[quote=raine_storme][center] Well, I started malling with 3 M in pure np, and had battledome items worth maybe 5 M more. I've since sold the battledome items (so you could consider my shop as being started with 8 M, I suppose). I'm too lazy to use the stockmarket much, or play games, and I've done very little main shop rsing since then. I've been malling for 2 years, and I have now spent 11M on upgrades, and my stock value is 60M. So through malling, my shop has gone from being 8 M to being 71M. I'd say its paid for itself. :O And thats not counting the extra profit that I've pulled out to spend on Darkend, or my galleries, or my other pets... Edit: and keep in mind, thats just at the sales level of a small shop... main mall shops get a lot more hits and a ton more profit than I do... ------------------------------------------------------------------- [url=http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=raine_storme&misc]~~ Come visit my map shop ~~[/url] [/center][/quote] Your stock cost 60M? Whoa. That's how much I'll be paying for all of the buyable WC sets?! (".)

[center] Well, thats the slightly inflated value, since that is the value they'd theoretically be selling for... Twill cost you a bit less to buy them if you buy them from someone cheaper than me. :O But yeah, getting all of the WC's will be expensive. I stock 1 or 2 of every WC, plus up to 5 or 6 all of the buyable ordinary maps. And I do stock every buyable WC or map when I'm fully stocked. I think the portal claims I'm missing three buyables at the moment... I should grab those quick. :O ------------------------------------------------------------------- [url=http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=raine_storme&misc]~~ Come visit my map shop ~~[/url] [/center]

[quote=raine_storme][center] Well, thats the slightly inflated value, since that is the value they'd theoretically be selling for... Twill cost you a bit less to buy them if you buy them from someone cheaper than me. :O But yeah, getting all of the WC's will be expensive. I stock 1 or 2 of every WC, plus up to 5 or 6 all of the buyable ordinary maps. And I do stock every buyable WC or map when I'm fully stocked. I think the portal claims I'm missing three buyables at the moment... I should grab those quick. :O ------------------------------------------------------------------- [url=http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=raine_storme&misc]~~ Come visit my map shop ~~[/url] [/center][/quote] Oh. I see. Yeah. 60M is a little bit too steep for me to stock. But if I get those grapes... +)

Probably not. I spend 99% of my neopets time on my shop. 4 yrs later and I am up to size 631. It's only now that profits seem to be getting good--games are starting to be a waste of time. Books! Reasonable Prices!! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=kermat13&misc

Honestly I don't think my shop has paid for its stock >.< but I'm only size 105 so my suggestion is save a lot of money...A LOT! So you can upgrade to a decent size and are able to fill it up. =) Good luck and hope your experiences with malling are good ^.^

I believe I just crossed that threshold of the shop having paid for itself. I'm preparing for a ~53m jump in shop size in the next couple months though, so I'll be in the hole again. It's more fun than battling the same battledome challengers we've had for the last two years though, so it sounds like a good place to spend nps :P

Probably not my most recent upgrade, but originally yes. Mostly because I have sniped SO many from keeping my stock shopped. During the summer, I would sometimes get 1-2 unbuyables a day. - Kara

Not yet. I spent ~24.9M for shop upgrades and plus maybe a few mils for stock. But malling is pretty profitable. All you do is buy cheap stuff from people and sell for a higher price. It might take a little bit of wait till items get sold but its still a profit. You add that with million of sales and you get millions of profit.

Mostly, but I spend my np on more upgrades as soon as I get it. So a ' eh... '