so today we are gonna go over the basics
of buying and maintaining a retail store
and the sims for get to work
buying a retail store is simple enough
you can actually do it from your phone
go over to the Career household and just
click on buy a retail store so here we
have a sim he saved up well more than
enough for a retail store we've got a
few items in his inventory that he'd
like to sell got something that he's
crafted something that he's painted
something that he's baked and something
that he's gathered so we'll go ahead and
we'll buy a retail store for Andre
preneur now whenever you're selecting a
retail store you can either grab a
retail store from the gallery one of the
pre-built Lots or you can build one on
your own
so our retail store is in Magnolia
promenade this is the area that you
actually get in get to work the retail
store that we're going to buy is one
that we actually put together pretty
quickly just a general store nothing
crazy in it few decorations no living
area or place for him to really create
anything but we'll get the basics down
so once we have our retail store we can
actually transfer money to it so we can
keep our household funds separate from
our retail funds we don't really need
that much getting started but seeing as
how Andre preneur has a pretty big
cushion in his household funds we'll go
ahead and move over let's say 20,000 but
now we have 20,000 and retail funds what
we'll do now is take these items that
we've crafted these items we've created
and gathered and go ahead and put it in
our retail store you'll notice in your
retail store you can go to build by mode
just the same way you can in your
regular house one of the reasons for
that is the fact that you can actually
take things
from just let's say a bed or a toilet
something like that put it in your
retail store and actually tag it as for
sale so you're not limited to just
things that you've created or things
that you've gathered we could make let's
say a toilet store click on the toilet
set it for sale and now it's our first
item as for the things that we've baked
and the things that we've gathered those
we just take let's say this painting put
it up on the wall same way we did with
the toilet so I can find it better for
sale then we'll take some of the stuff
that we've baked here put it out on one
of these shelves
do the same set for sale the thing that
we've gathered are unusually large space
rock we can set that for sale as well
and then we have something that we've
crafted now all these little items that
you see these little pedestals these
stands
these are awesome for putting on things
that we've actually created or gathered
like sculptures collectibles etc so now
that we've put that down we can set that
for sale and we can go ahead and open up
our retail store things you might want
to keep in mind whenever you're building
your retail store having bathrooms for
customers is a good way to keep them
actually in your store so they don't
need to leave your lot to meet that need
you'll want to have a cash register as
well and you want to have ample space to
actually put your items down that you
want to sell now we will go ahead and
open up our retail store and wait for
the customers to come in when customers
come into our store will notice this
little blue bar above their head the
higher this bar goes the more likely
they will be to buy and the more money
they're likely to spend greeting and
chatting up customers is a great way to
ensure
sailes now that we have a customer
interested in buying something from our
store we can go ahead and ring up the
customer and there we've had it we've
made our first sale now we can see down
here in the bottom right corner we have
perk points for our store each sale that
we make or any time we clean a display
case or restock some items we get some
of these perk points these perk points
can be spent on well different perks for
the store such as checking out customers
faster or getting a better register or
maybe even some more employees as well
as we're doing with Andre preneur just
on his own I think we can get some more
sales in by hiring an additional
employee so if we go to our register we
have the option to manage employees from
there we can pick someone in the city to
actually be an additional employee in
the store the employees all have
different specs such as their worth
work ethic how good they are at sales or
maintenance skill Sims with high
maintenance skill will be faster at
restocking items cleaning the store work
ethic they'll spend less time on their
phones and more time working and sales
employees will spend more time talking
with customers and they'll be more
proficient in actually closing the deal
at the end of the day whenever you're
ready to close your store because your
sim really just can't handle it anymore
all you have to do is go down to your
retail store tab and close the store
even when the store is closed you'll
still get credit for perk points for
restocking items cleaning the store etc
if you find that managing your retail
store and managing your Sims needs are a
little too much to juggle going back and
forth from your retail store to your
house you can actually add a living
space to your retail area and then lock
the door so only household members can
get in or only certain sim scheme
so if we wanted to we could go up to our
next floor here go into built by mode
get rid of this roof and we can add an
entire living space
now that we have a functional living
space for our sim rather than having to
send him home to meet his needs we can
have him meet his needs right here in
his retail store the last thing that I
would recommend doing is just make sure
that you actually mark off the area that
you plan on making your home in your
retail store as you probably don't want
your customers wandering randomly into
your home while you're trying to sell
things because they will come upstairs
sleep in your bed and watch your TV and
eat your food now that you've learned
the basics of running your own retail
store it's time to build up your shop
create all the things that you want to
sell and get to making some samolians I
hope that I've covered everything that
you want to know about the basics of
retail stores if you have any questions
or comments you can go ahead and let me
know by commenting below and I will
happily get back to you and as always
happy gaming