Thegreenfox Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 This might sound like the craziest idea you've ever hears, but what if you could actually start and own a business in RS. Not like merchanting or selling stuff on the GE, but an actual shop like at the Bandit Camp in the wilderness. That shop sells pizzas or something like that. Your shop would sell some usefull item or items in a place where people need or use them a lot. Now, I know this might sound completely stupid to people, but I'm sure that if everyone inputs some sort of CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, we can turn this into something really really cool. Just don't call me and my big ideas stupid! :D Doctors repeat themselves because they have nothing better to say...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baalboy5 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 kinda like the ge? :| Don't you know the first rule of MMO's? Anyone higher level than you has no life, and anyone lower than you is a noob. People in OT eat glass when they are bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons_Might Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 To run a shop you'd basically go and gather stock, put it in your shop, and wait for people to buy. Go get your junk. Put it on the Grand Exchange. Wait for people to pay for said junk. Congratulations, have just setup your own shop. the trick is to balance all of these methods to get 99 and either play real life or train another skill while farming. 635th to 99 Farming 12/16/07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Smither Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Before the trade updates there were various business based out of RSOF that had workers and such. They sold for a cheaper price but had buying cap. But this idea I'm not to fond of because of the RWT chances. Click for My Blog670th to 99 Smithing July 21st, 07 |743rd to 99 Mining November 29th, 07 | 649th to 99 Runecrafting May 18th, 08 | 29,050th to 99 Defence October 20th, 08 | 20,700th to 99 Magic November 8, 08 | 47,938th to 99 Attack December 19, 08 | 37,829th to 99 Hitpoints December 24, 08 | 68,604th to 99 Strength February 4, 09 | 27,983rd to 99 Range February 9, 09 | 9,725th to 99 Prayer June 8, 09 | 6,620th to 99 Slayer December, 12 09 | 4,075th to 99 Summoning December, 28 09 | 3,551th to 99 Herblore February 24, 10 | 3,192th to 99 Dungeoneering November 11, 10 | 146,600th to 99 Cooking December 29th, 10 | 11,333rd to 99 Construction June 7th, 11 | 16,648th to 99 Farming August 1st, 11 | 19,993th to 99 Crafting August 2nd, 11 | 89,739th to 99 Woodcutting Janurary 1st, 12 | 55,424th to 99 Fishing May 9th, 12| 60,648th to 99 Firemaking May 12th, 12 | 16666th to 99 Agility May 17th, 2012 | 24476th to 99 Hunter June 1st, 2012 | 57,881st to 99 Fletching June 1st, 2012 | All 99s June 1st, 2012 | 3183th to 120 Dungeoneering July 24th, 2012 | 2341st to 2496 Total level July 24th, 2012 | Completionist Cape July 24th, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thegreenfox Posted December 5, 2008 Author Share Posted December 5, 2008 Yeah, there's the GE, but standing there and selling stuff would get boring after a while, wouldn't it? These shops would have assistants like RS shops, so you wouldn't have to sit there and rune the shop youself. Then, if you're making a lot of money, you could franchise your business and make even more money. As far as stocking hte shop, get friends to help and split profits. Doctors repeat themselves because they have nothing better to say...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon_lord Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Before the Grand Exchange was added the idea of player owned shops was highly desired, now it's pretty much obsolete. I doubt it would work if it was released, everyone would find out where a good place for a specific kind of shop is, and thousands would open shops in the same areas. To get stuff for their shops, most people will buy the materials from the Grand Exchange, it would be very difficult to make a decent profit. Not to mention that Jagex will surely add something like having to pay the "workers" there like butlers in POHs. That would make it much harder to make a profit. (unless you're willing to stand there all day every day yourself) Pretty much what Dragon said.Thread terminated.I guess that means I'm the thread Terminator? No Tip.Iters were harmed in the making of this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons_Might Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 You dont have to stand at the grand exchange. I guess you didn't learn that you put the junk in, walk away, and said junk will sell whenever people want it. as for ads, it'd be worthless... there 6 million people.. no one cares when theres 6m different ads to look at. As for getting stocks with friends to split profit... why can't you all just go get your junk and put it on the ge? it isnt hard... :wall: the trick is to balance all of these methods to get 99 and either play real life or train another skill while farming. 635th to 99 Farming 12/16/07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombing_7000 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I would have a Bakery which sell cakes, breads, etc... Discout for birthday cake :D ~Bomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snewham Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'm gonna set up a shop selling bad ideas :o ScottienIllusion Leader | Clan Europe Member | Team Nigeria Member | Ex BsE Leader | Ex MOD Member126 F2P | 137 P2P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Skill Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Before the GE this was a very interesting idea. But now that you have the GE where you can put your items on for sale and just leave.. well.. player-owned shops really aren't necessary. Pirate Rosetta stone. Learn a language while you scape.Sounds interesting, but these days how many people really speak Pirate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian5kamikaze Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 It would be completely useless to say the least. Quit. PM me if you play The Conduit to exchange friend codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinkbullet3 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 If this were to happen, I'm gonna get into the real estate business. ^ Blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sindarin00 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Bad Idea, No support, GE is faster/easier/more convenient would you want to look through 1000 shops trying to find whatever you want to buy? I think not! [hide=Drops]Barrows: Ahrim's Robeskirt (2) Dragon: Plateskirt (3) : Left Halfs (2) : Med Helm (1) : Boots (14) : Spear (3)Treasure Trails: Sara Platebody (1) Slayer: Leaf Bladed Sword (9) : Granite Helm (3) : Granite Maul (1) : Black Mask (3) : Abyssal Whip (2)Other: Obby Cape (1) : Obby Maul (2)Splits: Shield Left Half (1) : Dragon Med Helm (4)[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravenkana Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'd open up a bakery that sold half-baked ideas! If the CORPORAL beast is this hard, imagine how hard a GENERAL or COLONEL beast would be. a corporal is not even an admirable rank in armies that use that ranking system. Yeah, it is a pking minigame, so any arguments anybody makes will probably be biased.The best way this will end :Everybody just says,"I'm not arguing with you anymore, goodbye."The worst way this will end: I don't really know, psychological warfare? Worldwide thermonuclear war? Pie eating contest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons_Might Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'd open up a bakery that sold half-baked ideas! Or completely baked ideas... :geek: the trick is to balance all of these methods to get 99 and either play real life or train another skill while farming. 635th to 99 Farming 12/16/07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugtheorc Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Small family run shops go out of business because of corporations like wal mart because wal mart does a better job than small family run shops. Runescape player shops go out of business because of the grand exchange because the grand exchange does a better job than player shops. And before i get people saying "ya, but they completely took out the player interaction of looking for a sale and going to world one," i'm sorry, but the grand exchange in 30 seconds, or if it's a slow item something you can set overnight, is a lot better than having to do the same in real time, especially if it was a rare item. besides, the grand exchange opens up a ton of creative oppourtounities to level up skills, easily allowing you to get items that would normally take ages to havest yourself because noone would know to collect them, or you'd have to hire people to get items you needed so that you could make the items you wanted. Nowadays, you can set something to buy or sell and just wait, or better yet go back to training! Really, the only way to do this is if jagex set up a whole new skill, something that would allow you more flexability with the prices, and your xp would be based on the value of items sold through your business, allowing people to buy from you at a reduced rate, and you to buy from people at a reduced rate. This could be like a high alch skill, where if you buy 100k worth of items, you would only spend 95k, but your trader would still get 100k. And with their stance on real world trading, there would have to be a cap on this: something like the trade maximum, but seperate from it. Long post is long... It is not the great who are strong, but the strong who are great--Albel Nox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJE03 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Moved. [spoiler=Stats:]Updated December 22, 2011: Total level - 1442 - 170M+ XP , Combat level - 115Combat skills: Attack - 90, Defence - 99 (24.45m+ XP), Strength - 90, Constitution - 99 (16.42M+ XP) Ranged - 99 (13.32M+ XP), Prayer - 60, Magic - 99 (13.25M+ XP)Non-Combat skills: Cooking - 99 (13.80M+ XP), Woodcutting - 99 (31.95M+ XP), Fishing - 90, Firemaking - 99 (24.82M+), Crafting - 90, Smithing - 90, Mining - 85, Runecrafting - 60, Dungeoneering - 85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I would have a Bakery which sell cakes, breads, etc... Discout for birthday cake :D ~Bomb May I offer you a slice of Failcake? Mmmm... failcake. The best type of fail. Nom Nom Nom. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F0TH Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Number of usefull items that can be sold in bulk (not armour ect) divided by the numbers of players who would all want to try this = A massive amount of shops, all selling the same crap that you can just buy from the GE quicker. Useless. No support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skull Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 This would be a good idea if there were no trading cap.grand exchange. Now it's kinda lost it's purpose. [bleep] the law, they can eat my dick that's word to Pimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_u_s_ii_X Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 This would cause major lag and theres no point if we have the Grand Exchange to buy and sell everything. >_ ⅹ Last.fm YouTube Team A vs Team B M u s ii X Rocky Keane ⅹ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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