[quote=temps_bons][quote=nioe_yemar][quote=temps_bons] The point I was trying to make is that you must know "where" to buy your stock to make the "most" profit. Some items are much cheaper on SW than at the shop that stocks them. Where as others (the items I think she should stock) should only be bought in the shop that stocks them. [/quote] This. I agree so much, because the grooming items are so much more expensive in the Grooming Parlour than on the shop wiz. *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size][/quote] Exactly! And until you get loads of practice, the items that ARE profitable go so quickly that you may never even see them stock unless you just camp out in the shop. Those items are the ones you should sell. I have TRIED to buy items in the grooming parlor for 20 months and I occasionally see some good stuff that I can make 3-10K profit on. But I have to be sitting in the shop and refresh right after it stocks or I'll only see what is left -- after about 20 seconds every great item is gone! ~ Mimi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Mimi's Ménagerie ~ http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=temps_bons&misc[/quote] I know!! I find if I try buying items in the grooming parlour, it costs more than wizard price. *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size]

[quote=lisa_Sweet_girl]There's no secret. ;) The difference is: You have spent about 1mil on upgrading your shop. Dmitri and Kirsty have each spent over 150mil on upgrading their shop; so they're in very good huts in the main market (and Dmitri was second in his hut last time I checked), hey both sell a popular category and are in a mall with great exposure. They’ll also have more inventory because of their larger sizes, so the chance of someone buying something is greater. But, with good sales you’ll have to put a lot more work into stocking your shop. Right now, upgrading won’t do you anything with only 600k. I agree for you to use it to restock – I'd say for you to try the clothing shop. It's pretty easy, and after a week or two of restocking you should be able to get a UB. You're not going to get as much as you would if you restocked in the magic or weapon shop, but there’s definitely less competition and it's great (by my standards at least) if you don't have much np. Or, with your size and this time of year, perhaps you could just quit malling for a while. If not, definitely lower your prices, and if possible you could ditch grooming and stock only wearables.[/quote] True. I have been re-pricing my whole shop with my shop wizard group - which takes anywhere from 1-30 refreshes for it to come up. *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size]

Hrm, I woke up this morning with 26K in my shop till. I've never had that much aside from the few times I've sold off rarer wearables in my shop (the buyable ones at least). Seems to be working so far! *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size]

[quote=chibi_chibi_tsukino]How much you'll find in your shop till really depends on your pricing. Do you overprize a bit? Cause I'm shop size 102, too, but I usually have 50 to 250k in my shop til in the morning, selling about 100 items ... but I also price at the very lowest of the wiz. Maybe you could try another category where you can restock with the neopets shops rather than the usershops. I think Chocolate and Bakery is good, or books. That usually works way better for smaller shops![/quote] Yeah, I've been thinking about doing a category change, but then that means I'd have to learn a whole new set of items (which ones are good, which ones to avoid, etc.) so I just stuck with my category. I'm shop size 102 as well, and I found that when I changed my prices yesterday things flew off the shelves, so to speak. :P *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size]

[quote=temps_bons][quote=nioe_yemar]Hrm, I woke up this morning with 26K in my shop till. I've never had that much aside from the few times I've sold off rarer wearables in my shop (the buyable ones at least). Seems to be working so far! *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size][/quote] Congratulations! It's good when you change your strategy a bit and see an immediate difference, huh? Keep it up! ~ Mimi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Mimi's Ménagerie ~ http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=temps_bons&misc[/quote] Yup! And when I woke back up, I had almost 10K in my till again, I'm pretty sure my shop is all but empty (I haven't gotten around to pricing most of my items yet), I have like 200 free spaces, lol. And thanks for the encouragement. :) EDIT: I just checked my counter hits, and I had 83 total from yesterday (the most I've seen them in a while!) with 57 being from shop wiz. Today I have 44 total, with 35 from SW. :) *** [size=10]Grooming, wearables, backgrounds, clothes, Fire & Air Faerie Quest items! http://www.neopets.com/browseshop.phtml?owner=nioe_yemar&misc Owner of The Rainbow Fields Mall & Celestial Colours Guild![/size]