Provost's Register (houses and shops)

[(The) Herald]

~ p r o v o s t ' s ~ r e g i s t e r

INTRODUCTION[style=margin-left:15px;]

In the Provost's Guardhouse in City Kosov, old half-senile ancient government officials are assigned to run a desk where individuals can come to register and purchase land for their purposes in Empire Himaryn. In order to be a "legal resident", your residence and address must be registered with the government.

In order to open an official shop, you must also register here.

LAND RATES

∗ City Kosov, Tower Wards - 30,000 Talcs
∗ City Kosov, Lower Kosov - 15,000 Talcs
∗ District Hashira, All Boards - 10,000 Talcs
∗ Other Rural Districts (Sehali, Minetown, etc) - 5,000 Talcs
∗ Wilderness (Altarspire, Alescora, etc) - FREE

Note that Land Rates must be purchased BEFORE houses/shops can be built on it.

RESIDENCES & BURROWS

∗ No House or Simple Underground Burrow - FREE
∗ Lean-to, Tent, or Temporary Shack - 5,000 Talcs
∗ Large Spacious Empty Burrow or Empty Cave-like Space - 7,000 Talcs
∗ Refurnished Burrow or Cave-like Space [-click-] - 10,000 Talcs
∗ Wooden Log Cabin - 15,000 Talcs
∗ Refurnished Abandoned Freestanding Ruin/House - 20,000 Talcs
∗ Intricately Decorated Burrow or Space [-click-] - 20,000 Talcs
∗ Free-standing Wooden House - 30,000 Talcs
∗ Free-standing Stone House - 50,000 Talcs

SHOPS & STALLS

To create an official shop, you MUST:

∗ Pay the initial down payment for the shop - 20,000 Talcs
∗ Invest Talcs for each item you wish to put on market - 10,000 talcs per new item

The staff will ask you to complete the following form when you post on the Shop Counter:

[b]Owner;;[/b] WHICH CHARACTER OWNS THIS SHOP?
[b]Location;;[/b] WHERE (WHICH BOARD) IS THIS SHOP PHYSICALLY LOCATED?
[b]Name;;[/b] WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SHOP, AND WHAT DOES IT SELL?

[b]Intro;;[/b] OPTIONAL 100 WORD INTRODUCTION TO THE SHOP

[b]Item 01;;[/b] NAME OF ITEM ONE
[b]Description;;[/b] DESCRIPTION OF ITEM ONE

[b]Item 02;;[/b] NAME OF ITEM TWO
[b]Description;;[/b] DESCRIPTION OF ITEM TWO

You may create as many items as you have the money to do so.

After the Shop and its items have been accepted, Staff will create a shop thread for your character in The Shop Board. Members can now purchase your items by viewing your catalog thread and purchasing them from the shop counter. Staff members will set the price for each item, but you get 10% of the profit for each sale.

Some RULES:

oo1. Only characters who have experience in whatever trade they open their shop for can make a shop. Ex: A fruit gatherer by occupation can open a fruit shop. He/she cannot open a jewelry shop. It only makes sense.

oo2. The items your character sells can be anything you can imagine... PROVIDED YOUR CHARACTERS CAN ACTUALLY MAKE/OBTAIN THEM.

003. It is not necessary to roleplay the actual exchange/manufacture of goods unless you want to (that's why we ask a location/character to be provided on the form).

[/style]

[(The) Herald]

& f a q

~ Haggling and IC Purchases[style=margin-left:15px;]
Purchases of goods listed in the SHOPS may be taken/purchased into IC roleplay. What is the advantage of doing so?

Well, in-character, it is possible to haggle with the vendor to lower the price. You still have to pay for the good (notify staff that a purchase has occurred in a thread, and we will deduct it for you), but you might save some talcs by doing so.

Also, the vendor also receives 75% of the sales profit from a roleplay purchase as opposed to the 10% from the Himaryn Store. It's a big difference, right? Note that this only applies to member-owned stores. Members also cannot purchase materials from themselves (or a character owned by themselves) in roleplay.

~ The item I want to sell as a product already exists!

The NPC shops are meant to sell the most basic, general items. If the product you want to sell already exists, think of some way to make it special and unique! As a shop-owner, you should think about making quality and specialized goods that can't be found in regular shops! If regular swords already exist, invent 2-handed or katana swords and sell them. :3 It's as simple as that.

~ The price the staff set for my item isn't fair!

PM the staff to discuss the pricing of the item that concerns you. Explain why you think your product should be worth more or else, and we will be glad to discuss pricing with you.