-covered arch |
Dragon's Hoard | Jaytaug | 6 pm | 1 am | Dungeon Room | a dark recessed entrance |
Budget Arms, Armor And Misc | Vallaron | 4 pm | 9 pm | Dungeon Room | a heavy iron door |
Glittermine | Ascher | 6 pm | 12 pm | Storage Area | an ornately engraved arch |
Tears of the World Dragon | Monne | 12 pm | 3 am | Storage Area | a shady entrance |
Caveat Emptorium | Cauchy | 1 pm | 10 pm | Storage Area | an oak door |
Finer Things By Zincir | Zincir | 5 pm | 3 am | Children's Room | an engraved arch |
All-Mart By Ralfey | Ralfey | 10 am | 4 am | Children's Room | a low mahogany entrance |
Khauskho's Wholesale | Khauskho | 4 pm | 1 am | Children's Room | a heavy iron door |
Keshko And Co. | Keshko | 1 pm | 3 am | The Back Room | a steel arch |
Gnara's Tiny Shop | Gnara | 1 pm | 11 pm | The Back Room | an elegant stained glass door depicting a setting sun* |
New World Treasures | Refractal | 6 pm | 11 pm | The Back Room | a dark entrance |
- the command to enter a shop with a 'glass door' is to 'go door'
Shard's Crystal Plaza
Last Updated: 38 Lirisa 447 (11/12/2023)
Shop Name | Owner | Opens | Closes | Room | Entryway |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lacee's Leather and Lockpicks | Lacee | 4pm | 1am | Luminous Room | a gleaming white entrance |
Alam Alirel Iahes | Genshun | 3pm | 6pm | Luminous Room | a heavy iron door |
Rasgrim's Shop | Rasgrim | 2pm | 12am | Luminous Room | a crystalline arch |
Jep's Jems | Jep | 12pm | 4am | Oak Room | an engraved oak entrance |
Busy Bee's Bodega | Buisen | 2pm | 12am | Oak Room | a stately carved marble door with a gilt frame |
Inver Brass | Jondac | 6pm | 3am | Oak Room | a flower-covered arch |
Ilithi Trade Consortium | Plats | 9pm | 1am | Prism Room | a shady entrance |
Myya's Miscellany | Myya | 12pm | 3am | Prism Room | an elegant stained glass door depicting a setting sun |
Nyr And Far | Nyrhin | 12pm | 3am | Prism Room | a steel arch |
Inabelle's Incidentals + Exotics | Inabelle | 7pm | 10pm | Play Yard | an embossed entrance |
Anvils Ablaze By Slixy Stars | Slixy | 3pm | 1am | Play Yard | a heavy iron door |
Function over Fashion | Tellel | 12pm | 3am | Play Yard | an ornately engraved arch |
Silvyandril's Shop | Silvyandril | 2pm | 1am | The Sea | a crab entrance |
Krazeil's Troop Supply And Arms | Krazeil | 3pm | 11pm | The Sea | a heavy iron door |
Reel Deal | Kurtus | 8am | 4am | The Sea | an ornately engraved arch |
Ciarelle's Parlor | Ciarelle | 5pm | 1am | Food Court | a low mahogany entrance |
AAA AAAOutpost: Nineve's Nook | Nineve | 5pm | 12am | Food Court | a red-framed door |
Fish Habitat | Notocar | 6pm | 12am | Food Court | a flower-covered arch |
Junk And Disorderly | Greyhallow | 8am | 11pm | Storage | a simple entrance |
Fertin Store | Fertin | 10am | 6am | Storage | a hidden door |
Ravens Repo, South | Zayreal | 8am | 9pm | Storage | an obscured arch |
Utilities
- Plaza Shop Browser: Etherian's website listing of searchable shop data.
- Searchable Shop Listings: Seped's website listing of searchable shop data.
- Trader Shop Inventory Logger (script): Isharon's set of scripts and triggers that runs through every Trader-owned shop in the market plazas and logs inventory.
- Crossing market plaza shopping script: A StormFront script that runs your character through every open shop in the Crossing Market Plaza searching for the item noun you input via the SHOP command.
Related Forum Posts
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- ↑ Rollover protections, outlined by Zadraes on the official Discord server.