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When compared to the recent past, the marketplace (/tp market) is not very active due to the low ownership of small shops/medium shops, a rather high turnover rate of shop owners, and many shops not being restocked often/having uncompetitive prices. Here's my ideas for how to improve the market.
Remove Small Shops and Decrease the Cost of Medium Shops Located on Market Edges
Small shops are not often frequented by the average player looking to buy items with any sort of specific purchasing needs, but the niche they could fill (variety shops/specialty shops) is already covered by medium shops. Also, the average small shop owner is probably trying to save money on rent and would likely prefer a medium shop. This leads into my next suggestion which is to decrease the price of the medium shops located on the map edges from 300 to 200/250r. Currently, the only active medium shops located here are those with owners who've had their shop at the location for a long time. These changes will allow for those who would otherwise rent a low traffic area to instead rent an area with much higher traffic.
Add a Subforum to the "Massive Marketplace" Forum for Advertising Market Shops' Contents and Activity
The current ways to inform others about what you're selling at your market shop are by posting in trade chat or by word of mouth which doesn't frequently occur. The subforum could be structured and have rules similar to the "Guilds and Organizations" subforum.
Send Automated Mail Messages Concerning Shops' Renting Periods
Alongside the current notification, it would be useful if players are sent an automated mail message by the server so we could see when the renting period will be over through simply loading the mail. A notification message also provides players who've missed their rent information on what happened after the fact.
Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment on my suggestions. I won't mind if you think they're all bad if you provide reasons.
Remove Small Shops and Decrease the Cost of Medium Shops Located on Market Edges
Small shops are not often frequented by the average player looking to buy items with any sort of specific purchasing needs, but the niche they could fill (variety shops/specialty shops) is already covered by medium shops. Also, the average small shop owner is probably trying to save money on rent and would likely prefer a medium shop. This leads into my next suggestion which is to decrease the price of the medium shops located on the map edges from 300 to 200/250r. Currently, the only active medium shops located here are those with owners who've had their shop at the location for a long time. These changes will allow for those who would otherwise rent a low traffic area to instead rent an area with much higher traffic.
Add a Subforum to the "Massive Marketplace" Forum for Advertising Market Shops' Contents and Activity
The current ways to inform others about what you're selling at your market shop are by posting in trade chat or by word of mouth which doesn't frequently occur. The subforum could be structured and have rules similar to the "Guilds and Organizations" subforum.
Send Automated Mail Messages Concerning Shops' Renting Periods
Alongside the current notification, it would be useful if players are sent an automated mail message by the server so we could see when the renting period will be over through simply loading the mail. A notification message also provides players who've missed their rent information on what happened after the fact.
Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment on my suggestions. I won't mind if you think they're all bad if you provide reasons.
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